Zakonodajne podlage s področja upravljanja zraka, ki se posredno ali neposredno navezujejo na predstavitev podatkov kakovosti zraka na spletu, so zajete v spodaj navedeni evropski zakonodaji (direktive, odločbe):
- 96/62/EC: Council Directive on ambient air quality assessment and management,
- 1999/30/EC: Council Directive relating to limit values for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter and lead in ambient air,
- 2000/69/EC: Directive of the European Parliament and the Council relating to limit values for benzene and carbon monoxide in ambient air,
- 2002/3/EC: Directive of the European Parliament and the Council relating to ozone in ambient air,
- Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EC,
- Directive 98/70/EC of the Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and Council Directive 936/12/EEC,
- Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery,
- Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants,
- Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the limitation of the emissions of certain pollutants into the air from long range combustion plants,
- European Parliament and Council Directive 94/63/EC on the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions resulting from the storage of petrol of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations,
- Directive 96/61/ES (IPPC direktiva),
- Directive 90/313/EC in 2003/4/EC (neomejen dostop do okoljskih informacij),
- Exchange of Information Decision 97/101/EC and 2001/752/EC (Reporting on air quality),
- 2001/744/EC: Commission Decision amending Annex V to the Council Directive 1999/30/EC,
- 2001/839/EC: Commission Decision laying down a questionnaire to be used for annual reporting on ambient air quality assessment under Council Directives 96/62/EC and 1999/30/EC,
- Council Decision 88/540/EEC on the Montreal Protocol (Depletion of the Ozone Layer) (91/690/EEC approved the First Amendment to the MP, 94/68/EC approved the Second Amendment to the MP, 2000/646/EC approved the Third Amendment to the MP, 2012/215/EC approved the Fourth Amendment to the MP),
- Council Decision 1719/99 (podpira mednarodno izmenjavo informacij),
- Regulation (EC) 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer with Amendments: Regulation (EC) 2038/2000 and Regulation (EC) 2039/2000,
- Council Decision 2000/479 (EPER register),
- The 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP),
- The 1984 Protocol on Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP),
- The 1985 Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30 per cent,
- The 1988 Protocol Concerning the Control of Nitrogen Oxides or their Transboundary Fluxes,
- The 1991 Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes,
- The 1994 Protocol on further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions,
- The 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals,
- The 1999 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs),
- The 1999 Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone,
- Aarhuška konvencija in Agenda 21.
Zakonodajne podlage s področja upravljanja zraka, ki se posredno ali neposredno navezujejo na predstavitev podatkov kakovosti zraka na spletu, so zajete v spodaj navedeni slovenski zakonodaji:
- Zakon o ratifikaciji Konvencije o onesnaževanju zraka na velike razdalje preko meja iz leta 1979 (Uradni list SFRJ-MP, št. 11/86),
- Zakon o ratifikaciji protokola h konvenciji o onesnaževanju zraka na velike razdalje preko meja iz leta 1979 o dolgoročnem financiranju programa sodelovanja za spremljanje in oceno onesnaževanja zraka na velike razdalje v Evropi (EMEP) (Uradni list RS-MP, št. 9/92),
- Zakon o ratifikaciji protokola o nadaljnjem zmanjševanju emisij žvepla h konvenciji o prekomejnem onesnaževanju zraka na velike razdalje iz leta 1979 (Uradni list RS-MP, št.29/98),
- Zakon o dostopu do informacij javnega značaja (Uradni list RS, št. 24/03),
- Uredba o ukrepih za ohranjanje in izboljšanje kakovosti zunanjega zraka (Uradni list RS, št. 52/02),
- Uredba o mejnih vrednostih za žveplov dioksid, dušikov dioksid, delce in svinec v zunanjem zraku (Uradni list RS, št. 52/02),
- Uredba o benzenu in ogljikovem monokside v zunanjem zraku (Uradni list RS; št. 52/02),
- Uredba o emisiji hlapnih organskih spojin v zrak iz naprav za skladiščenje in pretakanje motornega bencina (Uradni list RS, št. 11/99),
- Uredba o emisijah snovi v zrak iz nepremičnih virov onesnaževanja (Uradni list RS, št. 73/94, 68/96, 109/01),
- Pravilnik o monitoringu kakovosti zunanjega zraka (v pripravi),
- Pravilnik o kakovosti tekočih goriv (Uradni list RS, št. 78/00 in 69/01),
- Pravilnik o prvih meritvah obratovalnih monitoringov emisije snovi v zrak iz nepremičnih virov onesnaževanja in pogojih za njegovo izvajanje (Uradni list RS, št. 70/96, 71/00, 99(01, 17/03),
- Pravilnik o ravnanju z ozonu škodljivimi snovmi in odpadnimi ozonu škodljivimi snovmi (v obravnavi),
- Odredba o programu ugotavljanja skladnosti tekočih goriv (Uradni list RS, 58/01 in 53/02),
- Odredba o ravnanju s snovmi, ki povzročajo tanjšanje ozonskega plašča (Uradni list RS, št. 80/97 in 41/01),
- Odredba o obliki poročil o obratovalnem monitoringu emisije snovi v zrak (Uradni list RS, št. 71/00),
- Sklep o določitvi območij in stopnji onesnaženosti zaradi žveplovega dioksida, dušikovih oksidov, delcev, svinca, benzena, ogljikovega monoksida in ozona v zunanjem zraku,
- Akt o notifikaciji nasledstva glede konvencij združenih narodov in konvencij, sprejetih v mednarodni agenciji za atomsko energijo (Uradni list RS-MP, št. 29/98).