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European Transport Safety Council

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) is a Brussels-based independent non-profit, founded in 1993, that gives expert advice on transport safety to EU institutions and national governments.

European Union Agency for Cybersecurity

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) is the EU agency for cybersecurity, established in 2004 and given a permanent mandate by the 2019 Cybersecurity Act, covering certification and crisis management.

European Union Agency for Railways

The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) is an independent EU agency established in 2004 that harmonizes rail safety, issues vehicle authorizations and safety certificates, and manages ERTMS signaling specifications.

European Union Agency for the Space Programme

The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), formerly the European GNSS Agency, is an EU agency headquartered in Prague that operates Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation.

European Union Allowance

A European Union Allowance is a tradable permit under the EU Emissions Trading System that gives its holder the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.

European Union energy label

The European Union energy label, also known as the EU Energy Label, rates energy-related products on a mandatory A to G scale in shops and online.

European Union roaming regulations

The European Union roaming regulations, known as the Eurotariff, govern EU mobile roaming; their Roam Like at Home rule has ended surcharges since 15 June 2017.

European Utility Requirements for LWR Nuclear Power Plants

The European Utility Requirements for LWR Nuclear Power Plants (EUR) are design requirements for new light water reactors, written by European utilities and first published in 1994.

European vehicle registration plate

A European vehicle registration plate shows a vehicle's registration number plus a country code, commonly with a blue euroband carrying the EU flag stars, recognized EU-wide under 1998 rules.

European Water Framework Directive

The European Water Framework Directive, or WFD, is the main EU law for water protection, adopted in 2000 to achieve good status for all water bodies.

Europipe I Gas Pipeline

Europipe I is a subsea natural gas pipeline carrying Norwegian North Sea gas from the Draupner E riser platform to Dornum on the German coast, operating since 1995.

Europipe II Gas Pipeline

Europipe II is a 660-kilometer subsea gas pipeline running from Kårstø, Norway, to Dornum on the German North Sea coast, started up by Statoil in October 1999 to carry Norwegian gas to Germany.

Europlug

The Europlug is a flat, unearthed two-pin plug rated 2.5 A at 250 V, standardized as CEE 7/16 in 1962 and designed to fit most European socket systems.

Europrop TP400

The Europrop TP400-D6 is a three-shaft turboprop engine developed by the Europrop International consortium to power the Airbus A400M Atlas military transport, producing 11,000 shaft horsepower at sea level.

Eurorack

Eurorack is a hardware format for modular synthesizers defined by Doepfer Musikelektronik in 1995 around its A-100 system, with 3U-high modules sharing a common power and signal bus.

Euroradar CAPTOR

Euroradar CAPTOR, also known as ECR-90, is the family of multi-mode fire-control radars that serves as the primary sensor of the Eurofighter Typhoon, entering service in 2003.

Eurosatory

Eurosatory is a biennial international exhibition for land and air-land defense and security, held every two years at Paris Nord Villepinte near Paris and organized by Coges Events, a subsidiary of GICAT, since 1967.

EuroSprinter

EuroSprinter, also known as Siemens Eurosprinter, is a family of modular electric locomotives built by Siemens from 1992, including the Taurus, which set a 357 km/h locomotive record in 2006.

Eurostar

Eurostar is a high-speed international rail operator running trains through the Channel Tunnel between London and Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and other European cities, in service since 1994.

Eurostar (satellite bus)

Eurostar, also known as Astrium Eurostar, is a family of geostationary telecommunications satellite buses developed by Matra Marconi Space and successors including Airbus, flying since 1990.

Eurotherm

Eurotherm is a British manufacturer of industrial temperature control, power control, and data recording equipment, founded in 1965 in Worthing, England, and owned by Watlow since October 2022.

EurOtop

EurOtop, the Manual on wave overtopping of sea defenses and related structures, is European engineering guidance for predicting wave overtopping at seawalls, dikes, and breakwaters.

Eurovignette

The Eurovignette is a time-based road user charge for heavy goods vehicles, in operation since 1995 and governed by the EU's Eurovignette Directive of 1999.

Eurowings

Eurowings is a German low-cost airline and the Lufthansa Group's point-to-point value carrier, formed in 1993, with a fleet of 98 aircraft serving 150 destinations in 40 countries.

Eurus Energy

Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation is a Japanese wind and solar power developer, owned by Toyota Tsusho since 2022 and Japan's largest, with about 5.2 GW across 18 countries.

EUSO-SPB2

EUSO-SPB2 (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2) was a balloon-borne observatory testing detection of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos from near space in 2023.

Euston railway station

Euston railway station, also known as London Euston, is a central London terminus opened in 1837 as the capital's first mainline station, serving the West Midlands, North West, and Scotland.

Euston Square tube station

Euston Square, or Euston Square Underground station, is a London Underground station in Camden on Euston Road, served by the Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines.

eustream

Eustream, a.s., is the Slovak gas transmission system operator, wholly owned by SPP Infrastructure, operating a 2,376 km pipeline network designed for about 90 bcm of annual Russian transit.

Eutectic high-entropy alloy

A eutectic high-entropy alloy (EHEA) is a multi-principal-element alloy designed to solidify by a eutectic reaction, combining the castability of eutectic alloys with the complexity of high-entropy alloys.