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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-limit-values-wales-amendment-regulations-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2005/1157",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality Limit Values (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2005",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Air Quality Limit Values (Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3183 (W.299)) (“the 2002 Regulations”), which implement, in relation to Wales, Council Directive 96/62/EC on ambient air quality assessment and management , Council Directive 99/30/EC relating to limit values for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter and lead and Council Directive 2000/69/EC relating to limit values for benzene and carbon monoxide in ambient air .\nRegulation 3 amends the 2002 Regulations for the purpose of implementing Article 2 of Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment .\nRegulation 4 adds an alternative method for the sampling and measurement of PM10 to bring it into line with the methods provided for in Council Directive 99/30/EC.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "OJ L296, 21.11.1996, p.55, amended by Regulation (EC) 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and Council, OJ L284, 31.10.2003, p.1."
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      "text": "OJ L163, 29.6.1999, p.41, amended by Commission Decision 2001/774/EC, OJ L 278, 23.10.2001, p.35."
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      "text": "OJ No. L156, 25.6.2003, p.17."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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