Joint Research Centre

The JRC is a Directorate-General of the European Commission under the responsibility of Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Research. Its Board of Governors assists and advices the Director General on matters relating to the role and the scientific, technical and financial management of the JRC.The Directorate-General is located in Brussels. The seven JRC institutes are located on five separate sites in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. The Institutes are: Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU), Institute for Energy (IE), Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen (IPSC), Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP), Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS). In Brussels is the Institutional and Scientific relations Directorate and the Programme and Resource Management Directorate is based in Brussels and in Ispra, Italy. The Ispra Site Directorate is responsible for the site management and for the nuclear decommissioning, safety, security and protection.