Forest area and the volume of timber stocks are essential variables describing forest resources. These information are collected within the European Forest Accounts of EUROSTAT, which include a set of accounts quantifying the stocks and flows for forest, and forestry and logging industry. The re...
This analysis compares the characteristics of firms supported by public and private sources in early-stage financing to investigate funding patterns for innovative companies. It examines whether the two sources of funding target similar firms in the period 2008-2017 using a portfolio approach on...
Security and authenticity of visa stickers has been historically based on the use of physical security features such as the use of special inks (including ultraviolet and infrared), printing techniques and Diffractive Optical Variable Image Devices (DOVIDs). Regulation (EU) 2017/1370 introduced ...
Nuclear closure and decommissioning is an inevitable process facing many EU member states, regardless of current policy. Several member states have also indicated that they will eventually phase out nuclear power completely in the longer term. Affected host communities will have to deal with soc...
This report illustrates the activities and outcomes of the Exploratory Research Activity (ERA) ‘Space matters: How to develop a common methodology for CityLabs’, developed by the Territorial Development Unit of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) between October 2021 and September 2022. The main aim...
The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) has been organizing Proficiency Testing (PT) exercises for air pollutants regulated by European Directive 2008/50/EC and following amendments for more than a decade. The participation is mandatory for the EU Member States National Refere...
This certification report describes the processing and characterisation of ERM®-FA013ch, a batch of Charpy V-notch alloy steel certified reference test pieces certified for the average absorbed energy (KV). Sets of five of these test pieces are used for the indirect verification of pendulum impa...
In this report, we quantify the long-term economic impacts of coastal flooding in Europe, in particular, how the direct coastal damages generate long-term economic losses that propagate and compound throughout the century. We integrate a set of probabilistic projections of inundation-related mon...
The accuracy of the JRC crop yield forecasts is assessed after each growing season using officially published national crop yields. This should improve the operational use of the MARS-Crop Yield Forecasting System (MCYFS). This report contains the quality assessment for 2018. All forecasted crop...