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Joint Research Centre of the European Commission is a specific scientific and technical unit of the European Commission (see 2).Based on scientific expertise and technical know-how it provides consulting services and support for a wide range of European policies.Key areas include the environment and climate, energy, transport, agriculture, health, IT and security.Within the JRC there are seven scientific institutes equipped with numerous laboratories and unique research facilities.Based on a large number of cooperation agreements access to these facilities have a number of scientists from partner organizations.JRC works with about 1,000 partners, most of them within the EU.Partnerships take many different forms - joint research projects, networks of national laboratories and agencies, workshops and trainings, exchange of scientists and knowledge (see 3).
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