The development of renewable energy sources is crucial for achieving the EU’s energy and climate targets. At the same time, such developments may give rise to conflicts with EU biodiversity goals, especially those related to nature conservation. With an aim to assist stakeholders in managing the...
The technical report describes the structure, the equations and the data that constitute the model FIDELIO 3. FIDELIO is a multi-sectoral model developed by the unit B.5 of the Directorate General Joint Research Centre (JRC) — the circular economy and industrial leadership unit. The model is des...
Direct benefits for SMEs from the proposed Regulation look limited at best, while indirect impacts appear probable. The 5 Mio EUR proposed for the threshold is similar to pre-existing public procurement thresholds and implies that only a small subset of contracts will be covered by the regulatio...
Following the ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Bablok case, the European Commission proposes to clarify the status of pollen in honey and to define it as a natural constituent of honey rather than an ingredient, as decided by the CJEU. This has practical implica...
This report presents the results of the quantitative assessment of the impact on the petroleum refining sector of legislative measures, identified in the process of European Commission's analysis and stakeholder consultations as being of significant relevance for petroleum refineries, and as suc...
This report presents the findings of the WING Impact study for Impact analysis in the IST domain of eBusiness and New Working Environments. The purpose of the study was to carry out an analysis of the impacts originating from research activities in this domain, funded during the period 1998-2002...