Council Decision 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and data from networks and individual stations measuring ambient air pollution within the Member States (97/101/EC) (repealed) (c. 101)

[F1 ANNEX I U.K. LIST OF POLLUTANTS, STATISTICAL PARAMETERS AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by 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).

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

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

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: U.K.

a ISO 7168-2: 1999.
b Use at least two figures for each value reported, e.g. 1,4 mg/m 3 or 21 μg/m 3 .
c 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.
d Directives in force when the revised Annexes to the exchange of information Decision enter into force.
e Amending Directive 80/779/EEC.
f No reference method available for PM 2,5 (particulate matter) when the revised Annexes to the exchange of information Decision enter into force.
g 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.
h If available.
i Not available.
No	ISO-code  a	Formula	Name of pollutant	Units of measurement  b	Average over  c	Expressed as	Relevant Directives  d
Pollutants listed in Annex I of the Directive 96/62/EC on air quality
1	01	SO 2	sulphur dioxide	μg/m 3	1 h		1999/30/EC 80/779/EEC 89/427/EEC  e
2	03	NO 2	nitrogen dioxide	μg/m 3	1 h		1999/30/EC 85/203/EEC
3	24	PM 10	suspended particulates (<10 μm)	μg/m 3	24 h		1999/30/EC 96/62/EC
4	39	PM 2,5   f	suspended particulates (<2,5 μm)	μg/m 3	24 h		1999/30/EC 96/62/EC
5	22	SPM	suspended particulates (total)	μg/m 3	24 h		80/779/EEC 89/427/EEC
6	19	Pb	lead	μg/m 3	24 h		1999/30/EC 82/884/EC
7	08	O 3	ozone	μg/m 3	1 h		92/72/EEC
8	V4	C 6 H 6	benzene	μg/m 3	24 h		96/62/EC 2000/69/EC
9	04	CO	carbon monoxide	[X1 mg/m 3]	1 h		96/62/EC 2000/69/EC
10	82	Cd  g	cadmium	ng/m 3	24 h		96/62/EC
11	80	As	arsenic	ng/m 3	24 h		96/62/EC
12	87	Ni	nickel	ng/m 3	24 h		96/62/EC
13	85	Hg	mercury	ng/m 3	24 h		96/62/EC
Pollutants to be reported under other EU Directives
14	11	BS	black smoke	μg/m 3	24 h		80/779/EEC 89/427/EEC
15	35	NO x	nitrogen oxides	μg/m 3	1 h	NO 2 equivalent	1999/30/EC
Other pollutants  h
16	V8	C2H 6	ethane	μg/m 3	24 h
17	V9	H 2 C=CH 2	ethene (ethylene)	μg/m 3	24 h
18	V3	HC=CH	ethine (acetylene)	μg/m 3	24 h
19	VN	H 3 C-CH 2 -CH 3	propane	μg/m 3	24 h
20	VP	CH 2 =CH-CH 3	propene	μg/m 3	24 h
21	V6	H 3 C-CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 3	n-butane	μg/m 3	24 h
22	V5	H 3 C-CH(CH 3 ) 2	iso-butane	μg/m 3	24 h
23	V1	H 2 C=CH-CH 2 -CH 3	l-butene	μg/m 3	24 h
24	V2	H 3 C-CH=CH-CH 3	trans-2-butene	μg/m 3	24 h
25	V7	H 3 C-CH=CH-CH 3	cis-2-butene	μg/m 3	24 h
26	V0	CH 2 =CH-CH=CH 2	butadiene 1,3	μg/m 3	24 h
27	VK	H 3 C-(CH 2 ) 3 -CH 3	n-pentane	μg/m 3	24 h
28	V1	H 3 C-CH 2 -CH(CH 3 ) 2	iso-pentane	μg/m 3	24 h
29	VL	H 2 C=CH-CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 3	1-pentene	μg/m 3	24 h
30	VM	H 3 C-HC=CH-CH 2 -CH 3	2-pentene	μg/m 3	24 h
31	VF	H 2 C=CH-C(CH 3 )=CH 2	isoprene	μg/m 3	24 h
32	VD	C 36 H 14	n-hexane	μg/m 3	24 h
33	n.a.  i	(CH 3 ) 2 -CH-CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 3	i-hexane	μg/m 3	24 h
34	VC	C 7 H 16	n-heptane	μg/m 3	24 h
35	VH	C 8 H 18	n-octane	μg/m 3	24 h
36	VG	(CH 3 ) 3 -C-CH 2 -CH-(CH 3 ) 2	iso-octane	μg/m 3	24 h
37	VQ	C 6 H 5 -CH 3	toluene	μg/m 3	24 h
38	VA	C 6 H 5 -C 2 H 5	ethyl benzene	μg/m 3	24 h
39	VU	m,p-C 6 H 4 (CH 3 ) 2	m,p-xylene	μg/m 3	24 h
40	VV	o-C 6 H 4 -(CH 3 ) 2	o-xylene	μg/m 3	24 h
41	VS	C 6 H 3 -(CH 3 ) 3	1,2,4-trimethylbenzene	μg/m 3	24 h
42	VR	C 6 H 3 (CH 3 ) 3	1,2,3-trimethylbenzene	μg/m 3	24 h
43	VT	C 6 H 3 (CH 3 ) 3	1,3,5-trimethylbenzene	μg/m 3	24 h
44	VB	HCHO	formaldehyde	μg/m 3	1 h
45	20	THC (NM)	total non-methane hydrocarbons	μg/m 3	24 h	C equivalent
46	10	SA	strong acidity	μg/m 3	24 h	SO 2 equivalent	82/459/EEC (alternative to SO 2 )
47	n.a.	PM 1	suspended particulates (<1 μm)	μg/m 3	24 h		96/62/EC
48	16	CH 4	methane	μg/m 3	24 h
49	83	Cr	chromium	ng/m 3	24 h
50	90	MN	manganese	ng/m 3	24 h
51	05	H 2 S	hydrogen sulphide	μg/m 3	24 h
52	n.a.	CS 2	carbon disulphide	μg/m 3	1 h
53	n.a.	C 6 H 5 -CH=CH 2	styrene	μg/m 3	24 h
54	n.a.	CH 2 =CH-CN	acrylonitrile	μg/m 3	24 h
55	H3	C1CHCC1 2	trichloroethylene	μg/m 3	24 h
56	H4	C 2 C1 4	tetrachloroethylene	μg/m 3	24 h
57	n.a.	CH 2 C1 2	dichloromethane	μg/m 3	24 h
58	P6	BaP	benzo(a)pyrene	ng/m 3	24 h
59	n.a.	VC	vinyl chloride	μg/m 3	24 h
60	09	PAN	peroxyacetyl nitrate	μg/m 3	1 h
61	21	NH 3	ammonia	μg/m 3	24 h
62	n.a.	N-dep.	wet nitrogen deposition	mg/(m 2 * month)	1 month	N equivalent
63	n.a.	S-dep.	wet sulphur deposition	mg/(m 2 * month)	1 month	S equivalent

