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  "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",
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  "path": "attachment/1/division",
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  "heading": "STATEMENT BY THE COMMISSION",
  "text": "The Commission takes note of the text adopted by the Council and the European Parliament for the Directive on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. In particular, the Commission notes the importance attributed by the European Parliament and the Member States in Article 22(4) and recital 16 to Community measures for the abatement of air pollutant emissions at source.\nThe Commission recognises the need to reduce the emissions of harmful air pollutants if significant progress is to be delivered towards the objectives established in the Sixth Environmental Action Programme. The Commission's communication on a thematic strategy on air pollution sets out a significant number of possible Community measures. Significant progress on these and other measures has been made since the adoption of the strategy:\nthe Council and Parliament have already adopted new legislation limiting the exhaust emissions of light duty vehicles,\nthe Commission has adopted a proposal for new legislation to improve the effectiveness of Community industrial emissions legislation including intensive agricultural installations and measures to tackle smaller scale industrial combustion sources,\nthe Commission has adopted a proposal for new legislation limiting the exhaust emissions of engines installed in heavy duty vehicles,\nin 2008 the Commission foresees new legislative proposals that would:\nfurther reduce the Member States’ permitted national emissions of key pollutants,\nreduce emissions associated with refuelling of petrol cars at service stations,\naddress the sulphur content of fuels including marine fuels,\npreparatory work is also underway to investigate the feasibility of:\nimproving the eco-design and reducing the emissions of domestic boilers and water heaters,\nreducing the solvent content of paints, varnishes and vehicle refinishing products,\nreducing the exhaust emissions of non-road mobile machinery and thereby maximise the benefit of lower sulphur non-road fuels already proposed by the Commission,\nThe Commission also continues to push for substantial emissions reductions from ships at the International Maritime Organisation and it is committed to bringing forward proposals for Community measures should the IMO fail to deliver sufficiently ambitious proposals as foreseen in 2008.\nThe Commission is, however, committed to the aims of its Better Regulation initiative and the need for proposals to be underpinned by a comprehensive assessment of the impacts and benefits. In this regard and in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Commission will continue to evaluate the need to bring forward new legislative proposals but reserves its right to decide if and when it would be appropriate to present any such proposal.",
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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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