In 2004, Council decision No 2004/17/EC introduced requirements on travel medical insurance (TMI) for granting a uniform visa. These provisions were later integrated into Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code). The TMI requirements determine that...

This study aims to support the European Commission Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) with the evaluation of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 on the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG Regulation), assessing its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, and EU added...

This study supports DG HOME with the evaluation of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 on the European Border and Coast Guard (also known as the EBCG Regulation), assessing its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, and EU added value. This is done by analysing the functioning of and the results...

Today, industry accounts for about 25% of EU final energy demand and about 20% of GHG emissions, which is mainly due to key energy-intensive industries, products, and processes, such as steel, cement and ethylene production. The decarbonisation of these industries is therefore critical for the...

This interim evaluation of the implementation and performance of Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) was commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO). The UCPM aims to...

The objective of the study was to perform an ad hoc assessment of the need for, and feasibility of, harmonising sampling and analysis methods for official controls to detect the presence in food of GM material at European Union (EU) level. The study has focussed on official controls related to...