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2001/752/EC 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 (Official Journal of the European Communities L 282 of 26 October 2001).

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

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:

  • 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:

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

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

The y ^th percentile is the concentration X _k , where the value of k is calculated as follows: 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: U.K.

Data shall be transmitted by one of the following data formats: ISO 7168 version 2 extended format, NASA-AMES 1001/1010 or DEM (1) compatible format; or in DEM database:

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

ANNEX II U.K. 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 U.K.

  I.1. Name U.K.

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  I.2. Abbreviation U.K.

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  I.3. Type of networks (local industry, town/city, urban area, county, region, entire country, international, etc.) U.K.

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  I.4. Body responsible for network management U.K.

  I.4.1. Name U.K.

  I.4.2. Name of person responsible U.K.

  I.4.3. Adress U.K.

  I.4.4. Telephone and fax numbers U.K.

  I.4.5. e-mail U.K.

  I.4.6 Website address U.K.

  I.5. Time reference basis (UTC, local) U.K.

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• II. INFORMATION CONCERNING STATIONS U.K.

  II.1. General information U.K.

  II.1.1. Name of the station U.K.

  II.1.2. Name of the town/city of location when applicable U.K.

  II.1.3. National and/or local reference number or code U.K.

  II.1.4. Station code given under the present decision and to be provided by the Commission U.K.

  II.1.5. Name of technical body responsible for the station (if different from that responsible for the network) U.K.

  II.1.6. Bodies or programmes to which data are reported (by compound, if necessary) (local, national, European Commission, GEMS, OECD, EMEP, etc.) U.K.

