EU AGENCIES LANDSCAPE

The EU agencies need a robust framework to match their important role in the decision-making process.

The EU agencies were set up to provide expertise on some of the issues that Europeans care most about – from health and social policy to foreign and security policy. They help the EU institutions make the right decisions by delivering legal, technical and – in some cases – scientific back-up.

Some agencies – the 6 "executive agencies" – assist with the management of EU programmes in a given field. Others – e.g. the 29 "Community Agencies “– were set up in response to an identifiable need in a particular policy area. A good example is the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), created in 2007 as part of the REACH package on hazardous chemicals.

The Community agencies are scattered around Europe. They differ in the type of remit they have and each one is governed by its own set of rules. This diversity and the lack of a common framework is a major obstacle to good governance.

1. Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) : Ljubljana, Slovenia
2. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA): Vienna, Austria
3. European GNSS Agency (GSA): Prague, Czech Republic
4. European Union Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA): Heraklion, Greece
5. European Fisheries Control Agency: (EFCA): Vigo, Spain
6. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA): Cologne, Germany
7. European Medicines Agency (EMA): London, United Kingdom
8. European Chemicals Agency (ECHA): Helsinki, Finland
9. European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX): Warsaw, Poland
10. European Agency for the Operational Management of Large Scale IT Systems in the area of Freedom, Security and Justice (EU-LISA): Tallin, Estonia
11. European Agency for the Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA): Bilbao, Spain
12. European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA): Lisbon, Portgual
13. European Environment Agency (EEA): Copenhagen, Denmark
14. European Railway Agency (ERA): Valenciennes, France
15. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): Parma, Italy
16. Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CDT): Luxembourg, Luxembourg
17. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Solna, Sweden
18. Europe Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP): Thassalonik, Greece
19. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND): Dublin, Ireland
20. European Training Foundation (ETF): Turin, Italy
21. European Institute for Gender Equality: Vilnius, Lithuania
22. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA): Lisbon, Portugal
23. Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM): Alicante, Spain
24. Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO): Angers, France

 Common Foreign and Security Policy Agencies

1. European Defence Agency (EDA): Brussels, Belgium
2. European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS): Paris, France
3. European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC): Torrejon de Ardoz (Madrid), Spain

 Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters Agencies

1. European Police College (CEPOL): Branshill, Hook, Hampshire, United Kingdom
2. EUROJUST- European Judicial Cooperation Unit: The Hague, The Netherlands
3. European Police Office (EUROPOL): The Hague, The Netherlands

 Executive Agencies

1. European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA): Brussels, Belgium
2. Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA): Brussels, Belgium
3. Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA): Brussels, Belgium
4. Executive Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EASME): Brussels, Belgium
5. Research Executive Agency: Brussels, Belgium
6. Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA): Luxembourg, Luxembourg

 Euratom Agencies and Bodies

1. Euratom Supply Agency: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2. Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking: Barcelona, Spain

 Other Organisations

1. ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking: Brussels, Belgium
2. Clean Sky Joint Undertaking: Brussels, Belgium
3. ENIAC Joint Undertaking: Brussels, Belgium
4. IMI Joint Undertaking: Brussels, Belgium
5. SESAR Joint Undertaking: Brussels, Belgium
6. European Institute of Innovation and Technology: Budapest, Hungary
7. Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC): Riga, Latvia
8. Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU): Brussels, Belgium
9. European Asylum Support Office: Valetta, Malta

 By Country:

 Austria

• European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)

Belgium

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

 Czech Republic

• European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA)

 Denmark

• European Environment Agency (EEA)

 Estonia

• European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the area of Freedom, Security and Justice

 Finland

• European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

 France

• Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)
• European Railway Agency (ERA)
• European Union Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
• European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

 Germany

• European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
• European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

 Greece

• European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)
• European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)

 Hungary

• European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

 Ireland

• European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND)

Italy

• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
• European Training Foundation (ETF)

Latvia

• Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)

 Lithuania

• European Institute for Gender Equality

 Luxembourg

• Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT)
• Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC)

 Malta

• European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

 The Netherlands

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

 Poland

• European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX)

 Portugal

• European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
• European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)

 Slovenia

• Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)

 Spain

• European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA)
• Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market-Trade Marks and Designs (OHIM)
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA)
• European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (Fusion for Energy)
• European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC)

 Sweden

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

 United Kingdom

• European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
• European Police College (CEPOL)
• European Banking Authority (EBA)