The report aims at presenting the construction of the SETIS Database. It is designed in order to facilitate and accelerate data analysis in the context of monitoring Research, Innovation and Competitiveness of the European Union in the Energy sector. It explains the procedural steps required to...

The report aims at presenting the construction of the SETIS Database. It is designed in order to facilitate and accelerate data analysis in the context of monitoring Research, Innovation and Competitiveness of the European Union in the Energy sector. It explains the procedural steps required to...

This report emphasizes the importance of standardisation in promoting circular construction and the circular economy. It discusses the need for future standardisation and pre-normative research for circular construction in terminology, metrology, performance characterisation, compatibility and...

This report describes the work performed to prepare two reference materials containing sugars, starch and starch degradation products, and certify them by two methods of analysis. The first method consists in the determination of free sugars (sucrose, fructose and lactose) in food by liquid...

A standardised and easy-to-apply method for general chemical inertness testing of refillable PET bottles was developed. It is applicable not only for the industry but also suitable for enforcement laboratories having for the first time a systematic control possibility to check the food safety of...

In the frame of support of decommissioning activities, JRC-GEEL produced a set of 12 grey cast iron tubes. These tubes contain known amounts of activity of 60Co and 108mAg. The tubes are intended to be used as a calibration standard for the detection efficiency of measurement facilities dealing...

The Mandate M/515 of the European Commission to CEN requested the assessment of the climate change implications for the Eurocodes, the European standards for structural design. The European Commission Mandate M/526 requested the European Standards Organisations (ESOs) to contribute to building...

The Putting Science into Standards series is a series of events aiming to bring the scientific and standardisation communities closer together. Such an event, where communication can occur between science and standards, is the ideal environment to address the challenge of common benchmarking for...

This report describes the preparation and certification of ERM®-CC144, a sewage sludge material certified for total and aqua regia extractable content (ISO 12914 and ISO 11466) of As, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn. The material was produced by following ISO Guide 34: 2009. The whole...

The principal goal of this report is to propose an initial set of common European requirements and broad guidelines that will help fostering IACS cybersecurity certification in Europe in a manner fully compatible with practices adopted beyond. It describes the IACS component Cybersecurity...