  II.1.7. Monitoring objective(s) (compliance with the requirements of legal instruments exposure assessment (human health and/or ecosystems and/or materials), trend analysis, emission assessment, etc.) U.K.

  II.1.8. Geographical coordinates (according to ISO 6709: geographical longitude and latitude and geodetic altitude) U.K.

  II.1.9. NUTS level IV (nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) U.K.

  II.1.10. Pollutants measured U.K.

  II.1.11. Meteorological parameters measured U.K.

  II.1.12. Other relevant information: prevailing wind direction, ratio between distance from and height of closest obstacles, etc. U.K.

  II.2. Classification of station U.K.

  II.2.1. Type of area U.K.

  II.2.1.1. Urban: U.K.

  continuously built-up area

  II.2.1.2. Suburban: U.K.

  largely built-up area: continuous settlement of detached buildings mixed with non-urbanised areas (small lakes, woods, agricultural)

  II.2.1.3. Rural (2) : U.K.

  all areas that not fulfil the criteria for urban/suburban areas

  II.2.2. Type of station in relation to dominant emission sources U.K.

  II.2.2.1. Traffic: U.K.

  stations located such that their pollution level is influenced mainly by emissions from a nearby road/street

  II.2.2.2. Industrial: U.K.

  stations located such that their pollution level is influenced mainly by nearby single industrial sources or industrial areas

  II.2.2.3. Background: U.K.

  stations that are neither traffic nor industrial (3)

  II.2.3. Additional information about the station U.K.

  II.2.3.1. Area of representativeness (radius). For traffic stations, give instead the length of street/road that the station represents U.K.

  II.2.3.2. Urban and suburban stations U.K.

  • population of town/city

  II.2.3.3. Traffic stations U.K.

  • assessed traffic volume (annual average daily traffic)

  • distance from kerb

  • heavy-duty fraction of traffic

  • traffic speed

  • distance between and height of building facades (street canyons)

  • width of street/road (non-canyon streets)

  II.2.3.4. Industrial stations U.K.

  • type of industry(ies) (selected nomenclature for air pollutants code)

  • distance to source/source area

  II.2.3.5. Rural background stations (subcategories) U.K.

  • near-city

  • regional

  • remote

• III. INFORMATION CONCERNING MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION BY COMPOUND U.K.

  III.1. Equipment U.K.

  III.1.1. Name U.K.

  III.1.2. Analytical principle or measurement method U.K.

  III.2. Characteristics of sampling U.K.

  III.2.1. Location of sampling point (facade of building, pavement, kerbside, courtyard, etc.) U.K.

  III.2.2. Height of sampling point U.K.

  III.2.3. Result-integrating time U.K.

  III.2.4. Sampling time U.K.

ANNEX III U.K. DATA VALIDATION PROCEDURE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

All transmitted data are deemed to be valid.

It is the responsibility of the Member States to ensure that a quality assurance procedure is in place, which meets in general the objectives of this Decision and in paricular the objectives of the relevant Directives.

ANNEX IV U.K. CRITERIA FOR THE AGGREGATION OF DATA AND THE CALCULATION OF STATISTICAL PARAMETERS

These criteria mainly concern the data capture U.K.

If criteria for the aggregation of data and the calculation of statistical parameters have not been laid down in EU directives the following applies:

(a)

Aggregation of data

The criteria for the calculaltion of one-hour and 24-hour values from data with a smaller averaging time are

— for one-hour values:	Minimum data capture 75 %,
— for 24-hour values:	At least 13 one-hour values available, not more than six successive one-hour values missing.

(b)

Calculation of statistical parameters

— for the mean and the median:	minimum data capture 50 %,
— for the percentiles 98, 99,9 and the maximum:	minimum data capture 75 %.

The ratio between the number of valid data for the two seasons of the year considered cannot be greater than 2, the two seasons being winter (from January to March inclusive and from October to December inclusive) and summer (from April to September inclusive).]

(1)

[F1 Data exchange module provided on behalf of the European Commission.

(2)

If the station is measuring ozone additional information on the status of rural background is to be provided (II.2.3.5).

(3)

Located such that their pollution level is not mainly influenced by any single source or street but rather by the integrated contribution from all sources upwind of the station (e.g. by all traffic, combustion sources, etc. upwind of a station in a city or by all upwind source areas (cities, industrial areas) in a rural area).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by 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).