Inventory, Regulations and Environmental Impact of Toxic Mining Wastes A JRC Project in association with Central and Eastern European Countries of the Pre-Accession Steering Group Meeting 21-22 October 2001 pecomines

The JRC Mission To provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies The JRC functions as a centre of science and technology (S&T) reference for the EU independent of commercial and national interests

The JRC Today 7 Institutes in 5 Member States: Total Staff 2200 IRMM - Geel Belgium - Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements IE - Petten The Netherlands - Institute for Energy ITU - Karlsruhe Germany - Institute for Transuranium Elements IPSC - IHCP - IES - Ispra Italy - Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen - Institute for Health and Consumer Protection - Institute for Environment and Sustainability IPTS - Seville Spain - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Total Staff 2200

JRC Activities Current and Future Issues Food, Chemical Products and Health (food safety and quality, GMOs, chemical products, biomedical applications) Environment and Sustainability (climate change, technologies for sustainability, environmental protection, GMES) Nuclear Safety and Security (waste treatment & storage, radio- protection, reactor safety, illicit trafficking, reference materials and measurements) S&T Foresight Reference Materials and Measurements (BCR, reference materials, chemical measurements) Public security and antifraud (demining, natural and industrial hazards, cyber-security, antifraud technologies) thematic horizontal

S&T Support vs. Underpinning Research 32% All themes 68% Horizontal activities Nuclear safety Dependability ISS S&T Support Und.Research Environment Food and chemicals 0,00 20,00 40,00 60,00 80,00 M€

Strategic Positioning in the European Research Area The JRC Towards FP6 Strategic Positioning in the European Research Area Add value to Member State laboratories Promote development of common scientific references for EU policy making Anticipate future S&T developments and policy needs Networking (validate, harmonise, integrate methods, analyse, benchmark, etc.) New partnerships with Pre-Accession countries

JRC ‘Pre-Accession’ Programme The JRC offers a range of opportunities to the Candidate Countries (CCs) which are associated to FP5, including: • Extension of core projects to focus on specific CCs needs • Joint project development in response to FP5 calls (41 projects under way) • Hosting schemes for CC visiting scientists, experts, grant-holders A dedicated communication strategy has been put in place including JRC information days, enlargement web-site, enlargement contact officers at each institute, etc.

(18 projects have been “enlarged” in 7 Areas) JRC “Pre-Accession” Programme (18 projects have been “enlarged” in 7 Areas) Harmonisation of Measurements Environment Food Safety Health Agricultural Policy Prospective Analyses of the Accession Process Nuclear Air quality and emissions control Natural & technological hazards Toxic mining waste Geographic Information Systems Radioactive Monitoring Solar Energy Safety Safeguards

(18 projects have been “enlarged” in 7 Areas) JRC “Pre-Accession” Programme (18 projects have been “enlarged” in 7 Areas) Harmonisation of Measurements Environment Food Safety Health Agricultural Policy Prospective Analyses of the Accession Process Nuclear Air quality and emissions control Natural & technological hazards Toxic mining waste Geographic Information Systems Radioactive Monitoring Solar Energy Safety Safeguards

Goals of the Meeting 21-22 October 2001 pecomines Establish a Steering Committee of CC experts on legislation and inventory to assist and monitor the project development Learn from experience in the CCs, open consultation process and call for comments, suggestions and input Agree on methodological procedures and establish a platform for information exchange to collect, use, compare and deliver back data Establish the basis for a longer-term cooperation with JRC

pecomines Agenda ”Inventory, Regulations and Environmental Impact of Toxic Mining Waste" JRC, Ispra 21-22 October 2001