S.L. 549.124 Art. 5Air Pollution Control Programme.        S.L. 549.41.

(1) In order to achieve the reductions in anthropogenic emissions in regulation 4, the competent authority, in collaboration with the Ministry responsible for the Environment and any other relevant public body, shall compile, adopt and implement an air pollution control programme in accordance with Part 1 of the Second Schedule.

(2) The air pollution control programme shall:

(a) include an assessment of the likelihood of impacts on the air quality in both Malta and in neighbouring Member States, from emissions in Malta. This shall be determined using, where appropriate, the data and methodologies developed by the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) under the Protocol to the LRTAP Convention on long-term financing of the cooperative programme for monitoring and evaluation of the long-range transmission of air pollutants in Europe;

(b) take account of the need to reduce air pollutant emissions for the purpose of reaching compliance with air quality objectives in Malta and where appropriate in neighbouring Member States;

(c) prioritise the emission reduction measures for BC when taking measures to achieve the emission limits and emission reductions for PM ; 2,5

(d) be coherent with other relevant plans and programmes arising from obligations under both National and European Union legislation.

(3) The air pollution control programme shall include the obligatory measures listed in Part 2 of the Second Schedule, and may include the optional measures in the same Schedule, or measures having an equivalent mitigation effect on emissions.

(4) The competent authority shall update the air pollution control programme at least every four years.

(5) If according to the data submitted through the national emissions inventory in sub-regulation (1) of regulation 6, the targets in regulation 4 are not complied with or if there is a risk that these targets will not be complied with, then the emission reduction policies and measures in the air pollution control programme shall without prejudice to sub-regulation (4), be updated within eighteen months from the submission of the latest national atmospheric emissions inventory or the emissions projections.

(6) The competent authority shall consult the public and any relevant institutional stakeholders which by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities in the field of air pollution, quality and management, may be affected by the measures in this programme, in accordance with the Plans and Programmes (Public Participation)

Regulations, on the draft air pollution control programme, and on any significant updates prior to the finalisation of this programme.

(7) Transboundary consultations shall also be conducted when appropriate.

(8) The competent authority shall compile the first air pollution control programme by not later than 1st April 2019.

(9) The competent authority shall notify any updates to the air pollution control programme pursuant to sub-regulation (5) to the European Commission within two months. CERTAIN ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS