The European Green Deal envisages an important role for gas in the energy transition. To follow this pathway, the gas value chain should be more oriented towards sustainability. Methane emission reduction should also be strongly pursued by gas network companies. A regulation to limit methane emi...
This certification report describes the processing and characterisation of ERM®-FA013by, a batch of Charpy V-notch certified reference test pieces certified for the absorbed energy (KV). Sets of five of these test pieces are used for the verification of pendulum impact test machines according to...
With 72.2 out of 100 points, the United Kingdom ranks fifth in the EU on the Gender Equality Index. Its score is 4.8 points higher than the EU’s score. Between 2005 and 2017, the score of the United Kingdom increased by only 1 point. The United Kingdom is progressing towards gender equality at a...
With 73.4 out of 100 points, Finland ranks fourth in the EU on the Gender Equality Index. Finland’s score is 6 points above the EU’s score. Between 2005 and 2017, its score only increased 1.4 points (+ 0.4 points since 2015). Finland is progressing towards gender equality at a slower pace than o...
From the 2nd to the 7th of September 2018, six Laboratories of the World Health Organization (WHO) European-Region met for another joint JRC-ERLAP/WHO inter-laboratory comparison exercise (ILC). They met at the National Air Quality Reference laboratory at the German Federal Environment Agency in...
The Gender Equality Index 2017 examines the progress and challenges in achieving gender equality across the European Union from 2005 to 2015. Using a scale from 1 (full inequality) to 100 (full equality), it measures the differences between women and men in key domains of the EU policy framework...
The JRC as European Union Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed (EURL-GMFF), established by Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, in collaboration with the European Network of GMO Laboratories (ENGL), has carried out a collaborative study to assess the performance of a quantitative event-specific me...
The Mediterranean Sea is a semi-closed sea connected with the open sea through the Strait of Gibraltar. Due to the circulation pattern and the long residence time, the Mediterranean Sea is a sensitive environment to eutrophication pressures and it is put at risk from direct and indirect impacts ...
The main objective of this report is to analyse existing data sets for video analytics (VA) and to determine how best to enable collection/common access to data sets in the EU for testing/evaluation of video surveillance software. This report presents a critical analysis of video analytic data s...
This review is part of a project of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), initiated by the European Parliament, on the safety and health of older workers. The objective of the review is to provide an up-to-date summary of knowledge regarding vocational rehabilitation and r...
