For the purposes of this Decision, and in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Directive 2004/107/EC, Article 3 of Directive 2007/2/EC, and Article 2 of and Annex VII to Directive 2008/50/EC, the following definitions shall apply:

1. (1)

   ‘station’ means a location where measurements or samples are taken at one or more sampling points at the same site within an area of approximately 100 m²;

2. (2)

   ‘network’ means an organisational structure performing assessment of ambient air quality by measuring at one or more stations;

3. (3)

   ‘measurement configuration’ means the technical facilities used for the measurement of one pollutant or one of its compounds at a certain station;

4. (4)

   ‘measurement data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant obtained by measurements;

5. (5)

   ‘modelling data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant obtained through numerical simulation of physical reality;

6. (6)

   ‘objective estimation data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant obtained through expert analysis and may include use of statistical tools;

7. (7)

   ‘primary data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant at the highest time resolution considered in this Decision;

8. (8)

   ‘primary up-to-date assessment data’ means primary data collected with the frequency appropriate to each pollutant assessment method and made available to the public without delay;

9. (9)

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10. (10)

    ‘data repository’ means an information system F2... containing air quality information and data made available through national data reporting and exchange nodes under the control of the F3appropriate authorities;

11. (11)

    ‘data type’ means a descriptor by which similar data to be used for different purposes is categorised as set out in Part A of Annex II to this Decision;

12. (12)

    ‘environmental objective’ means an ambient air quality objective to be attained within a given period, or where possible over a given period respectively or in the long term as laid down in Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC.

13. (13)

    F4“appropriate authority”

    1. (a)

       in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

    2. (b)

       in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

    3. (c)

       in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

    4. (d)

       in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

14. (14)

    For the purpose of this Decision a reference to a provision of a Directive is to be read as a reference to that provision in so far as it has been transposed into the law of any part of the United Kingdom.