Concept of air quality e-reporting - experiences of Norway. Guiding document for GIOS.

NILU and GIO¿, Poland, are implementing the project ¿Strengthening the air quality assessment system in Poland, based on Norwegian experience¿ as part of the programme ¿Improving Environmental Monitoring and Inspection¿ within the framework of the European Economic Area 2009¿2014. The European Environment Agency (EEA) has moved towards a new reporting mechanism for reporting and sharing air quality data and information, called e-reporting. This mechanism is based on the Implementing Decision and a shared information system for electronic reporting ¿ aligned with the INSPIRE directive and considering inputs and outputs from the GMES Atmospheric Services. This report is a technical report that are to be used as a guide by GIOS as input to the Polish implementation of the e-reporting obligations. The report is based on the Norwegian implementation. The report describes how Norway has implemented the new e-reporting schemas, illustrated through data flow figures and XML examples.