On the evening of Tuesday 20 February, negotiators from the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the revision of directives on ambient air quality, with the aim of moving closer to the limit values per atmospheric pollutant defined by WHO recommendations (see EUROPE B13335A15, B13051A1) and overcoming the scourge of air pollution, which causes 300,000 premature deaths a year in the EU.
Specifically, the interinstitutional...