PROGRAMME COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES PROGRESS JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE REPORT Ispra Establishment Italy July - December 1980 COMMUNICATION Protection Category 1.8 of the environment Nr 3858 WARNING The information contained in this document is communicated confidentially by the Commission of tl ι 'ìan Communities to Member States, persons and undertakings Mould not be passed on d parties. :. and lation (EEC) No. 2380 ouncil of Ministers!. Programme Progress Report - JRC Ispra Establishment July-December 1980 Protection of the Environment Abstract This is the first progress report of the 4 years (1980-1983) research programme "Protection of the Environment" carried out at the JRC Ispra and Petten Establishments of the Joint Research Centre of the European Communities. As a natural continuation of the "Environment" part of the preceding programme "Environment and Resources" (1977-1980), this research is providing together with the indirect and concerted action programmes a scientific support to the Community's Action Programme on the Environment. The projects ECDIN, Exposure to Chemicals and Air Quality are focusing on environmental chemicals (mainly organic pollutants). The project Water Quality deals with the study of ecological effects of chemical pollution (bioindicators) and the nutrients mass balance in freshwater.