The aim of this article is to determine the challenges facing Polish local authorities with the right to operate official health resorts as regards protection of air quality and whether Polish law offers the right legal conditions to maintain good air quality in the country’s spas. It presents the legal instruments for the protection of air quality in authorised health resorts, with special emphasis on the instruments offered by Polish environmental law. One of the important research questions is whether a reading higher than the air pollution standard, e.g. for PM10, can serve as grounds for a local authority to forfeit its status as an approved health resort. A review of the available legal instruments leads to the conclusion that the provisions of Polish law do not recognise the climatic distinctiveness of authorised health resorts, and spas do not have specially dedicated instruments at their disposal for the protection of air quality. The legal instruments for the protection of air quality in officially recognised health resorts are scattered throughout Polish environmental law and health resort law. The article calls for stronger control measures and regular environmental monitoring of air quality in Polish spas.
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