Author(s)

Martin Lutz and Markus Amann

Abstract

The EU Acidification and Ozone Strategy: The Application of an Integrated Assessment Model to Derive a Cost-Effective Approach Invited contribution from EC-DG XI Martin Lutz* and Markus Amann^ ' European Commission, DGXI, TRMF1/54, Rue de la Loi 20, B-1049 Belgium 'international Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria 2 Introduction The European Union is currently developing a comprehensive legislative two- track approach to reduce ground-level ozone to levels not causing harm to human health and the environment. While, as a part of the Air Quality Framework Directive (96/62/EC), a specific daughter directive will establish ambient air quality criteria for ozone, a strategic concept for concrete measures will be presented in an EU Ozone Strategy. This note outlines how these elements interact with the overall structure of air quality control in the European Union and describes the modelli

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