Article 2

This Directive lays down provisions in relation to the following: defining and establishing objectives for ambient air quality designed to avoid, prevent or reduce harmful effects on human health and the environment; setting common methods and criteria to assess the ambient air quality in Member States; monitoring current ambient air quality and long-term trends as well as impacts of Union and national measures on ambient air quality; ensuring that information on ambient air quality is comparable across the Union and made available to the public; maintaining air quality where it is good and improving it in other cases; promoting increased cooperation between Member States and their competent authorities and bodies in reducing air pollution.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-16 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.