Charging of heavy goods vehicles: Eurovignette Directive Most EU countries charge hauliers for using their transport infrastructure, notably roads. The EU has introduced the Eurovignette with the aim of recovering construction, maintenance, repair and environmental costs, ensuring fair competition and preventing discrimination. Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the […]
Agricultural Emissions The EPA projected that total emissions from agriculture would decrease by 5 per cent over the period 2008-2020. It has reduced by 7.3 per cent since 1990. There are three main sources of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture: enteric fermentation, agricultural soils and manure management Measures for Reductions Reductions in GHG have been encouraged by the State agricultural research organisation Teagasc, which carries […]
Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution Decision 81/462/EEC concluding the Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution Under the Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, the parties (i.e. the countries which ratified it) commit themselves to working together to limit, to gradually prevent and to reduce their discharges of air pollutants in order to combat the resulting transboundary […]
The new EU accreditation and verification regulation Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067 – verification of data and the accreditation of verifiers of operators’ emission reports It aims to ensure that the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU) is robust, transparent, consistent and accurate by setting out rules to check the emission reports submitted under the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) and […]
Emission limits and type-approval rules for non-road mobile machinery Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 — requirements for gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits for internal combustion engines It defines pollutant emission limits for engines of different power ranges and applications for non-road mobile machinery (see below) with the aim of gradually reducing emissions and phasing out equipment with the most polluting engines. Key Points Non- road mobile […]
Polluting emissions from large combustion plants The European Union sets limits for emissions of pollutants from large combustion plants. Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control). Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) came into force in 2011 and replaces seven previous pieces of legislation, including Directive […]
National Limits on Atmospheric Pollutants There are national limits in respect of certain atmospheric pollutants. They apply to sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, volatile organic compounds and ammonia. National emission ceilings were provided by the end of 2010. The purpose of the emission ceilings was to meet specific environmental objectives so that the critical loads of acid depositions are reduced by at least 50 per cent […]
Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading and aviation Taking into account the scale and global nature of the aviation industry and its impact on the environment, the EU takes action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by aviation in Europe, whilst working with the international community through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to establish measures with a global reach. Directive 2008/101/EC of the European […]