As a part of the knowledge management activities of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, the JRC has been commissioned to perform a series of historical analyses by topic area in order to assess the impact of funded projects and the progression of the FCH JU Multi-Annual...
The report analyses the information provided by the European Union’s Member States (MS) for the species theme of Descriptor 1 (D1) – species groups of birds, mammals, reptiles, fish and cephalopods (relating to Descriptor 1) – of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Th...
The current report analyses the information reported by the European Union Member States (MSs) on the Descriptor 2 (D2) - non indigenous species (NIS) - of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). This reporting information by the MSs followed the Article 17 requirements o...
269 research projects (EU contribution of around € 1.1 billion), dealing with environment and health issues, have been funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme - the Research and Innovation Framework between 2014 and 2020. A majority of the projects are ongoing ...
This report describes the certification of IRMM-2331P, a uranium micro particle reference material. This certification project was a collaboration between the Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany, and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), Unit G.2 in Geel, Belgium. The reference ma...
This report describes the production of ERM®-BF443, which are soya bean powder materials certified for the mass fraction of GMB151 (unique identifier BCS-GM151-6). These materials were produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034:2016 [ ] and ISO Guide 35:2017. ERM BF443 w...
Learning lessons from accidents is a fundamental principle in preventing technological accidents and mitigating their effects. In 1982, recognising the paramount importance of this principle, the first EU Seveso Directive created a mechanism for sharing of lessons learned from ch...
The importance of assessing the experience of the 2014-2020 programming period and the approach adopted by national and regional authorities in charge of Smart Specialisation derives from the consideration that Smart Specialisation has been the largest place-based policy experime...
This report aims to contribute to a better understanding of bio-based chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals in comparison to their competing fossil-based technologies, selecting representative value chains for each of the categories. This information is also needed to feed forw...
The current country report provides a data-based overview of Canada’s trade in non-food, non-energy raw materials, with an emphasis on its trade relations with the EU. Selected trade-related data and indicators are analysed and grouped into five thematic sections: i) Trade in non...
