Agency of the European Union

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Action Service Foreign Policy Defence Policy Enlargement Elections 1979, 1984, 1989 1994, 1999, 2004 2009 (last election) 2014 (next election) Political parties EPP PES ELDR Free Alliance Greens AEN Left Democratic EUDemocrats Parl. groups EPP S&D ALDE G-EFA ECR EUL-NGL EFD Constituencies Referendums Law Acquis Primacy Subsidiarity Treaties; Rome 1957 Merger 1965 SEA 1986 Maastricht 1992 Amsterdam 1997 Nice 2001 Lisbon 2007 Fundamental Rights Membership v · d · e An agency of the European Union is a decentralised body of the European Union (EU), which are 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. Contents 1 List 1.1 Proposed agencies 1.2 Former agencies 2 Executive agencies 3 See also 4 References 5 External links List 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. Official name Abbreviation Location Member state Established Members and observers European Agency for Safety and Health at Work EU-OSHA Bilbao Spain 1996 members: EU states, European Commission1 European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training Cedefop Thessaloniki Greece 1975 members: EU states observers: Iceland, Norway2 European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions EUROFOUND Dublin Ireland 1975 members: EU states, European Commission observers:EFTA3 European Environment Agency EEA Copenhagen Denmark 1994 members: EU states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey4 co-operating: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia European Training Foundation ETF Turin Italy 1994 members: EU states, European Commission5 European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA Lisbon Portugal 1993 members: EU states, European Commission, European Parliament, Norway observers: Turkey6 European Medicines Agency EMA London United Kingdom 1995 members: EU states, European Commission, European Parliament observers: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway7 Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market OHIM Alicante Spain 1999 members: EU states, European Commission8 Community Plant Variety Office CPVO Angers France 1994 members: EU states, European Commission9 Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union CdT Luxembourg Luxembourg 1994 members: EU states, European Commission10 European Food Safety Authority EFSA Parma Italy 2002 European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA Lisbon Portugal 2002 members: EU states, European Commission, Iceland, Norway11 European Aviation Safety Agency EASA Cologne Germany 2003 members: EU states, European Commission, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland12 observers: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, UNMIK13 European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA Heraklion Greece 2005 members: EU states14 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC Stockholm Sweden 2005 members: EU states, European Commission, European Parliament observers: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway15 European GNSS Agency GSA Brussels Belgium 2004 members: EU states, European Commission observers: Norway, European Space Agency16 European Railway Agency ERA Valenciennes and Lille France 2004 members: EU states, European Commission, Norway17 European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union Frontex Warsaw Poland 2005 Community Fisheries Control Agency CFCA Vigo Spain 2005 members: EU states, European Commission18 European Chemicals Agency ECHA Helsinki Finland 2007 members: EU states, European Commission, European Parliament observers: Iceland, Norway19 European Institute for Gender Equality EIGE Vilnius Lithuania 2007 members: EU states20 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 Bramshill United Kingdom 2001 members: EU states associates: Iceland, Norway, Switzerland21 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 Europe22 European Systemic Risk Board ESRB Frankfurt Germany 2010 23 European Banking Authority EBA London United Kingdom 2011 24 European Security and Market Authority ESMA Paris France 2011 25 European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority EIOPA Frankfurt Germany 2011 26 Proposed agencies Official name Abbreviation Location Member state Established Members and observers Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications BEREC Riga Latvia 2010 members: EU states, European Commission27 Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ACER Ljubljana Slovenia 2011 Agency for the Management of Police Databases28 2012 European Space Agency29 ESA Paris France 201430 members: EU states without Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia; Norway, Switzerland associates: Canada Former agencies Official name Abbreviation Location Member state Established Members and observers European Agency for Reconstruction EAR Thessaloniki Greece 2000 members: EU states, European Commission31 Countries hosting European Union agencies   EU Member states hosting an agency   EU Member states not hosting an agency Executive agencies Executive agencies are created by European Commission for a fixed period. Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI), located in Brussels Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), located in Brussels Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC), located in Luxembourg Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA), located in Brussels Research Executive Agency (REA), located in Brussels European Research Council Executive Agency (ERC), located in Brussels See also v · d · eAgencies of the European Union operating Safety and Health at Work · Vocational Training Centre · Living and Working Conditions · Environment · Training Foundation · Drug Addiction · Medicines · Internal Market · Plant Variety · Translation · Food Safety · Maritime Safety · Aviation Safety · Information Security · Disease Prevention and Control · Satellite Navigation · Railway · Frontex · Fisheries · Chemicals · Gender Equality · Fundamental Rights · Defence · Security Studies · Satellite Centre · Police College · Europol · Eurojust expected Energy Regulators (in preparation)  · Regulators of Electronic Communications (in preparation)  · Space (currently separate organization) former Reconstruction (transferred to DG Enlargement) Directorate-General European integration – participation by non-EU states in EU initiatives Euratom Supply Agency (Luxembourg)32 References ^ "OSHA membership". Europa (web portal). 