2. Indoor air pollutants

By the end of the 1970s, air pollution from automobiles was already well recognized, but there were very few local air quality monitoring associations. It took some twenty years for the LAURE law on air and the rational use of energy of December 30, 1996 to broaden the geographical and technical scope of the AASQA (associations agréées de la surveillance de la qualité de l'air). Since 2000, these associations have been grouped together in the national ATMO network. The LAURE law also requires the introduction of pollution modelling and forecasting systems, and reinforces the public's right to information, by extending the State's obligations, notably with regard to the regional air quality plan, the atmospheric protection plan, and the urban travel plan, which is now mandatory in conurbations of over 100,000 inhabitants. European Directive 2008/50/EC introduced Europe-wide measurement obligations...