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<strong>Non</strong>-<strong>road</strong> <strong>fuel</strong> <strong>consumption</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>pollutant</strong> <strong>emissions</strong> FOEN 2008 14<br />

1 > Current situation<br />

Despite increasingly stringent legislation, the level of air <strong>pollutant</strong>s remains too high.<br />

The majority of these <strong>emissions</strong> are attributable to motorised <strong>road</strong> traffic, but the non<strong>road</strong><br />

segment also makes a sizeable contribution. This segment encompasses all mobile<br />

machines <strong>and</strong> appliances that are equipped with a combustion engine <strong>and</strong> are not<br />

intended to transport passengers <strong>and</strong> goods by <strong>road</strong>.<br />

In an effort to improve air quality, the FOEN <strong>and</strong> various cantons <strong>and</strong> municipalities<br />

are implementing or proposing guidelines <strong>and</strong> measures for reducing levels of non-<strong>road</strong><br />

<strong>emissions</strong>. Until now, FOEN Report 49 (SAEFL 1996a) on non-<strong>road</strong> <strong>pollutant</strong> <strong>emissions</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>fuel</strong> <strong>consumption</strong> was used as the basis, but since the information contained<br />

in this report is now out of date, it was necessary to compile a new data set.

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