At the core of Regulation (EU) 1143/2014 is a list of invasive alien species of Union concern. An EU-level horizon scanning for species that can be added to this list was undertaken, aiming to derive at least 100 species likely to arrive, establish, spread and have an impact on native biodiversi...
The 2025 Proficiency Testing (PT) Scheme for PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅ measurements, organized by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the AQUILA Network, assessed the performance of 22 European laboratories in measuring particulate matter (PM) concentrations, following the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive ...
The Delegated Act on low-carbon hydrogen establishes a harmonised, transparent framework, defining fuels in a technology-open way. It is essential for a functioning hydrogen market but does not create demand or financial incentives. Achieving emissions reduction targets will hinge on robust meth...
This methodological note and data collection synopsis summarises the methods used and data collected in the project ‘Study on collecting the most recent information on substances to analyse health, socio-economic and environmental impacts in connection with possible amendments of Directive 2004/...
The recast Drinking Water Directive (EU) 2020/2184 empowers the European Commission (EC) to adopt a methodology to measure microplastics in water intended for human consumption. When the directive entered into force in January 2021, no suitable standardised or harmonised methodologies were avail...
This report presents some notes on the treatment and elimination of redundant constraints and of the progressive penetration phenomenon in the hierarchic pinball-based (PINB) contact-impact model using the method of Lagrange Multipliers (LM) in EUROPLEXUS (also abbreviated as EPX). It also inves...
This report explores a simplified approach to account for Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) effects on blast-loaded plates. Basically, the model estimates the effect of plate motion and deformation on the blast pressure acting on the plate. The basic ingredient of the model is the time history o...
Monetary valuation of environmental impacts is crucial to enhance the relationship between green transitions and competitiveness. Assessing societal costs associated to environmental impacts promotes and enables fair comparisons among alternatives. Monetisation approaches can be coupled with env...
There is substantial societal and political concern about the social and labour market vulnerabilities of migrants living and working in European countries without the legal right to reside. In this context, the role of legal rights for “irregular migrants” as a means of addressing some of these...
This report presents some improvements in the EUROPLEXUS code concerning the treatment of shell contact by hierarchic pinballs with the penalty method, when side-on impact occurs between shells. The scope is to avoid the severe spurious penetrations that had been observed in some recent applicat...
