EU,JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE

ECDIN, Environmental Chemicals Data and Information Network, Ispra Establishment of the EU Joint Research Centre, Ispra. 

During the debate within the EU it was decided that the Seveso directive would be an Environmental (DG XI) directive which would deal with the hazards for man and environment. Furthermore it was decided to establish a committee of technical experts from all member states chaired by the Commission. In this committee (Committee of Competent Authorities, CCA) proposals for the directive were discussed, and in a later phase, so were the implementation issues and monitoring of the state of play within the member states. Gradually this CCA has evolved to become an important forum where, besides the commission and EU member states, participants include the accession and pre-accession countries, the OECD, the Major Accident Hazards Bureau and the EU directorate responsible for research. The Major Accident Hazards Bureau (MAHB) is part of the EU Joint Research Centre and plays an important role with respect to providing scientific support. 

European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Sustainable Production and Consumption Unit (SUSPROC) Waste and recycling. Last updated 6 March 2011. http //susproc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/activities/waste/... 

Joint Research Centre, EUCAR, CONCAWE (JEC) (2007). Well-to-Wheels Analysis of Future Automotive Fuels and Powertrains in the European Context Well-to-Wheels Report. Version 2c, March 2007. http //ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/wtw.html. 

Amorelli, T., Hernandez, H., Lonza, L. et al. (2004). Assessing the International Position of EU s Research and Technological Development Demonstration (RTD D) on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. ESTO Publications, Joint Research Centre, http //esto.jrc.c.europa.eu/publication/pub.cfm id = 1298. 

JRC (2002), 4-Nonylphenol (branched) and nonylphenol summary risk assessment report. Special publication 1.02.69, Joint Research Centre—EC, Ispra, available at http //www.europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/chemicals/ markrestr/studies/nonylphenol.pdf. 

Annual Report 2006 - Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, ISBN 978-92-79-06099-1 http //ie.irc.ec.europa.eu/oublications/annual%20renorts/IE%20Annual%20Report%202006.pdf... 

The European Commission s Joint Research Centre (on behalf of DG S ANCO) has started a project known as European Information System on Risks from Chemicals Released from Consumer Products/Articles (EIS-ChemRisks) (EU 2004), which is designed as a network to collect exposure data, exposure factors, exposure models, and health-related data. The overall objective is to develop tools and reference data to enable harmonized exposure assessment procedures in the EU. A toolbox has been designed to collect exposure information from four reference systems to systematically support exposure assessors in the EU ... 

EU. 2004. European information system on risks from chemicals released from consumer products/aiticles. Consumer exposure modelling task force. Bmssels, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, http // www.jrc.cec.eu.int/eis-chemrisks/... 

Kotzias, D., Koistinen, K., Kephalopoulos, S., Schlitt, C., Carrer, P., Maroni, M. et al. (2005) The Index Project, Critical Appraisal of the Setting and Implementation of Indoor Exposure Limits in the EU, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Ispra (VA), Italy. 

European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Retieseweg 111, 2440 Geel, Belgium, E-mail Yetunde.Aregbe ec.europa.eu Piotr.Robouch ec.europa.eu... 

Allanou, R., Hansen, B. G. and van der Bilt, Y. (1999) Public availability of data on EU high production volume chemicals. Ispra European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, European Chemical Bureau. 

D. Bradford, A. Gouldson, J. Hemmelskamp, H. Kottmann and A. Marsanich, The Impact of the EU Eco-Audit Regulation on Innovation in Europe, Ed., L. Delgado, Report for the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies EUR 19722 EN, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain, 2000. 

Final project workshop of EU project FAIR CT98-4318, organised by the European Commission Joint Research Centre, Food Products Unit, and held on 10-11 February 2002 in Varese, Italy. A comprehensive download package of the presentations can be found at http //cpf.jrc.it/webpack/projects.htm... 

To evaluate the deposition routines a simulation of the Chernobyl accident was carried out and compared to measurements of total deposited Cesium 137 (Cs-137). The measurements were extracted from the Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring database at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy (http //rem.jrc.cec.eu.int/). The comparison date was chosen to be 1 May 1986 at 12 00 UTC, since at this time the greatest number of measurements was available. Statistical measures were calculated following the recommendations of the Atmospheric Transport Model Evaluation Study (ATMES) final report (Klug et al. 1992). 

Today, all EU member states have institutions actively participating in the fusion programme—all states except Greece participate through association contracts. The Community s own Joint Research Centre (JRC), which has institutes in various... 

The European Commission s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is a source of independent scientific and technical reference for European policy makers, serving the European Commission, the EP, the Council, and the Member States. The JRC s seven scientific institutes carry out research of direct concern to EU citizens, working with industry, universities, other research institutes, and Member States. The JRC is among the European Commission s 36 Directorates-General (DCs). The DCs are specialized services within the European Commission. Examples of other DCs include the Brussels, Belgium-based Directorate General (the JRC s central coordination and administrative body), the Institutional and Scientific Relations Directorate, the Programme and Resource... 

European Commission - DG Joint Research Centre - Institute for Environment and Sustainability. European platform (m LCA. http //lct.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eplca... 

EC-funded research has also been developed through the Joint Research Centre s Multi-annual Work Programme (MAWP), embedded into the EU RTD Framework Programme. Several key actions of the MAWP are directly relevant to water policies, e.g. actions related to chemicals in the aquatic enviromnent, ecological water quality, marine ecosystems, the water quality information system, the European Measurement Infrastructure, and policies and human resources for research. 

Three main radiation source facilities were used for this study CERN-EU high-energy reference field (CERF) facility. Joint Research Centre Dosimetry Division Ooint Research Centre at Ispra-Italy) and the S. Giovanni hospital (Turin, Italy). 

Russ, R, Ciscar, J.-C., Saveyn, B., Soria, A., Szabo, E., Van lerland, T., Van Regemorter, D., Virdis, R., 2009, Economic Assessment of Post-2012 Global Climate Policies Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Scenarios with the POLES and GEM-E3 Models, EU Commission Joint Research Centre Report. 

A comprehensive quantification of these aspects was completed in May 2006 by the European Commission s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and included the Environmental Impact of Products (EIPRO) study (Beton et al., 2011), where the potential environmental impacts of textile products consumed in the EU-27 have been estimated along with their life cycle stages and compared considering indicators identified in the ReCiPe method (Goedkoop et aL, 2008) (Figure 8.1), also broken down by product and fibre types. 

European Laboratory for Stmctural Assessment, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, 1-21027 Ispra, VA, Italy e-mail martin.poljansek jrc.ec.europa.eu fabio.laucer jrc.ec.europa.eu francisco. molina jrc.ec.europa.eu... 

O., Sitters, E., and Heinz, G. (2010) Testing the Humidification Sensitivity of a Single PEEC, Characterisation of the performances of a PEEC operating with fuel and oxidant at various relative humidity, Test Module PEEC SC 5-1, http //fctesqa.jrc.ec.europa.eu/downloads/ PEMSCLV/Umidification sensitivity TestProcedure.pdf, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Petten (last accessed 10 December 2011). 

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