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Joint Research Centre

Science for policy

The JRC provides evidence-based knowledge to support EU policies and positively impact society

  • Science you can trust

    When policy makers create laws that affect millions of Europeans, what can they rely on? Who can they trust?

  • From science to policy

    The Joint Research Centre is the science and knowledge service of the European Commission. We put independent science at the heart of EU policymaking.

In focus

Our work

Laboratories
The JRC has over 50 laboratories and testing facilities.

The JRC in numbers

  • 3000+
    open-access data sets
  • 100+
    models used
  • 1/3
    new initiatives supported (average)
  • 70%
    staff engaged in research

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