1 January 2000. http://osha.europa.eu/en/about/organisation/governingboard. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "Cedefop membership". Europa (web portal). http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/about-cedefop/governance/governing-board.aspx. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "EUROFOUND membership". Europa (web portal). 3 June 2010. http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/about/organisation/board.htm. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "EEA membership". Europa (web portal). http://www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/countries-and-eionet/intro. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "ETF membership". Europa (web portal). 1 June 2009. http://www.etf.europa.eu/Web.nsf/pages/About_the_ETF_Governing_Board_Governing_Board_members_EN. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "EMCDDA membership". Europa (web portal). 10 February 2011. http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/about/mb. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "EMA membership". Europa (web portal). http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/about_us/general/general_content_000098.jsp&murl=menus/about_us/about_us.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac0580028c2f. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "OHIM membership" (PDF). http://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/resource/documents/OHIM/institutional/ABBC/ab_memb.pdf. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "CPVO membership". Europa (web portal). http://www.cpvo.europa.eu/main/en/home/about-the-cpvo/administrative-council. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ CdT membership ^ "EMSA membership". Extranet.emsa.europa.eu. 24 March 2011. https://extranet.emsa.europa.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=195. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "EASA members". Europa (web portal). http://easa.europa.eu/management-board/management-board-members.php. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "EASA observers". Europa (web portal). http://easa.europa.eu/management-board/management-board-observers.php. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "ENISA membership". Europa (web portal). http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32004R0460:EN:HTML. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "ECDC observers". Europa (web portal). http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/aboutus/organisation/mb/Pages/AboutUs_Organisation_ManagementBoard.aspx. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "GSA observers". Europa (web portal). http://www.gsa.europa.eu/go/gsa/governance/#gsa_administrative_board. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "ERA observers". Europa (web portal). http://www.era.europa.eu/The-Agency/Administrative-Board/Pages/Administrative-Board-Members.aspx. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "CFCA membership". Europa (web portal). http://www.cfca.europa.eu/pages/home/about_organisation_adminboard_members.htm. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "ECHA membership". Europa (web portal). http://echa.europa.eu/about/organisation/management_board/management_board_members_en.asp. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "EIGE membership". Eur-lex.europa.eu. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006R1922:EN:HTML. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "CEPOL membership". Europa (web portal). http://www.cepol.europa.eu/index.php?id=police-colleges. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "FRA membership". Europa (web portal). 15 April 2011. http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/about_fra/who_we_are/management_board/management_board_en.htm. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "ESRB legal framework". Europa (web portal). http://www.esrb.europa.eu/about/background/html/index.en.html. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "EBA legal framework". Europa (web portal). http://eba.europa.eu/Aboutus.aspx. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "ESMA legal framework". Europa (web portal). http://www.esma.europa.eu/index.php?page=foundingtexts&mac=0&id=. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "EIOPA legal framework". Europa (web portal). https://eiopa.europa.eu/about-eiopa/index.html. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "About BEREC". Erg.eu.int. 25 November 2009. http://www.erg.eu.int/about/index_en.htm. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ Valentina Pop. "Estonia and France are candidates for IT agency seat". Euobserver.com. http://euobserver.com/18/30994. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ Currently ESA is an international organization separate from the European Union. ^ "ESA BR-268" (PDF). http://www.esa.int/esapub/br/br268/br268.pdf. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "EAR membership". http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/archives/ear/agency/main/documents/21.07.08EARGoverningBoard.doc. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  ^ "EUROPA – Euratom Supply Agency Homepage". Europa (web portal). http://ec.europa.eu/euratom/index_en.html. Retrieved 23 April 2011.  External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bodies of the European Union The following links are all part of the official EU-website. 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