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Agencies

From Stockholm to Crete and from Lisbon to Warsaw, 29 agencies provide service, information and know-how to the people of the European Union and beyond. The agencies work within many different fields such as environment, food safety, transportation, trade marks, education, or fundamental rights. (Photo: www.bookshop.europa.eu)

Agencies and other EU bodies

The EU may establish special agencies and bodies to deal with specific topics. They are not a part of the EU but work as separate institutions with their own legal personality. There are over 40 agencies, divided into four groups

-          decentralised agencies

-          executive agencies

-          EURATOM agencies

-          European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

For an overall introduction to agencies, see: 

http://europa.eu/about-eu/agencies/index_en.htm

The following agencies are now run by the EU:

- CdT - Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union – Luxembourg: http://www.cdt.europa.eu/

- CEDEFOP - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training – Thessaloniki (Greece): http://www.cedefop.europa.eu

- CFCA – The European Fisheries Control Agency – Vigo (Spain): http://efca.europa.eu/pages/home/home.htm

- CPVO - Community Plant Variety Office – Angers (France): http://www.cpvo.europa.eu/main/en/home

- EASA - European Aviation Safety Agency – Köln (Germany): http://www.easa.europa.eu

- ECHA - European Chemicals Agency - Helsinki (Finland): http://echa.europa.eu

- ECDC - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Stocholm (Sweden): http://www.ecdc.europa.eu

- EEA - European Environment Agency – Copenhagen (Denmark): http://www.eea.europa.eu

- EFSA - European Food Safety Authority – Parma (Italy): http://www.efsa.europa.eu

- EMCDDA - European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction - Lisbon (Portugal): http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/

- EMEA - European Medicines Agency - London (UK): http://www.emea.europa.eu

- EMSA - European Maritime Safety Agency – Lisbon (Portugal):  http://www.emsa.europa.eu/

- ENISA - European Network and Information and Security Agency - Heraklion (Greece): http://www.enisa.europa.eu

- ERA - European Railway Agency – Valenciennes/Lille (France): http://www.era.europa.eu

- ETF - European Training Foundation - Torino (Italy): http://www.etf.europa.eu

- EU-OSHA - European Agency for Safety and Health at Work- Bilbao (Spain): http://osha.europa.eu/OSHA/

- EUROFOUND - European Foundation for the Improvement of the Living and Working Conditions – Dublin (Ireland): http://www.eurofound.europa.eu

- EIGE - European Institute for Gender Equality - Vilnius (Lithuania):  http://eige.europa.eu/

- FRA - European Fundamental Rights Agency – Vienna (Austria): http://fra.europa.eu

- FRONTEX - European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders  – Warsaw (Poland): http://www.frontex.europa.eu

- GSA - European GNSS Supervisory Authority – Brussels (Belgium): http://www.gsa.europa.eu (GNSS stands for Global Navigation Satellite Systems)

- OHIM - Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) Alicante (Spain): http://oami.europa.eu/

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