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Agencies and Bodies Flashcards

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Roles of EU agencies

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  • Information gathering, standard setting and (increasingly) behaviour modification tasks in policy domains (e.g., food safety, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, financial markets, etc).
  • Proposing draft decisions to the Commission
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First agencies

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In 1960:
- EURATOM supply agency (ESA)

In 1975:
- European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

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Number of EU agencies (2023)

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39 agencies and 9 joint undertakings

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Joint undertakings

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Joint undertakings (JUs) are public-private partnership bodies that are in charge of the execution of EU research and technological development programmes

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To agency or not to agency

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The Council and EC choose whether to delegate policy-making tasks to the Commission, agencies or national authorities

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Types of agencies

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  • Decentralised agencies: carry out technical, scientific or managerial tasks that help the EU institutions make and implement policies. They are set up for an indefinite period and are located across the EU.
  • Executive agencies help the European Commission manage EU programmes. They are set up for a fixed period and must be based in the same location as the Commission (either Brussels or Luxembourg). (CINEA, ACEA, EISMEA, ERCEA, HaDEA, REA)
  • European Atomic Energy Community Treaty (EURATOM) agencies were created to coordinate national nuclear research programmes for peaceful purposes; to provide knowledge, infrastructure and funding for nuclear energy; and to ensure sufficient and secure supplies of nuclear energy.
  • European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), an independent EU body which seeks to promote Europe’s ability to develop new technologies, by pooling its best scientific, business and education resources. It is located in Hungary.
  • Other bodies: EIT, EPPO, ESA, SRB
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Countries with the most and least agencies

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FR : 4

CY, HR, BG, RO: none

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BEREC

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Agency for support for Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications

2009, Riga (Latvia)

for support ? Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications

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ACER

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Agency for the cooperation of energy regulators

2009, legal creation
2011, opening of offices in Ljubljana (Slovenia)

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ESA (1)

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EURATOM supply agency
- to maintain regular and equitable supply of nuclear materials for all users in the European Atomic Energy Community.

1958, Luxembourg
1960, operational

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Cedefop

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European centre for the development of vocational training (cedefop because of Fr: “formation professionelle”)

1975, Thessaloniki

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Eurofound

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Europe foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions

1975, Dublin

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EEA

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European Environmental Agency

1990, Copenhagen

*Date to be confirmed - I’ve read 1994

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ETF

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European Training Foundation

1994, Turin

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EMA

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European Medicines Agency
1995
Since 2019 in Amsterdam
1995-2019 in London

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EMCDDA

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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and drugs addiction

1993, Lisbon

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CdT

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Translation Centre for the bodies of the EU

1994, Luxembourg

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CPVO

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Community Plant Variety Office

1995, Angers (FR)

*Date to be confirmed I read 1994

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EUIPO

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EU Intellectual Property Office

1994, Alicante

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EU-OSHA

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European agency for safety and health at work

1994, Bilbao

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EASA

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EU Aviation Safety Agency

2002, Cologne

*Date to be confirmed, I read 2003

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EFSA

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European Food Safety Authority

2002, Parma

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EMSA

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European Maritime Safety Authority

2002, Lisbon

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Eurojust

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European body for the enhancement of judicial cooperation
EU agency for criminal justice cooperation

2002, The Hague

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Period of existence of the executive agencies

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1/4/2021 to 31/12/2028: CINEA, REA, EISMEA, EACEA, ERCEA

16/2/2021 to 31/12/2028: HaDEA

Decision (EU) 2021/173

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EISMEA

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European innovation council and SMEs Executive agency

2003 (IIEA -> EACI -> EASME), Brussels

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ECDC

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

2005, Stockholm

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ENISA

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European Union Agency for Cybersecurity

2004, Athens (offices also in Brussels and Heraklion - EL)

*Date to be confirmed - I read 2005

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ERA

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European railway agency

2006, Valenciennes

*Date to be confirmed - I read 2004

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EUSPA

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EU Agency for the Space Programme

2004 (named GSA), Prague

*Date to be confirmed - I read 2021 (Prague)

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Frontex

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European border and coast guard Agency

2004, Warsaw

*check again - eslewhere also finds info that 2016

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CEPOL

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EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training
2005

since 2014: Budapets
2005-2014: Bramshill (UK)

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EFCA

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European Fisheries Control Agency

2005, Vigo

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Chafea (dismantled in 2021)

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Executive agency on consumers, health, agriculture and food

2005-2021

Its task are taken over by HaDEA, EISMEA, and REA

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ECHA

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European Chemicals Agency

2007, Helsinki

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EIGE

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European Institute for gender equality

2010, Vilnius

*to be confirmed, I read 2007

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CINEA

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European climate, infrastructure and environment executive agency

2006 (TEN-T EA -> INEA), Brussels

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EACEA

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Education, audiovisual, and cultural executive agency

2006, Brussels

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FRA

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EU agency for Fundamental Rights

2007, Vienna

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REA

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Research Executive Agency

2007 (establishment) 2009 (operational), Brussels

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EIT

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European Institute of Innovation and Technology

2008, Budapest

Mandate revised in 2021

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ERCEA

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European research council executive agency

2008, Brussels

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Europol

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EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation

1998, The Hague

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EUAA

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EU Agency for Asylum

2022, Valletta (replacing 2010 EASO, European Asylum Support Office)

*date to be confirmed - I read 2011

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EBA

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European banking authority

2011, Paris

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EIOPA

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European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority

2011, Frankfurt am Main

47
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ESMA

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European Securities and Markets Authority

2011, Paris

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eu-LISA

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European agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice

2011 (operational in 2012), Tallin (plus operation site in Strasbourg and back-up office in Sanjay Johann in Pangau -AT)

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SRB

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Single Resolution Board

2015, Brussels

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EPPO

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European public prosecutor’s office

2019, Luxembourg

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ELA

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European Labour Authority

2019, Bratislava (Slovakia)

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HaDEA

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European health and digital executive agency

2021, Brussels

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Agencies with the most staff (2021)

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(rounded values)
Frontex: 1554
EUIPO: 1166
Europol: 979
EMA: 878
REA: 866

Overall, agencies’ staff as a percentage of EU staff is 17%

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What is EUAN

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The EU Agencies Network was set up as an inter-agency cooperation platform and is chaired each year by a different agency.

55
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EDPS

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European data protection supervisor (different than, but member of, EDPB, established in 2018)

EU body

2004, Brussels

56
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F4E

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Fusion 4 Energy

EURATOM agency

2004, Barcelona

It manages ITER on nuclear fusion, located in France close to Aix-en-Provence

57
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EDA

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European Defence Agency

CFSP agency

2004, Brussels

Administrative agreements:

  • 2006 Norway
  • 2012 Switzerland
  • 2013 Serbia
  • 2015 Ukraine
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EUISS

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EU Institute for Security Studies

CFSP agency

2002, Paris (liaison office in Brussels)

*Date to be confirmed, I read 2001

59
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SatCen

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EU Satellite Centre

CFSP agency

2002 (replacing the 1993 SatCen of the WEU), Torrejón de Ardoz

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Euratom agencies and bodies

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Euratom Supply Agency,
Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking

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agencies to support Common foreign and security policy

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European Defence Agency (EDA),
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS),
European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen)

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