The terms of reference (ToR) for the project requested a flexible approach to the work. Our proposal was based on the potential scope outlined in the ToR but made it clear that we were willing to adapt to meet the Commission's needs. The potential scope included supporting the Commission in a...

Horst aan de Maas is situated in the north of the Limburg Province, the southernmost province of the Netherlands. The biggest municipality in the Limburg Province in terms of surface area, Horst aan de Maas covers a total surface area of 19,192 ha with 42,000 inhabitants. Its vast landscape is...

The title of European Green Leaf is awarded every year to recognise and promote the efforts of towns and smaller cities (20,000 up to 100,000 population) towards better environmental management and outcomes. The first cities were awarded the title in 2015. Now in its 6th year, the European...

The stakeholder consultation for the Support Study for the Evaluation of the EU Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Pilot Programme began in August 2017 and continued to December 2017. The objective of the consultation process was to collect information, ideas, opinions and insights from...

This report, commissioned by the Directorate-General for Environment, provides the European Commission with comprehensive evidence to help determine whether the EU Environmental Technology Verification (EU ETV) Pilot Programme ("the Programme") is achieving its desired outcomes and impacts after...

This Final Report presents the overall findings and conclusions of the Feasibility Studies exploring potential future uses of the EU ETV (Objective B of this two-part project) and sets out recommendations and lessons learnt. This research explored the feasibility of using ETV to support the...

In 2016, the European Commission initiated an evaluation of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and its European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET) through the publication of an Evaluation Roadmap. This evaluation follows the Better Regulation Guidelines and thus includes...

The RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU entered into force on 21 July 2011 and led to the repeal of Directive 2002/95/EC on 3 January 2013. The Directive can be considered to have provided for two regimes under which exemptions could be considered, RoHS 1 (the former Directive 2002/95/EC) and RoHS 2 (the...

This study assesses whether Directive 2006/66/EC on Batteries adequately addresses and implements the Directive's objectives. One main objective of the Batteries Directive is to minimise the negative impact of batteries and waste batteries on the environment. The other main objective is the...