# Commission Implementing Decision of 12 December 2011 laying down rules for Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the reciprocal exchange of information and reporting on ambient air quality (notified under document C(2011) 9068) (2011/850/EU), Article 2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Decision, and in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Directive 2004/107/EC, Article 3 of Directive 2007/2/EC, and Article 2 of and Annex VII to Directive 2008/50/EC, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)‘station’ means a location where measurements or samples are taken at one or more sampling points at the same site within an area of approximately 100 m2;
(2)‘network’ means an organisational structure performing assessment of ambient air quality by measuring at one or more stations;
(3)‘measurement configuration’ means the technical facilities used for the measurement of one pollutant or one of its compounds at a certain station;
(4)‘measurement data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant obtained by measurements;
(5)‘modelling data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant obtained through numerical simulation of physical reality;
(6)‘objective estimation data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant obtained through expert analysis and may include use of statistical tools;
(7)‘primary data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant at the highest time resolution considered in this Decision;
(8)‘primary up-to-date assessment data’ means primary data collected with the frequency appropriate to each pollutant assessment method and made available to the public without delay;
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(10)‘data repository’ means an information system ... containing air quality information and data made available through national data reporting and exchange nodes under the control of the appropriate authorities;
(11)‘data type’ means a descriptor by which similar data to be used for different purposes is categorised as set out in Part A of Annex II to this Decision;
(12)‘environmental objective’ means an ambient air quality objective to be attained within a given period, or where possible over a given period respectively or in the long term as laid down in Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC.
(13)“appropriate authority”
(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(c)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(d)in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.
(14)For the purpose of this Decision a reference to a provision of a Directive is to be read as a reference to that provision in so far as it has been transposed into the law of any part of the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/850/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-850/article-2
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