This is the seventh u0093Forest Fires in Europeu0094 report published by the European Commission. The report is normally published in summer of the following year in order to allow the different countries to compile official statistics of the fire season regarding the total number of forest...

The Forest Fires in Europe 2005 report is an edition of the information reported by the Member States with the statistics and analysis of the fire season of 2005. It also includes the information produced by the European Forest Fire Information System regarding the Fire Danger Forecast in Europe...

The present second report on forest fires in Southern Europe builds upon statistical data provided by the Member States, i.e. data for the burnt area and numbers of forest fires occurred in the period 1980 to 2001. Its objective is to provide an overview on the latest evolution of forest fires...

The present study was conducted as part of a wider evidence gathering by the Commission on geo-blocking as a barrier to online cross-border trade in the European Digital Single Market. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of geo-blocking...

Autorenabstract: Description of the action Definitions Local shops: shops selling everyday goods and services intended for individual consumers in an area serving a limited number of customers. Disadvantaged rural areas: rural areas where public authorities provide financial support to encourage...

Das vorliegende Bulletin gibt einen Überblick über die aktuellen Entwicklungen in Bezug auf die Arbeitszeit im Einzelhandelssektor in Europa. Zudem werden anstehende Probleme näher betrachtet und praktische Informationen hinsichtlich der Organisation der Zeit angeboten. Zwei zusätzliche...

This guide shows how a life cycle approach can be used to identify and reduce the environmental and health impacts of the products we use. It underlines the importance of considering these issues across the entire life cycle of a product and sets them within the context of policy development,...

This Country Focus studies the development of private consumption in France during the decade before the crisis. Are French consumers greater spendthrifts than their European fellows? In this paper, we estimate a consumption function to show that strong growth of private consumption in France...