Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution (CAFE)

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• Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution (CAFE)
• TFIAM-BerlinMay 2005
• Duncan Johnstone
• Clean Air Transport Unit
• DG Environment

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Recap - the 6th EAP

• Thematic Strategy on air pollution
• Coherent and integrated policy and measures
  consistent with other environmental policies
• to be adopted by July 2005
• CAFE Programme to provide the technical basis
• TS to establish the level of ambition that
  informs future policies such as the national
  emissions ceilings directive

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Where are we?

• CAFE Programme nearing its end
• Integrated assessment modelling work essentially
  complete (policy scenarios chosen)
• Benefits and costs work completed for these
  scenarios and the baseline
• Macroeconomic modelling of economic impacts also
  completed for the policy scenarios
• The TS package is now in the internal
  Commission decision making process prior to
  adoption

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The TS Package

• Thematic strategy only a 15 page communication
  adopted by the College
• Legislative proposal to revise/combine existing
  ambient air quality legislation (Cleaner Air
  For Europe Directive)
• Impact assessment (ca. 100 pages) includes more
  analysis of the problems and of policy options -
  (English)
• Adoption by College before Summer? (end
  June-July)

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Next Phase - review of National Emission Ceilings

• Resource constraints dictate that the review of
  the NECD will come after the Thematic Strategy
• The Thematic Strategy will contain a clear
  indication of the level of environmental ambition
  to be pursued by the revision of the NECD
• The review of the NECD will be a fine-tuning
  exercise based upon updated energy projections,
  and emissions forecasts inventories (e.g.
  PM2.5, ammonia) though other issues will be
  addressed
• Emissions trading, maritime emissions, etc.

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Useful links

• CAFE NECD
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/environment/air/index.ht
  m
• CIRCA
• http//forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/env/cafe_bas
  eline/info/data/2E2E/2E2E/library