Commission Decision of 17 October 2001 amending the Annexes to Council Decision 97/101/EC establishing a reciprocal exchange of information and data from networks and individual stations measuring ambient air pollution within the Member States (notified under document number C(2001) 3093) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/752/EC)

• Published date: 26 October 2001
• Subject Matter: Information and verification,Environment
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 282, 26 October 2001

2001D0752 — EN — 26.10.2001 — 000.001

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►B COMMISSION DECISION of 17 October 2001 amending the Annexes to Council Decision 97/101/EC establishing a reciprocal exchange of information and data from networks and individual stations measuring ambient air pollution within the Member States (notified under document number C(2001) 3093) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/752/EC) (OJ L 282, 26.10.2001, p.69)

Corrected by:

►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 334, 18.12.2001, p. 35 (752/01)

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▼B

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 October 2001

amending the Annexes to Council Decision 97/101/EC establishing a reciprocal exchange of information and data from networks and individual stations measuring ambient air pollution within the Member States

(notified under document number C(2001) 3093)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/752/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 97/101/EC of 27 January 1997 establishing a reciprocal exchange of information and data from networks and individual stations measuring ambient air pollution within the Member States ( 1 ), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Decision 97/101/EC lays down a system for reciprocal exchange of information and data on ambient air pollution.

(2) It is appropriate to amend the Annexes to that Decision in order to adapt the list of pollutants covered as well as requirements on additional information, validation and aggregation.

(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee instituted by Article 12(2) of Council Directive 96/62/EC ( 2 ),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annexes to Decision 97/101/EC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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ANNEX

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‘ANNEX I

LIST OF POLLUTANTS, STATISTICAL PARAMETERS AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

1. Pollutants listed in Annex I to Directive 96/62/EC on air quality

2. Pollutants not listed in Annex I to Directive 96/62/EC on air quality

Pollutants to be reported under Directives other than Directive 96/62/EC are listed in Section 3 under Nos 14 and 15. Pollutants only to be reported if available are listed under Nos 16 to 63.

