EU Agencies


Community agencies

A Community agency is a body governed by European public law; it is distinct from the Community Institutions (Council, Parliament, Commission, etc.) and has its own legal personality. It is set up by an act of secondary legislation in order to accomplish a very specific technical, scientific or managerial task.

At present, the European Community agencies are:

Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (at planning stage)
Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA)
Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX)
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
European Environment Agency (EEA)
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND)
European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA)
European Institute for Gender Equality
European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
European Medicines Agency
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
European Railway Agency (ERA)
European Training Foundation (ETF)
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT)

Common Security and Defence Policy agencies

Agencies have been set up to carry out very specific technical, scientific and management tasks within the framework of European Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy.

At present, these agencies are:

European Defence Agency (EDA)
European Union Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC)

Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters agencies

Another group of agencies has been set up to help the EU Member States co-operate in the fight against organised international crime.

At present, these agencies are:

European Police College (CEPOL)
European Police Office (EUROPOL)
The European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit ( EUROJUST )

Executive agencies

Executive agencies are organisations established in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 (OJ L 11, 16.1.2003) with a view to being entrusted with certain tasks relating to the management of one or more Community programmes. These agencies are set up for a fixed period. Their location has to be at the seat of the European Commission (Brussels or Luxembourg).

At present, these agencies are:

Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
European Research Council Executive Agency (ERC)
Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI)
Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC)
Research Executive Agency (REA)
Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA)

EU Agencies located in Member States

Flag of Austria Austria
Flag of Belgium Belgium
Flag of Denmark Denmark
Flag of Finland Finland
Flag of France France
Flag of Germany Germany
Flag of Greece Greece
Flag of Hungary Hungary
Flag of Ireland Ireland
Flag of Italy Italy
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg
Flag of The Netherlands The Netherlands
Flag of Poland Poland
Flag of Portugal Portugal
Flag of Spain Spain
Flag of Sweden Sweden

EURATOM Agencies and bodies

These bodies are created to support the aims of the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty (EURATOM). The purpose of the Treaty is to coordinate the Member States’ research programmes for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, to provide knowledge, infrastructure and funding of nuclear energy and to ensure sufficiency and security of atomic energy supply. At present these bodies are:

EURATOM Supply Agency
Fusion for Energy

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