Agencies of the European Union

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An agency of the European Union is a decentralised body of the European Union (EU), which is distinct from the institutions. Agencies are established to accomplish specific tasks. Each agency has its own legal personality. Some answer the need to develop scientific or technical know-how in certain fields, others bring together different interest groups to facilitate dialogue at European and international level.

There are over 40 agencies, divided into 4 groups:[1]

Decentralised agencies

Distinct from EU institutions, the agencies of the European Union were set up to accomplish very specific tasks such as promoting environmental protection, transport safety and multilingualism. They span Europe – Dublin to Stockholm, Warsaw to Lisbon – providing services, information and know-how to the general public. Most agencies were categorised under the three pillars of the European Union, but this structure was abolished with the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty. The European Space Agency has been proposed as a future agency of the EU.[2]

Official name Abbreviation Location Member state Established Members and observers
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work EU-OSHA Bilbao Spain 1994 members: EU states, European Commission[3]
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training Cedefop Thessaloniki Greece 1975 members: EU states
observers: Iceland, Norway[4]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions EUROFOUND Dublin Ireland 1975 members: EU states, European Commission
observers:EFTA[5]
European Environment Agency EEA Copenhagen Denmark 1994 members: EU states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey[6]
co-operating: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
European Institute of Innovation and Technology EIT Budapest Hungary 2010 members: EU states
European Training Foundation ETF Turin Italy 1994 members: EU states, European Commission[7]
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA Lisbon Portugal 1993 members: EU states, European Commission, European Parliament, Norway
observers: Turkey[8]
European Medicines Agency EMA London United Kingdom 1995 members: EU states, European Commission, European Parliament
observers: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway[9]
Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market OHIM Alicante Spain 1999 members: EU states, European Commission[10]
Community Plant Variety Office CPVO Angers France 1994 members: EU states, European Commission[11]
Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union CdT Luxembourg Luxembourg 1994 members: EU states, European Commission[12]
European Food Safety Authority EFSA Parma Italy 2002
European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA Lisbon Portugal 2002 members: EU states, European Commission, Iceland, Norway[13]
European Aviation Safety Agency EASA Cologne Germany 2003 members: EU states, European Commission, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland[14]
observers: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, UNMIK[15]
European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA Heraklion Greece 2005 members: EU states[16]
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC Stockholm Sweden 2005 members: EU states, European Commission, European Parliament
observers: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway[17]
European GNSS Agency GSA Prague Czech Republic 2004 members: EU states, European Commission
observers: Norway, European Space Agency[18]
European Railway Agency ERA Valenciennes and Lille France 2004 members: EU states, European Commission, Norway[19]
European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union Frontex Warsaw Poland 2005
European Fisheries Control Agency EFCA Vigo Spain 2005 members: EU states, European Commission[20]
European Chemicals Agency ECHA Helsinki Finland 2007 members: EU states, European Commission, European Parliament
observers: Iceland, Norway[21]
European Institute for Gender Equality EIGE Vilnius Lithuania 2007 members: EU states[22]
European Defence Agency EDA Brussels Belgium 2004 members: EU states without Denmark; European Commission
participant: Norway
European Institute for Security Studies ISS Paris France 2001
European Union Satellite Centre EUSC Torrejón de Ardoz Spain 2002
European Police College CEPOL Budapest Hungary 2005 members: EU states
associates: Iceland, Norway, Switzerland[23]
European Police Office Europol The Hague The Netherlands 1999
European body for the enhancement of judicial co-operation Eurojust The Hague The Netherlands 2002
Fundamental Rights Agency FRA Vienna Austria 2007 members: EU states, European Commission, Council of Europe[24]
Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications BEREC Riga Latvia 2010 members: EU states, European Commission[25]
European Systemic Risk Board ESRB Frankfurt Germany 2010 [26]
Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ACER Ljubljana Slovenia 2011
European Banking Authority EBA London United Kingdom 2011 [27]
European Securities and Markets Authority ESMA Paris France 2011 [28]
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority EIOPA Frankfurt Germany 2011 [29]
European Asylum Support Office EASO Valletta Harbour Malta 2011[30]
European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT Systems in the area of freedom, security and justice[31] eu-LISA[32] Tallinn[33] Estonia 2012

Executive agencies

Executive agencies are created by European Commission for a fixed period.

Official name Abbreviation Location
Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises EASME Brussels
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency EACEA Brussels
Executive Agency for Health and Consumers EAHC Luxembourg
Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency TEN-T EA Brussels
Research Executive Agency REA Brussels
European Research Council Executive Agency ERC Brussels

Euratom agencies

Official name Abbreviation Location
Euratom Supply Agency ESA Luxembourg
European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy F4E Barcelona

Independent bodies

Official name Abbreviation Location
European Institute of Innovation and Technology EIT Budapest
European Data Protection Supervisor EDPS Brussels
Authority for European political parties and European political foundations European Parliament

Proposed agencies

Official name Abbreviation Location Member state Established Members and observers
European Public Prosecutor's Office EPPO TBD TBD TBD members: EU states, except Denmark, United Kingdom and Ireland[34]
European Border and Coast Guard Agency EBCGA TBD TBD TBD TBD

Former agencies

Official name Abbreviation Location Member state Established Members and observers
European Agency for Reconstruction EAR Thessaloniki Greece 2000 members: EU states, European Commission[35]

See also

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External links

The following links are all part of the official EU-website.

Attribution of the seat of EU agencies:

Recommended reading:


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  30. ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/policies/agencies/agencies_intro_en.htm
  31. ↑ Regulation 1077/2011 establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice; http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/policies/agencies/agencies_intro_en.htm
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