The study assesses the overall functioning and performance of the Product Liability Directive and whether it is effective, efficient, coherent and relevant and has EU added value. Attention is paid to analysing whether the Product Liability Directive is fit for purpose, as regards new...

This report presents the Evaluation of Directive 2006/42/EC on Machinery. It was commissioned by EC Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), and undertaken by a consortium led by Technopolis Group over an 18-month period during 2016-2017. The...

This evaluation concerns the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 386/2012 on entrusting the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (former OHIM) with tasks related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs), including assembling public- and private-sector...

This evaluation concerns the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 386/2012 on entrusting the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (former OHIM) with tasks related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs), including assembling public- and private-sector...

The study measured the current level of development of the collaborative economy of the EU-28 across the transport, accommodation, finance and online skills sectors. The size of the collaborative economy relative to the total EU economy was estimated to be EUR 26.5 billion (0.17% of EU-28 GDP in...

Industrial symbiosis (IS) is a systems approach to a more sustainable and integrated industrial system, which identifies business opportunities that leverage underutilised resources (such as materials, energy, water, capacity, expertise, assets etc.) (Lombardi & Laybourn, 2012). IS involves...

This is the final report of the Interim Evaluation of Space Research and Innovation under Horizon 2020. Technopolis and VVA carried out this Interim Evaluation for DG GROW using the Commission's standard evaluation methodology, as recommended in the Regulation No 1291/2013. The evaluation was...

It is widely regarded that the infringement of IP rights - and here most notably counterfeiting and piracy - is a problem which results in reduced revenues for IP right holders and preventing them from recuperating investments, for example, into R&D. Counterfeiting and piracy are said to...

The study study aims to provide "Support for an ex-post evaluation of Directive 2004/48/EC [IPRED] and for an Impact Assessment in view of legislative proposals modernising the enforcement of IPR". IPRED has been implemented between 2005-2009. A first, early evaluation (2011) could not establish...

This report presents the mid-term evaluation of the Innovation in SMEs Actions of Horizon 2020, which supports SMEs by providing both direct financial support to individual enterprises and indirectly through supporting SME and innovation agencies with the creation of a favourable ecosystem for...