Submission procedure (update June 2024)
Guidelines for submitting after the official deadline
How to follow and check submissions
IPR Guidance document - part 1
IPR - Guidance document - part 2
MS and EC’s Common Understanding
User guide for B to G data flows
User guide for H to K data flows
e-Reporting (datasets H-K): provisional answers to questions collated from different sources
PaPeRs for plans and programme

Plans and Programmes e-Reporting System (PaPeRS)

This software, developed by JRC, Ispra and hosted at the EEA supports air quality experts in preparation of XML files for reporting on data flows H to K.

These files then should be uploaded by authorised national representatives to the EEA’s Central Data Repository (see at: http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/).

A standalone solution has been also made available for those reporting authorities who would want to deploy the system as part of their own infrastructure: source code, provided through git repository, is available here.

Please note that, as such, access to the PaPeRS software does not authorise air quality experts to report AQ Plans and Programmes to the EEA.

Access to PaPeRS

The Plans and Programmes tool (PaPeRS)can be accessed through the centralized EEA solution: http://papers.eionet.europa.eu/

From the link above you will be redirected to the European Commission Authentication Service (ECAS) website in order to access PaPeRS.

  • Log in to the European Commission Authentication System (ECAS) using an account created for your professional email address.
  • If you do not have an ECAS account yet follow the login link and register.
  • When logging in remember to use correct domain (“External” for most of the users).
  • In case of any problems with your ECAS account contact ECAS Helpdesk.
  • Make sure that you have been granted access to the system by relevant national administrators (see below)

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Should you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact AQ-IPR Helpdesk.

PaPeRS User Manual

User guidance for the system is available here

Should you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact AQ-IPR Helpdesk.

Code lists (vocabularies)

Code listLink
Adjustment Source Typeadjustmentsourcetype
Adjustment Typeadjustmenttype
Aggregation Processaggregationprocess
Air Quality Pollutantspollutant
Airbase administrative levelsadministrativelevel
Analytical Techniquesanalyticaltechnique
AQD Time Zone – used for aggregated data & statisticstimezone
Area Classificationareaclassification
Assessment & Management Zone Typezonetype
Assessment Threshold Exceedanceassessmentthresholdexceedance
Assessment Typesassessmenttype
Criteria for determining the minimum number of sampling points for fixed measurementanexV_IX_minimum_spo
Criteria for determining the minimum number of sampling points for fixed measurement for ozone when supplementary methods like modelling is used art10_O3_Model_minimum_spo
Environmental objective combinationsenvironmentalobjective
Equivalence Demonstratedequivalencedemonstrated
Exceedance metric in attainmentexceedancemetric
Exceedance Reasonexceedancereason
Exposure Reduction Targetexposurereductiontarget
Local dispersion situationdispersionlocal
Main Emission Sourcesemissionsource
Measurement Equipmentmeasurementequipment
Measurement Methodsmeasurementmethod
Measurement Typemeasurementtype
Meteo parametermeteoparameter
Model applicationmodelapplication
Model characteristicsPLEASE USE Model or objective estimation input parameters
Model InputPLEASE USE Model or objective estimation input parameters
Model or objective estimation input parametersmodelparameter 
Model typemodeltype
Namespacenamespace
Network Typenetworktype
Objective Typeobjectivetype
Observation Unituom/concentration
Observation Validityobservationvalidity
Observation Verificationobservationverification
Organisational Levelorganisationallevel
Plans – Measure Classificationmeasureclassification
Plans – Measure implementation statusmeasureimplementationstatus
Plans – Measure Typemeasuretype
Plans – Source Sectorssourcesectors
Plans – Spatial Scalespatialscale
Plans – Status Planstatusaqplan
Plans – Timeascaletimescale
Primary observation rangeprimaryObservationRange
primary Observation Range – Country specific primaryObservationRangeCountry
Primary Observations TimeprimaryObservation
Process Parameterprocessparameter
ProtectionTargetprotectiontarget
Purpose of Sampling Pointsamplingpointpurpose
Quality control and assurance on CDRcdrqaqc
Regional dispersion situationdispersionregional
Reporting Levelreportinglevel 
Reporting Metricreportingmetric
Result Quality of observations / models for Reportingresultquality
Sampling Equipmentsamplingequipment
Sampling Methodssamplingmethod
Spatial model resolutionmodelresolution
Specific encoding of results provided resultencoding
Specific format of results providedresultformat
Station Classificationstationclassification
Time Extension Typestimeextensiontypes
Time Unitsuom/time
Validity of Aggregated DataPLEASE USE Observation validity

Checks and validation of zone geometries
Aggregation