
Article 1 
The aim of this Directive is to limit emissions of acidifying and eutrophying pollutants and ozone precursors in order to improve the protection in the Community of the environment and human health against risks of adverse effects from acidification, soil eutrophication and ground-level ozone and to move towards the long-term objectives of not exceeding critical levels and loads and of effective protection of all people against recognised health risks from air pollution by establishing national emission ceilings, taking the years 2010 and 2020 as benchmarks, and by means of successive reviews as set out in Articles 4 and 10.
Article 2 
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Article 3 
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Article 4 

1. By the year 2010 at the latest, Member States shall limit their annual national emissions of the pollutants sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOC) and ammonia (NH3) to amounts not greater than the emission ceilings laid down in Annex I, taking into account any modifications made by Community measures adopted following the reports referred to in Article 9.
2. Member States shall ensure that the emission ceilings laid down in Annex I are not exceeded in any year after 2010.
Article 5 
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Article 6 
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Article 7 
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Article 8 
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Article 9 
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Article 10 
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Article 11 
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Article 12 
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Article 13 
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Article 14 
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Article 15 
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Article 16 
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Article 17 
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ANNEX I
Country SO2Kilotonnes NOxKilotonnes VOCKilotonnes NH3Kilotonnes
Belgium 99 176 139 74
Bulgaria 836 247 175 108
Czech Republic 265 286 220 80
Denmark 55 127 85 69
Germany 520 1 051 995 550
Estonia 100 60 49 29
Ireland 42 65 55 116
Greece 523 344 261 73
Spain 746 847 662 353
France 375 810 1 050 780
Croatia 70 87 90 30
Italy 475 990 1 159 419
Cyprus 39 23 14 9
Latvia 101 61 136 44
Lithuania 145 110 92 84
Luxembourg 4 11 9 7
Hungary 500 198 137 90
Malta 9 8 12 3
Netherlands 50 260 185 128
Austria 39 103 159 66
Poland 1 397 879 800 468
Portugal 160 250 180 90
Romania 918 437 523 210
Slovenia 27 45 40 20
Slovakia 110 130 140 39
Finland 110 170 130 31
Sweden 67 148 241 57
United Kingdom 585 1 167 1 200 297
EU 28 8 367 9 090 8 938 4 324



ANNEX II

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ANNEX III

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