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)
The EU can establish different agencies to deal with specific topics. The following agencies are now run by the EU:
- CdT: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union – Luxembourg: http://www.cdt.eu.int
- CEDEFOP: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training – Thessaloniki (Greece): http://www.cedefop.eu.int
- CPVO Community Plant Variety Office – Angers (France): http://www.cpvo.eu.int
- EAR European Agency for Reconstruction – Thessaloniki (Greece): http://www.ear.eu.int
- EASA – European Aviation Safety Agency (operational by September 2003)
http://europa.eu.int/agencies/easa/index_en.htm
- EEA: European Environment Agency – Copenhagen (Denmark): http://www.eea.eu.int
- EFSA – European Food Safety Authority – Temporary seat in Brussels (Belgium): http://www.efsa.eu.int/
- EMCDA: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction- Lisbon (Portugal): http://www.emcdda.org
- EMEA: European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products – London (UK): http://www.emea.eu.int
- EMSA – European Maritime Safety Agency
http://europa.eu.int/agencies/emsa/index_en.htm
- ETF: European Training Foundation- Turin (Italy): http://www.etf.eu.int
- EUMC – European Monitoring Centre on racism and Xenophobia – Vienna (Austria): http://www.eumc.eu.int and http://europa.eu.int/agencies/eumc/index_en.htm
- EUROFOUND – European Foundation for the Improvement of the Living and Working Conditions – Dublin (Ireland): http://www.eurofound.eu.int
- OHIM: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Marks and Designs) http://europa.eu.int/agencies/ohim/index_en.htm – Alicante (Spain): http://oami.eu.int
- OSHA - European Agency for Safety and Health at work- Bilbao (Spain): http://europe.osha.eu.int
For an overall introduction to agencies:
http://europa.eu.int/agencies/index_en.htm