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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.

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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.

Official name	Abbreviation	Location	Est.
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work	EU-OSHA	Bilbao	1996
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training	Cedefop	Thessaloniki	1975
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions	EUROFOUND	Dublin	1975
European Environment Agency	EEA	Copenhagen	1994
European Training Foundation	ETF	Turin	1994
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction	EMCDDA	Lisbon	1993
European Medicines Agency	EMEA	London	1995
Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market	OHIM	Alicante	1999
Community Plant Variety Office	CPVO	Angers	1994
Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union	CdT	Luxembourg	1994
European Agency for Reconstruction	EAR	Thessaloniki	2000
European Food Safety Authority	EFSA	Parma	2002
European Maritime Safety Agency	EMSA	Lisbon	2002
European Aviation Safety Agency	EASA	Cologne	2003
European Network and Information Security Agency	ENISA	Heraklion	2005
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control	ECDC	Stockholm	2005
European Global Navigation Satellite System Supervisory Authority	GSA	Brussels	2004
European Railway Agency	ERA	Valenciennes/Lille	2004
European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union	Frontex	Warsaw	2005
Community Fisheries Control Agency	CFCA	Vigo	2005
European Chemicals Agency	ECHA	Helsinki	2007
European Institute for Gender Equality	?	Vilnius	2007
European Fundamental Rights Agency	FRA	Vienna	2007
European Defence Agency	EDA	Brussels	2004
European Institute for Security Studies	ISS	Paris	2001
European Union Satellite Centre	EUSC	Torrejón de Ardoz	2002
European Police College	CEPOL	Bramshill	2001
European Police Office	Europol	The Hague	1999
European body for the enhancement of judicial co-operation	Eurojust	The Hague	2002