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8. Glossary
Pollution locale; Local pollution
It involves pollutants (NO 2 , PM...) with direct effects on health and the environment locally.
Pollution globale ou planétaire; Global or planetary pollution
It involves pollutants that are so long-lived that their effects are felt on a planetary scale, such as climate change, depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer and radioactive pollution.
Air Quality; Qualité de l'air
Air quality is a means of characterizing local pollution by measuring the concentration of pollutants in ambient air.
Emission ; Emission
Emissions are the quantities of pollutants released directly into the atmosphere by human activities (factory or housing chimneys,...
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Regulations
EU, 1996, Directive 1996/62/EC of 27 September 1996 on ambient air quality assessment and management
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/1996/62/oj
Loi LAURE, law no. 96-1236 of December 30, 1996 on air and the rational use of energy. JORF n° 0001 of January 1, 1997 page 11
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