ABSTRACT
The EU has been working since the early 1970s to enhance air quality. The effort is made by controlling emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere, improving fuel quality, and by integrating environmental protection requirements into the transport and energy sectors (Nilsson and Eckerberg, 2007). The EU has been acting in different stages to reduce exposure to air pollution: through European legislation, through work at international level to reduce cross-border pollution, through cooperation with sectors responsible for air pollution, through national, regional authorities and NGOs, and through research.
