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An agency of the European Union are decentralised bodies of the European Union (EU), which are distinct from the institutions. Agencies are established to accomplish specific tasks. Each agency has its own legal personality. Some answer the need to develop scientific or technical know-how in certain fields, others bring together different interest groups to facilitate dialogue at European and international level. Most agencies are categorised under the three pillars of the European Union.

List

Distinct from EU institutions, the agencies of the European Union were set up to accomplish very specific tasks such as promoting environmental protection, transport safety and multilingualism. They span Europe – Dublin to Stockholm, Warsaw to Lisbon – providing services, information and know-how to the general public.

Here, the agencies are listed after different colours for the three respective pillars:

     European Communities

     Common Foreign and Security Policy

     Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters

Executive agencies

Executive agencies are created by European Commission for a fixed period.

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

Proposed agencies

• European Telecom Market Authority (ETMA?)

See also

• Directorate-General

External links

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The following links are all part of the official EU-website.

• EU's main site about agencies
  • First pillar agencies
  • Second pillar agencies
  • Third pillar agencies
  • Executive agencies
• Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA)

Recommended reading: Governance of the EU: The Reform Debate on European Agencies Reignited