TA Luft

Germany has an air pollution control regulation titled 'Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control' (Technische Anleitung zur Reinhaltung der Luft) and commonly referred to as the TA Luft. Germany has an air pollution control regulation titled 'Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control' (Technische Anleitung zur Reinhaltung der Luft) and commonly referred to as the TA Luft. The first version of the TA Luft was established in 1964. It has subsequently been revised in 1974, 1983, 1988 and 2002. Parts of the TA Luft have been adopted by other countries as well. In 1974, 10 years after the TA Luft was first established, the German government enacted the 'Federal Pollution Control Act' (Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz). It also has subsequently been amended a number of times, the last of which was in 2002. Although the first version of the TA Luft existed 10 years before the enactment of the 'Federal Pollution Control Act', it is often called the 'First General Administrative Regulation' pertaining to the 'Federal Pollution Control Act'. The German government created the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit) in June, 1986 and it is now responsible for implementing the TA Luft regulation under the 'Federal Air Pollution Control Act'.