The air must be clean enough not to represent a risk to human health or to animals, plants or cultural assets.
Interim targets
1. A level of sulphur dioxide of 5 µg/m³ as an annual mean will have been achieved in all municipalities by 2005.
2. A level of nitrogen dioxide of 60 µg/m³ as an hourly mean and of 20 µg/m³ as an annual mean will largely not be exceeded by 2010. The hourly mean may not be exceeded for more than 175 hours per year.
3. By 2010 concentrations of ground-level ozone will not exceed 120 µg/m³ as an 8-hour mean.
4. By 2010 emissions in Sweden of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), excluding methane, will have been reduced to 241,000 tonnes.
5. A level of particles (PM10) of 35 µg/m³ as a daily mean and of 20 µg/m³ as an annual mean will not be exceeded by 2010. The daily mean may not be exceeded for more than 37 days per year. A level of particles (PM2.5) of 20 µg/m³ as a daily mean and of 12 µg/m³ as an annual mean will not be exceeded by 2010. The daily mean may not be exceeded for more than 37 days per year.
6. A level of benzo(a)pyrene of 0.3 ng/m³ as an annual mean will largely not be exceeded by 2015.
Read about Clean Air at the Environmental Objectives Portal.
The authority responsible for this Environmental Quality Objective is the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.