Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe
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This Directive lays down measures aimed at the following:
defining and establishing objectives for ambient air quality designed to avoid, prevent or reduce harmful effects on human health and the environment as a whole;
assessing the ambient air quality in Member States on the basis of common methods and criteria;
obtaining information on ambient air quality in order to help combat air pollution and nuisance and to monitor long-term trends and improvements resulting from national and Community measures;
ensuring that such information on ambient air quality is made available to the public;
maintaining air quality where it is good and improving it in other cases;
promoting increased cooperation between the Member States in reducing air pollution.
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