Clean Air Directive: Poorer member state • Table.Briefings

The EU Commission had proposed to bring the limit values for air pollutants closer to the WHO recommendations by 2030.

With regard to the Clean Air Directive, member states whose economic performance is below the EU average want the new limit values to come into force up to ten years later. This is one of the demands of the common position of the Member States agreed by the EU ambassadors. The trilogue begins next week.

For poorer member states, the new Clean Air Directive would not apply until up to ten years later. The limit values would then not come into force in member states whose economic output per inhabitant is below the EU average until 2040 rather than 2030. The member states want to push through this regulation in the trilogue negotiations. It is part of the compromise for which the Spanish Council Presidency received a qualified majority at Coreper I level.

Clean Air Directive: Poorer member states want postponement

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