European Commission - DG Environment

Supporting European Air Quality Policy

VITO is contributing to several consultancy studies for the European Commission (DG Environment) under a number of Framework Contracts (FWC) and service contracts.

Since 2018, VITO’s ATMOSYS team has been working at European level to support European air quality policy. Below are some examples of our recent and ongoing studies.

Technical Support Document Ambient Air Quality Directive

Development of a technical support document on the use of modelling under the Ambient Air Quality Directive.

An EU standard (EN) on Model Quality Objectives

European Commission - European standard (EN) on modelling quality objectives for assessment purposes in ambient air.

European air quality and emission policies

Supporting the evaluation, implementation and further development of air quality and emission policies in the EU

Ambient Air Quality Directives revision

Study to support the impact assessment for a revision of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directives

Emission inventory of residential solid waste burning

Assessment of residential solid waste burning on air quality in Central and Eastern Europe

Spatial representativeness

Assessing the spatial representativeness of air quality sampling points

Ambient Air Quality Directives implementation

Strengthening of air quality monitoring, modelling and plans under the Ambient Air Quality Directives