Consultation

Title
	Consultation on EU air quality legislation
Policy field(s)
	Environment, air quality, air pollution
Target group(s)
	Questionnaire 1: Citizens interested in air quality Questionnaire 2: Experts and practitioners in public authorities, business support organisations including business associations, Chambers of Commerce and other public and private agencies, consultancies, research institutes, small businesses (SMEs), trade unions, NGOs, workers’ and employers’ federations and all other relevant stakeholders involved or interested in the implementation of EU air quality legislation.
Period of consultation
	From 30.06.2011 to 15.10.2011
Objective of the consultation
	The objective of the consultation is to gather views and additional information on the effectiveness, strength and weaknesses of EU air quality legislation, in particular as regards Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe and Directive 2004/107/EC relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polyaromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air. This consultation marks the beginning of a broad consultation on the review of EU air policy foreseen to end in 2013 at the latest.
How to submit your contribution
	We welcome contributions from citizens, organisations and public authorities. There are two questionnaire, one short questionnaire which can be completed without prior knowledge and another which requires knowledge about EU air quality legislation (mainly Directives 2008/50/EC and 2004/107/EC) and its implementation (for more details: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/quality/index.htm) If you would like to answer the short questionnaire 1 and If you are answering this consultation as a citizen, please click here to submit your contribution. If you would like to answer the longer questionnaire 2 for experts and practitioners and If you are answering this consultation as a citizen, please click here to submit your contribution. If you are answering this consultation on behalf of an organisation, please click here to submit your contribution. If you are answering this consultation on behalf of a public authority, please click here to submit your contribution. Received contributions will be published on the Internet. It is important to read the specific privacy statement attached to this consultation for information on how your personal data and contribution will be dealt with.
View the questionnaire
	Questionnaire 1 Questionnaire 2
Reference documents and other, related consultations
	SEC(2011) 342 Review page on EUROPA
Contact details
	responsible service	DG Environment, Unit C3 – Industrial Emissions, Air Quality and Noise
	e-mail	env-air@ec.europa.eu
	postal address	European Commission DG Environment, Unit C3 – Industrial Emissions, Air Quality and Noise B-1049 Brussels Belgium
Number of responses received to this consultation

View the contributions
	In the interests of transparency, organisations have been invited to provide the public with relevant information about themselves by registering in the Interest Representative Register and subscribing to its Code of Conduct. If the organisation is not registered, the submission is published separately from the registered organisations.
Results of consultation and next steps
	https://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/review_air_policy.htm
Protection of personal data			Specific privacy statement