Revising ambient air quality standards – the implications for compliance in Europe towards 2050

Apr 13, 2023

Report no. 3/23: The European Commission (EC) is currently in the process of revising the EU Ambient Air Quality (AAQ) Directives with the aim to set more strict ambient air quality standards (AAQS) in order to align them more closely with the World Health...

The impact of shipping emissions to urban air quality in Europe – Detailed port-city analysis

Mar 30, 2023

Report no. 2/23: The report presents the results from a recent project Concawe conducted with TNO that used modelling to assess the influence of shipping emissions on the air quality in 19 selected European cities with or near major ports. Main findings of the study...

Guidance for diffuse VOC emission determination following EN 17628:2022

Feb 16, 2023

Report no. 1/23: This document addresses the periodic determination of diffuse emissions of non-methane volatile hydrocarbon compounds from refineries by means of remote sensing. A recent European standard, EN 17628:2022, addresses the proper conduct of such a survey...

A Mapping of Technology Options for Sustainable Energies and Powertrains for Road Transport

Dec 21, 2022

In December 2022, the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) adopted during its plenary meeting a new document entitled “A Mapping of Technology Options for Sustainable Energies and Powertrains for Road Transport – Towards Electrification and...

Guidance to Registrants on Methods for the Identification of Petroleum UVCB Substances for REACH

Dec 12, 2022

Report no. 19/22: Following recent revisions to Annex VI of EU REACH Regulation No. 1907/2006, this report describes the information which registrants should now provide in Sections 1.2 and 1.4 of the IUCLID registration dossier for the identification of their...