partnership network of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and its member and cooperating countries aiming to provide timely and quality-assured data, information and expertise for assessing the state of the environment in Europe and the pressures acting upon it by enabling policy-makers to decide on appropriate measures for protecting the environment at national and European level and to monitor the effectiveness of policies and measures implemented
Improved definition (EN only): European environment information and observation network aiming at providing timely and quality-assured data, information and expertise for assessing both the state of the environment in Europe and the pressures and driving forces acting upon it