The new CORINAIR system: an integrated set of tools for national emission inventories

Abstract

National governments in Europe (and elsewhere) are, within the framework of a series of international protocols, required to annually report on the emissions of air pollutants. The European Commissions Environmental Directorate General (DG XI) initiated the compilation of the European Air Emission Inventory (CORINAIR) for the base year 1990 and later in order to improve the comparability and transparency of emission inventories produced by individual member states and to allow easy integration of such national data into the joint EU reporting mechanism. The European Environment Agency (EEA) took over responsibility for CORINAIR in 1994 as part of its work program