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Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend the Air Quality Standards Regulations 1989 (“the 1989 Regulations”).

Regulation 2(1) of the 1989 Regulations implemented in Great Britain provisions of Council Directive 80/779/EEC on air quality limit values and guide values for sulphur dioxide and suspended particulates. Regulation 2(2) of the 1989 Regulations provided that regulation 2(1), insofar as it applied to suspended particulates, would not apply to the areas specified in the Schedule until 1st April 1993. That temporary exemption being spent, regulation 2(2) and the Schedule are now revoked.

Regulation 6 of the 1989 Regulations implemented in Great Britain provisions of Council Directive 85/203/EEC on air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide. These Regulations amend the implementation of the definition of “limit value”in Article 2 of that Directive.