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Implementation of the European legislation on feed additives (FA) requires the monitoring of their presence in feed through analytical tests, conducted by laboratories designated for official controls by the EU Member States. To ensure these control laboratories perform uniformly and reliably, t...

On 14 September 2023, the EU Ecolabel criteria for ‘absorbent hygiene products’ were established in Commission Decision 2023/1809, within the scheme of the EU Ecolabel Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 66/2010). This User Manual (UM) supports the interpretation of the EU Ecolabel criteria for ‘abso...

This report presents the results of the work conducted by the Joint Research Centre as the European Commission contribution to market surveillance on pollutant emissions from internal-combustion engine vehicles in 2023. It encompasses experimental data and compliance assessments relative to the ...

The Education for Climate Coalition is a flagship initiative of the European Education Area and the Green Deal hosted by the European Commission. As a community of practice, it enriches both the Council recommendation on learning for the green transition and sustainable development and the Europ...

The year 2022 was marked by large wildfires that caused significant social, environmental and economic impacts. Describing some of the most impactful occurrences is essential, not only for historical record but also for drawing lessons that can be important for defining policies and improving st...

The health and medicine sector are increasingly digitized, a trend that will accelerate with more widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, wearables and internet of things-based healthcare. Yet, this digital transformation carries notable cybersecurity threats. While there is ample eviden...

Implementation of the European legislation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) requires the monitoring of the presence of GMOs in food or feed by analytical tests. The analytical tests are carried out by laboratories designated for official controls by the EU Member States. In line with Reg...

The aim of this study is to develop a proposal for an operational framework for a harmonised quality management system at EU level, with respect to the collection, reporting and publication of waste data as well as monitoring. To this end, a screening of the current situation in the EU-27 has be...

GMO analysis may increasingly rely on DNA sequencing, a technology that was originally used as a confirmatory step and is now considered for routine testing. However, in order to fully support the enforcement of European GMO legislation, this evolution requires harmonization, standardisation and...

This study identifies the academic effects of online learning mandates on high-school students separately from the overall effect of the pandemic. We exploit exogenous variation in 2020/2021 Italian schooling mandates that imposed online learning on upper secondary school students while preservi...