3. Pollutants, units of measurement, averaging times:

No	ISO-code (1)	Formula	Name of pollutant	Units of measurement (2)	Average over (3)	Expressed as	Relevant Directives (4)
Pollutants listed in Annex I of the Directive 96/62/EC on air quality
1	01	SO2	sulphur dioxide	μg/m3	1 h		1999/30/EC 80/779/EEC 89/427/EEC (5)
2	03	NO2	nitrogen dioxide	μg/m3	1 h		1999/30/EC 85/203/EEC
3	24	PM10	suspended particulates (	μg/m3	24 h		1999/30/EC 96/62/EC
4	39	PM2,5 (6)	suspended particulates (	μg/m3	24 h		1999/30/EC 96/62/EC
5	22	SPM	suspended particulates (total)	μg/m3	24 h		80/779/EEC 89/427/EEC
6	19	Pb	lead	μg/m3	24 h		1999/30/EC 82/884/EC
7	08	O3	ozone	μg/m3	1 h		92/72/EEC
8	V4	C6H6	benzene	μg/m3	24 h		96/62/EC 2000/69/EC
9	04	CO	carbon monoxide	►C1 mg/m3 ◄	1 h		96/62/EC 2000/69/EC
10	82	Cd (7)	cadmium	ng/m3	24 h		96/62/EC
11	80	As	arsenic	ng/m3	24 h		96/62/EC
12	87	Ni	nickel	ng/m3	24 h		96/62/EC
13	85	Hg	mercury	ng/m3	24 h		96/62/EC
Pollutants to be reported under other EU Directives
14	11	BS	black smoke	μg/m3	24 h		80/779/EEC 89/427/EEC
15	35	NOx	nitrogen oxides	μg/m3	1 h	NO2 equivalent	1999/30/EC
Other pollutants (8)
16	V8	C2H6	ethane	μg/m3	24 h
17	V9	H2C=CH2	ethene (ethylene)	μg/m3	24 h
18	V3	HC=CH	ethine (acetylene)	μg/m3	24 h
19	VN	H3C-CH2-CH3	propane	μg/m3	24 h
20	VP	CH2=CH-CH3	propene	μg/m3	24 h
21	V6	H3C-CH2-CH2-CH3	n-butane	μg/m3	24 h
22	V5	H3C-CH(CH3)2	iso-butane	μg/m3	24 h
23	V1	H2C=CH-CH2-CH3	l-butene	μg/m3	24 h
24	V2	H3C-CH=CH-CH3	trans-2-butene	μg/m3	24 h
25	V7	H3C-CH=CH-CH3	cis-2-butene	μg/m3	24 h
26	V0	CH2=CH-CH=CH2	butadiene 1,3	μg/m3	24 h
27	VK	H3C-(CH2)3-CH3	n-pentane	μg/m3	24 h
28	V1	H3C-CH2-CH(CH3)2	iso-pentane	μg/m3	24 h
29	VL	H2C=CH-CH2-CH2-CH3	1-pentene	μg/m3	24 h
30	VM	H3C-HC=CH-CH2-CH3	2-pentene	μg/m3	24 h
31	VF	H2C=CH-C(CH3)=CH2	isoprene	μg/m3	24 h
32	VD	C36H14	n-hexane	μg/m3	24 h
33	n.a. (9)	(CH3)2-CH-CH2-CH2-CH3	i-hexane	μg/m3	24 h
34	VC	C7H16	n-heptane	μg/m3	24 h
35	VH	C8H18	n-octane	μg/m3	24 h
36	VG	(CH3)3-C-CH2-CH-(CH3)2	iso-octane	μg/m3	24 h
37	VQ	C6H5-CH3	toluene	μg/m3	24 h
38	VA	C6H5-C2H5	ethyl benzene	μg/m3	24 h
39	VU	m,p-C6H4(CH3)2	m,p-xylene	μg/m3	24 h
40	VV	o-C6H4-(CH3)2	o-xylene	μg/m3	24 h
41	VS	C6H3-(CH3)3	1,2,4-trimethylbenzene	μg/m3	24 h
42	VR	C6H3(CH3)3	1,2,3-trimethylbenzene	μg/m3	24 h
43	VT	C6H3(CH3)3	1,3,5-trimethylbenzene	μg/m3	24 h
44	VB	HCHO	formaldehyde	μg/m3	1 h
45	20	THC (NM)	total non-methane hydrocarbons	μg/m3	24 h	C equivalent
46	10	SA	strong acidity	μg/m3	24 h	SO2 equivalent	82/459/EEC (alternative to SO2)
47	n.a.	PM1	suspended particulates (	μg/m3	24 h		96/62/EC
48	16	CH4	methane	μg/m3	24 h
49	83	Cr	chromium	ng/m3	24 h
50	90	MN	manganese	ng/m3	24 h
51	05	H2S	hydrogen sulphide	μg/m3	24 h
52	n.a.	CS2	carbon disulphide	μg/m3	1 h
53	n.a.	C6H5-CH=CH2	styrene	μg/m3	24 h
54	n.a.	CH2=CH-CN	acrylonitrile	μg/m3	24 h
55	H3	C1CHCC12	trichloroethylene	μg/m3	24 h
56	H4	C2C14	tetrachloroethylene	μg/m3	24 h
57	n.a.	CH2C12	dichloromethane	μg/m3	24 h
58	P6	BaP	benzo(a)pyrene	ng/m3	24 h
59	n.a.	VC	vinyl chloride	μg/m3	24 h
60	09	PAN	peroxyacetyl nitrate	μg/m3	1 h
61	21	NH3	ammonia	μg/m3	24 h
62	n.a.	N-dep.	wet nitrogen deposition	mg/(m2* month)	1 month	N equivalent
63	n.a.	S-dep.	wet sulphur deposition	mg/(m2* month)	1 month	S equivalent
(1) ‘ISO 7168-2: 1999. (2) ‘Use at least two figures for each value reported, e.g. 1,4 mg/m‘3‘ or 21 μg/m‘3‘. (3) ‘Some measurement techniques involve sampling times from a few minutes up to several weeks. In such a case values with different averaging times differing from those listed in this column can be reported indicating the actual averaging period. (4) ‘Directives in force when the revised Annexes to the exchange of information Decision enter into force. (5) ‘Amending Directive 80/779/EEC. (6) ‘No reference method available for PM‘2,5‘ (particulate matter) when the revised Annexes to the exchange of information Decision enter into force. (7) ‘For heavy metals and PAH, community legislation is currently under preparation that is expected to result, in particular, in a list of specific PAH substances and proposals for amendments to this Decision as necessary. (8) ‘If available. (9) ‘Not available.

4. Data, calculated over the calendar year, to be transmitted to the Commission

Member States shall send raw data or shall send raw data and statistics.

For those Member States who transfer raw data and statistics the following statistics are required.

— For pollutants 1 to 61:

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the arithmetic mean, the median, the percentiles 98 (and 99,9 which may be transmitted on a voluntary basis for pollutants for which the mean is calculated over one hour) and the maximum calculated from raw data corresponding to the recommended averaging times indicated in the table above,

— for pollutants 62 and 63:

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total monthly deposition, calculated from raw data corresponding to the recommended averaging times indicated in the table above.

The yth percentile should be selected from the values actually measured. All the values should be listed in increasing order:

The yth percentile is the concentration Xk, where the value of k is calculated as follows:k = q × N with q being equal to y/100 and N the number of values actually measured.

The value of (q × N) should be rounded off to the nearest whole number.

All the results should be expressed at the following conditions of temperature and pressure: 293 K and 101,3 kPa, except for pollutants 62 and 63. For particle bound components, data from the year 2001 and onwards should be reported at ambient conditions.

5. Data transmission to the Commission:

Data shall be transmitted by one of the following data formats: ISO 7168 version 2 extended format, NASA-AMES 1001/1010 or DEM ( 3 ) compatible format; or in DEM database:

The Commission will confirm receipt of data and the number of stations and pollutants.

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ANNEX II

INFORMATION CONCERNING NETWORKS, STATIONS AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

Member States shall report on the following points: I.1, I.4.1 to I.4.4, I.5, II.1.1, II.1.4, II.1.8, II.1.10, II.1.11 and II.2.1. To the extent possible, as much information as feasible should be supplied on the other points:

I. INFORMATION CONCERNING NETWORKS

I.1. Name

I.2. Abbreviation

I.3. Type of networks (local industry,...