European Union Databases and Tools

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The European Union provides a vast amount of information. To make this information easily accessible tools have been developed and some of this information has been consolidated in databases (see below sources identified listed by Directorate General (DG)):

Note, all information, policies, legislations relating to these topic areas can also be found on the related Directorate General (DG) websites

• Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)

  • DOOR ("Database Of Origin & Registration") - includes product names for foodstuffs registered as Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Traditional Specialties Guaranteed (TSG), as well as, names for which registration has been applied

  • E-BACCHUS - a database on geographical indications protected in the European Union for wines originating in Member States and third countries

  • E-SPIRIT DRINKS - a database on geographical indications protected in the European Union for spirit drinks originating in Member States and third countries as well as new applications for protection

  • European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - provide examples of EAFRD-funded information, communication and publicity tools used at Member-State and EU levels to promote the Rural Development Programmes and improve their effectiveness

  • Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) - a European system of sample surveys conducted every year to collect accountancy data from farms, with the aim of monitoring the income and business activities of EU agricultural holdings. It is, also,  an instrument for evaluating the income of agricultural holdings and the impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy

  • European Database of Local Action Groups (LAGs) - provides useful information about the LAGs, including: contact details; description of their territory; development strategy; and cooperation

  • Rural Development Programmes (RDP) database - includes all projects under the Rural Development programmes

• Climate Action (CLIMA) / Environment (ENV)

  • European Environment Agency (EEA) - provides independent information, from 33 member countries (28 European Union Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey), on the environment. Provides both catalogue and search tools for obtaining datasets, graphs, maps, interactive maps & data viewers, and indicators.

  • European Climate Adaptation Platform (Climate-ADAPT) - provides a variety of tools and methods for, e.g. observations and impact of climate change impacts, assessing the vulnerability of adaption strategies, to find case-studies, geographical information, etc. The Climate-ADAPT database can be search to find publications and reports, information, maps, graphs and datasets, and indicators relevant to adaptation

• Competition (COMP)

  • Competition Cases (for all policy areas) addressing anti-competitive behaviour

• Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN)

  • AMECO online (Annual macro-economic database) - including economic related data from for EU-28, the euro area, EU Member States, candidate countries and other OECD countries (United States, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Mexico, Korea, Australia and New Zealand)

  • Business and Consumer Surveys (BCS) - including Time series data, metadata, questionnaires in national languages, and related documents

  • LABDEV database - provides data on key labour market and wage developments indicators for all EU Member States

  • MACMIC online database - Database of simulations/estimates of the macroeconomic impact of microeconomic reforms in the context of the Lisbon strategy.

  • MICREF - a tool to monitor and analyse the reform process. Its aim is to improve the surveillance of micro-economic reforms in the EU Member States in the context of the Lisbon agenda

  • Database on Stability and Convergence programmes (Excel file)

  • Tax and benefits indicators database - simulations/estimates the likely impacts of tax policies on economic growth and employment

  • Taxation Reforms database - provides an overview of the main tax reforms implemented in the EU Member States since 2010

• Education and Culture (EAC)

  • Culture & Creative Europe

    • European Expert Network on Culture (EENC) - includes a synthesis of research and reports on a wide range of areas connected to the cultural sector and its policy implications at national, regional and European levels. A search tool is also provided to search for experts in the field.

  • Education

    • European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) - is the multilingual classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations. The ESCO classification identifies and categorises skills, competences, qualifications and occupations relevant for the EU labour market and education and training. It systematically shows the relationships between the different concepts.

    • Open Education Europa - offer access to all existing European Open Educational Resources in different languages in order to be able to present them to learners, teachers and researchers. Its FIND section showcases MOOCs, courses, and Open Educational Resources by leading European institutions. Its IN-DEPTH section hosts eLearning papers, EU projects, news and articles.

    • Ploteus - Learning Opportunities and Qualifications in Europe

• Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (EMPL)

  • Volunteer Opportunities database (for youths) - includes transnational volunteering opportunities across Europe and beyond

  • European Volunteer Service (EVS) accredited organisations - lists the organisations accredited to run projects under European Voluntary Service

• Energy (ENER)

• Eurostat - Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union, which provides statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.

• Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (FISMA)

• Health and Food Safety (SANTE)

  • Health

    • European Centre for Disease Prevention Control (ECDC) has numerous databases and tools for mapping and analysing infectuous diseases, e.g. EMMa - is a simple web-based GIS tool designed to help identify patterns in communicable disease surveillance data or during outbreaks investigations.

    • European Core Health Indicators (ECHI) - provides data on European health indicators. Health indicators are sets of data (tables, graphs, maps) on health status, determinants and care in EU member countries. They allow for monitoring and comparison, and serve as a basis for policymaking.

    • Health related climate change projects - Innovative projects promoting health development that have received EU funding from the health programme

    • Injury Data Base (IDB) is a data source that contains standardised cross-national information on the external causes of injuries treated in selected emergency departments (EDs) in the EU

    • Other health related data collection tools, e.g. surveys

  • Food Safety: Health

    • Nutrition and physical activity - gateway, produced by the European Commission, to a wide range of information and data on health-related issues and activities at both European, national and international level

  • Food Safety: Food

    • Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) - includes food and feed safety alerts ("original notifications" - representing a new case reported on a health risk detected in one or more consignments of a food or feed.)

    • EU Register of nutrition and health claims made on foods - includes health claims (any statement about a relationship between food and health) and nutrition claims (suggests or implies that a food has particular beneficial nutritional properties)

  • Food Safety: Plants

    • EU Pesticides database -includes individual search tools for Active Substances, Products, Search pesticide residues

    • Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) - the register can be searched for products containing GMOs and the products subject to EC decisions on withdrawal from the market

    • GMOMETHODS: EU Database of Reference Methods for GMO Analysis - An application for authorising a GM food or feed must include methods for its detection, identification and quantification. These methods are validated by the European Union Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed (EU-RL GMFF), which verifies that they are sensitive, specific, accurate and reliable

    • Plant variety database - database for all registered agricultural and vegetable plant varieties whose seed can be marketed throughout the European Union.

• Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO)

• Human Resources and Security (HR)

• Informatics (DIGIT)

• Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROWTH) - EU Single Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Finance

• International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO)

• Interpretation (SCIC) - Language policy

• Joint Research Centre (JRC)

• Justice and Consumers (JUST)

• Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MARE) - Integrated maritime policy, The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)

• Migration and Home Affairs (HOME)

• Mobility and Transport (MOVE)

• Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (NEAR)

• Regional and urban Policy (REGIO)

• Research and Innovation (RTD)

• Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI)

• Taxation and Customs Union (TAXUD)

• Trade (TRADE)

• Translation (DGT)