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LEGAL REGULATION OF
THE AIR PROTECTION
Ilona Jancarova
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
RELATED TO AIR
 Emissions of polluting substances (pollution)
 Ozone layer depletion
 Climate change
SYSTEM OF THE REGULATION
Air pollution (stationary and mobile sources)
 Act No. 201/2012 Coll., on the Air Protection
 Act No. 56/2001 Coll., on Conditions of the Vehicles
Operation on Roads, as amended
 Directive 2016/2284/EU on the reduction of national
emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants (2001/81/EC)
 Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner
air for Europe
 Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated
pollution prevention and control) and many others
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I. EMISSIONS OF POLLUTING
SUBSTANCES
CLASSIFICATION OF SOURCES
OF AIR POLLUTION
 Mobile sources
 Stationary sources – a) listed in Annex 2
of the Air Act
b) others
2 LEVELS OF AIR PROTECTION:
 Standard level of air protection
 Special air protection
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Standard level of air protection
Regulatory tools:
 the admissible level of air pollution
 plans and other program documents
 fuel quality requirements
 bans and duties of individual persons
 permits and approvals
 monitoring, record-keeping and reporting requirements
 authorization
 fees
 sanctions.
Standard level of air protection
1. Admissible level of air pollution:
 Emission limitaton
 Emission ceillings
 Air quality standards
Standard level of air protection
2. Plans and other program documents:
 National program for emisson reductions
 Programs for air quality improvement
To comply with air quality standards as soon as
possible
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Standard level of air protection
3. Permits and approvals:
 Approval of APA to development consents
 Approval of APA to construction permits
 Permit to operate
 Opinion of APA to land use plans
 Compensatory measures
Standard level of air protection
4. Duties of persons:
 General duties
 Specific duties (for persons handling paints,
distributors of fuels, authorized persons etc.)
 Duties of operators of stacionary sources:
– General
– Specific for sources listed in Annex 2
Standard level of air protection
5. Fees
 Amount of emissions
 Emission rate
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Standard level of air protection
6. Authorization:
 Measurements of air quality
 Measurements of emissions
 Disperse models etc.
Standard level of air protection
Sanctions:
 Fines
 Corrective measures
 Prohibiton to operate
Standard level of air protection
Other regulatory instruments:
 Fuel quality requirements
 Monitoring, reporting
 Register of air quality information system
 Register of sources of pollution
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Special air protection
Regulatory tools:
 designation of areas with bad air quality,
 continual monitoring of the air pollution levels,
 air quality improvement programs,
 specific air quality standards
 smog warning and traffic regulation systems
 specific conditions of operation for selected
stationary sources of pollution
 low – emission zones in cities.
Mobile sources regulation
Regulatory tools:
 technical requirements and emission limits
 fuel quality requirements (biofuels)
 duties of operators
 sanctions.