9.5.3.Decentralised organisations (agencies)

Decentralised organisations (agencies) are created by a specific legislative act and charged with a particular task.

Decentralised organisations (agencies) are created by a specific legislative act and charged with a particular task.

Generally, the organisations are cited in alphabetical order of the language of the publication.

Name Abbreviation Seat Reference act
(founding act)(1)		 Modifications(2)
Agency for Support for BEREC
(short form: BEREC Office)		 — Riga OJ L 321, 17.12.2018, p. 1
(OJ L 337, 18.12.2009, p. 1)
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism

AMLA

 Frankfurt am Main

OJ L, 2024/1620, 19.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1620/oj
Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations — Brussels OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 1 Written form amended
Community Plant Variety Office CPVO Angers OJ L 227, 1.9.1994, p. 1 Amending act under preparation
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work EU-OSHA(*) Bilbao OJ L 30, 31.1.2019, p. 58
(OJ L 216, 20.8.1994, p. 1)
European Banking Authority EBA Paris OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 12 Amending act (seat):
OJ L 291, 16.11.2018, p. 1
European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex(*) Warsaw OJ L 295, 14.11.2019, p. 1
(OJ L 349, 25.11.2004, p. 1)
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC(*) Stockholm OJ L 142, 30.4.2004, p. 1 Written form amended
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training Cedefop(*) Thessaloniki OJ L 30, 31.1.2019, p. 90
(OJ L 39, 13.2.1975, p. 1)
European Chemicals Agency ECHA(*) Helsinki (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1) Corrigendum:
OJ L 136, 29.5.2007, p. 3
European Environment Agency EEA Copenhagen OJ L 126, 21.5.2009, p. 13
European Fisheries Control Agency EFCA Vigo OJ L 83, 25.3.2019, p. 18
(OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1)
European Food Safety Authority EFSA(*) Parma OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions Eurofound(*) Dublin OJ L 30, 31.1.2019, p. 74
(OJ L 139, 30.5.1975, p. 1)		 Written form amended
European Institute for Gender Equality EIGE(*) Vilnius OJ L 403, 30.12.2006, p. 9
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority EIOPA Frankfurt am Main OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 48
European Labour Authority ELA Bratislava OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 21 Establishment: 31.7.2019
European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA Lisbon OJ L 208, 5.8.2002, p. 1
European Medicines Agency EMA(*) Amsterdam OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1 Amending act (seat):
OJ L 291, 16.11.2018, p. 3
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA Lisbon OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 1
(OJ L 36, 12.2.1993, p. 1)		 Amending act: OJ L 166, 30.6.2023, p. 6 Entry into force: 1.7.2023 EMCDDA replaced by EUDA: 2.7.2024
European Securities and Markets Authority ESMA Paris OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 84
European Training Foundation ETF(*) Turin OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 82
(OJ L 131, 23.5.1990, p. 1)
European Union Agency for Asylum EUAA Malta OJ L 468, 30.12.2021, p. 1
European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation Eurojust The Hague OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 138
(OJ L 63, 6.3.2002, p. 1)
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity ENISA(*) Heraklion OJ L 151, 7.6.2019, p. 15
(OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 1)
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights FRA(*) Vienna OJ L 53, 22.2.2007, p. 1
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation Europol The Hague OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53
(OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 1)
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training CEPOL Budapest OJ L 319, 4.12.2015, p. 1
(OJ L 256, 1.10.2005, p. 63)
European Union Agency for Railways ERA Lille-Valenciennes OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 1
(OJ L 164, 30.4.2004, p. 1)
European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ACER(*) Ljubljana OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 22
(OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 1)
European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice eu-Lisa(*) Tallinn OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 99
(OJ L 286, 1.11.2011, p. 1)
European Union Agency for the Space Programme EUSPA(*) Prague OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 69
European Union Aviation Safety Agency EASA Cologne OJ L 212, 22.8.2018, p. 1
(OJ L 240, 7.9.2002, p. 1)
European Union Drugs Agency EUDA(*) Lisbon OJ L 166, 30.6.2023, p. 6 Entry into force: 1.7.2023 EMCDDA replaced by EUDA: 2.7.2024
European Union Intellectual Property Office EUIPO Alicante OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1
(OJ L 11, 14.1.1994, p. 1)
Single Resolution Board SRB Brussels OJ L 225, 30.7.2014, p. 1
Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union CdT(*) Luxembourg OJ L 314, 7.12.1994, p. 1 Written form amended
Adopted modification(s)
— — —

Under preparation

Several procedures that are either planned or underway may lead to the modification of the name of one or more agencies.
Community Plant Variety Office

Proposal:
European Agency on Plant Varieties

CPVO

Proposal:
EAPV

Procedure: COM(2013) 262 – 2013/137 (COD)
to be monitored (the EP asked the Commission to withdraw its proposal and submit a new one)
At planning stage (new agencies)
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(*)

Same abbreviation in all languages.

(1)

The reference act is in principle the founding act. If the latter has been ‘recast’ or a ‘codification’ of it has been made, or if it has been repealed and replaced by a new act, this modified act becomes the new reference act (the original founding act is then indicated in brackets as a reminder).

(2)

The different types of modification are as follows.

  • ‘Corrigendum’, ‘amending act’ (or other): modifications to the basic act with regard to the name, the abbreviation or the seat.
  • ‘Written form amended’: for the body in question, the written form used in the basic regulation has been amended in order to conform to the conventions of interinstitutional writing, in particular the rules relating to upper and lower case (with the agreement of the lawyer-linguists of the Council, no corrigendum is necessary).
NB:

See also Decision 2004/97/EC, Euratom of 13 December 2003 on the location of certain offices and agencies of the European Union (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 15).

Common foreign and security policy agencies and bodies

Name Abbreviation Seat Reference act
(founding act)(1)
European Defence Agency ΕDA Brussels OJ L 266, 13.10.2015, p. 55
(OJ L 245, 17.7.2004, p. 17)
European Security and Defence College ESDC Brussels OJ L, 2024/3116, 10.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/3116/oj
(OJ L 194, 26.7.2005, p. 15)
European Union Institute for Security Studies EUISS Paris OJ L 41, 12.2.2014, p. 13
(OJ L 200, 25.7.2001, p. 1)
European Union Satellite Centre Satcen Torrejón de Ardoz OJ L 188, 27.6.2014, p. 73
(OJ L 200, 25.7.2001, p. 5)
(1)

The reference act is in principle the founding act. If the latter has been ‘recast’ or a ‘codification’ of it has been made, or if it has been repealed and replaced by a new act, this modified act becomes the new reference act (the original founding act is then indicated in brackets as a reminder).