{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-50/annex-V/division-A/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-50/annex-V/division-A/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2008/50",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-50",
  "path": "annex/V/division/A/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Diffuse sources",
  "text": "For nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, benzene and carbon monoxide: to include at least one urban background monitoring station and one traffic-orientated station provided this does not increase the number of sampling points. For these pollutants, the total number of urban-background stations and the total number of traffic oriented stations in a Member State required under Section A(1) shall not differ by more than a factor of 2. Sampling points with exceedances of the limit value for PM10 within the last three years shall be maintained, unless a relocation is necessary owing to special circumstances, in particular spatial development.\nWhere PM2,5 and PM10 are measured in accordance with Article 8 at the same monitoring station, these shall count as two separate sampling points. The total number of PM2,5 and PM10 sampling points in a Member State required under Section A(1) shall not differ by more than a factor of 2, and the number of PM2,5 sampling points in the urban background of agglomerations and urban areas shall meet the requirements under Section B of Annex V.\nPopulation of agglomeration or zone(thousands)\nIf maximum concentrations exceed the upper assessment threshold\nIf maximum concentrations are between the upper and lower assessment thresholds\nPollutants except PM\nPM (sum of PM10 and PM2,5)\nPollutants except PM\nPM (sum of PM10 and PM2,5)\n0-249\n1\n2\n1\n1\n250-499\n2\n3\n1\n2\n500-749\n2\n3\n1\n2\n750-999\n3\n4\n1\n2\n1 000-1 499\n4\n6\n2\n3\n1 500-1 999\n5\n7\n2\n3\n2 000-2 749\n6\n8\n3\n4\n2 750-3 749\n7\n10\n3\n4\n3 750-4 749\n8\n11\n3\n6\n4 750-5 999\n9\n13\n4\n6\n≥ 6 000\n10\n15\n4\n7",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, benzene and carbon monoxide: to include at least one urban background monitoring station and one traffic-orientated station provided this does not increase the number of sampling points. For these pollutants, the total number of urban-background stations and the total number of traffic oriented stations in a Member State required under Section A(1) shall not differ by more than a factor of 2. Sampling points with exceedances of the limit value for PM10 within the last three years shall be maintained, unless a relocation is necessary owing to special circumstances, in particular spatial development."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Where PM2,5 and PM10 are measured in accordance with Article 8 at the same monitoring station, these shall count as two separate sampling points. The total number of PM2,5 and PM10 sampling points in a Member State required under Section A(1) shall not differ by more than a factor of 2, and the number of PM2,5 sampling points in the urban background of agglomerations and urban areas shall meet the requirements under Section B of Annex V."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/50/annex/V/division/A/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:21.245568+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}