Brussels, 02/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission made its decisions, on Thursday 12 July, on requests for temporary exemptions made by a number of member states which wanted an extension to the deadline set by Community legislation to meet air quality limit values for particulate matter (PM10) from 1 January 2005 to 10 June 2011.
The Commission granted the additional time requested for 19 areas in Austria, Germany and Hungary, deciding that the very strict conditions set for...