According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the health of 96% of the EU population is at serious risk owing to the presence in the air of particulate matter PM2,5. In the EU alone, PM2,5 causes 428 000 deaths a year, 1 172 a day. The relationship between exposure to PM2,5 and the risk of mortality from ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and lower respiratory infections has been scientifically proven (Lancet 2017)

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)30505-6/fulltext

The technologies now available make it possible to continuously measure particle mass with aerodynamic diameter less than 2,5 μm (PM2,5). As a result, updates on concentration peaks can be issued and, therefore, so can rapid alerts on particularly harmful days.

Directive 2008/50/EC sets annual and daily concentration limits for specific pollutants, with the exception of PM2,5, for which it sets only annual limits.

In the light of the above:

Does the Commission not agree that the annual limit for PM2,5 urgently needs to be changed to 10 µg/m3 and the daily limit value for PM2,5 set at 25 µg/m3, as the WHO has recommended and as provided for as part of the second stage for PM2,5 in Article 32 of Directive 2008/50/EC?