UK gets final EU warning over air quality

摘要

Campaigning group "Clean Air in London" has pointed out that European Union (EU) air quality laws regarding dangerous airborne particles (PM10) have been breached in London every year since they entered into force in January 2005. Similar laws for nitrogen dioxide were breached in the capital within weeks of entering into force in January 2010. The group was not surprised therefore when the European Commission issued a second and final warning to the UK to clean up its act. First warning letters were sent at the beginning of 2009 to Member States that had not by then submitted notifications for time extensions or had not notified the Commission about all air quality zones exceeding the limit values for PM10.