This is the final report for a study assessing the European Industrial Doctorates (EID) scheme. The report presents findings and conclusions from an assessment of the EID scheme activities up until March 2016. The remainder of this report is structured as follows: - Section 2 reviews the...

Nautical tourism is a subsector of coastal and maritime tourism, which is promoted as an important source of job creation and growth in the Blue Economy. The purpose of the study was to identify issues affecting the nautical tourism sector that could benefit from action at EU level, specify...

The study is part of the ongoing Fitness Check of EU consumer and marketing law, focusing on the Consumer Sales and Guarantees (CSG) Directive 1999/44/EC which is a minimum harmonisation Directive. The study assessed the costs and benefits of Member States going beyond the minimum rules laid...

The study is part of the ongoing Fitness Check of EU consumer and marketing law, focusing on the Consumer Sales and Guarantees (CSG) Directive 1999/44/EC which is a minimum harmonisation Directive. The study assessed the costs and benefits of extending certain consumer rights under the...

The overall objective of this study was to assist the Commission during the co-decision phase of the new Mercury Regulation by providing an assessment of economic, environmental and social impacts of five selected amendments proposed by the co-legislators. In support of the communication of the...

Covered bonds constitute one of the largest asset classes in Europe and represent an important source of stable, long-term funding for key banking functions such as mortgages and public infrastructure loans. Exceptionally, this asset class has no record of default during its 250 year history in...

The review of existing evidence reveals a range of shortcomings in the EU financing framework for biodiversity. These shortcomings limit the ecological effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and legitimacy of the framework, which risks jeopardising the successful delivery of EU's biodiversity...

In Europe today, a large share of the population suffers from a disability and consequently many people continue to be excluded from the labour market; this exclusion can mean that people are either held back from accessing a job or they experience difficulties in finding and retaining a job....