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The Agency, located in Helsinki, Finland will manage the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction
processes for chemical substances to ensure consistency across the European Union. These REACH processes are designed
to provide additional information on chemicals, to ensure their safe use, and to ensure competitiveness of the European
industry.
In its... |
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The European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the
European Union was established by Council Regulation (EC) 2007/2004/ (26.10.2004, OJ L 349/25.11.2004).
FRONTEX coordinates operational cooperation between Member States in the field of management of external borders;
assists Member States in the training of... |
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The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is the hub of drug-related information in the
European Union. Its role is to gather, analyse and disseminate ‘objective, reliable and comparable information’ on
drugs and drug addiction and, in so doing, provide its audiences with a sound and evidence-based picture of the drug
phenomenon at European level.... |
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The Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA) was created by the European Commission to implement the Intelligent
Energy – Europe (IEE) programme. The remit of the IEEA is to *manage the projects and events organised under the IEE
Programme; *disseminate the know-how and best practices which result; *foster exchange and co-ordination between all
players involved, and with... |
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Europol, the European Police Office, was set up in 1992 to handle Europe-wide criminal intelligence. It is based in
The Hague of the Netherlands, and its staff includes representatives of the national law enforcement agencies (police,
customs, immigration services, etc.).
Europol's aim is to help the EU member states co-operate more closely and effectively in preventing and... |
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CEPOL was established by the Council of Ministers (Decision of 22 December 2000). Its aim is to help cross-border
training of senior police officers by optimising and reinforcing co-operation between relevant national institutes and
organisations. CEPOL also aims at supporting and developing an integrated EU approach on the cross-border problems
faced by its Member States in... |
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The European Railway Agency has the mission of reinforcing safety and interoperability of railways throughout Europe.
As part of its common transport policy, the Community has adopted legislation to pave the way for gradual
establishment of an integrated European railway area - both legally and technically. That involves the development and
implementation of Technical... |
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The European Defence Agency was established under a Joint Action of the Council of Ministers on 12 July, 2004 in order
*improve the EU's defence capabilities especially in the field of crisis management; *promote EU armaments
cooperation; *strengthen the EU defence industrial and technological base and create a competitive European defence
equipment market; *promote... |
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The Centre was established by European Parliament and Council Regulation 851/2004 of 21 April 2004. It became
operational on 20 May 2005.
Its mission is to help strengthen Europe’s defences against infectious diseases, such as influenza, SARS and
HIV/AIDS. It has a small core staff but an extended network of partners across the EU and the EEA/EFTA Member States.
The ECDC... |
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The European Union Institute for Security Studies (ISS) was set up in 2002 based on a Council Joint Action on 20th of
July 2001, ( OJ L 200, 25th July 2001 ).
Its aim is to help create a common European security culture, to support the strategic debate by providing the best
possible interface between European decision-makers and the diverse circles of non-official... |
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Our lives with mobile phones, Internet banking, computers at home and at work, almost everywhere in the Information
Society of today, makes it vital that the systems of our Digital Economy functions. For this purpose, ENISA serves as a
centre of expertise for both Member States and EU Institutions, to seek advice in Network and Information Security
matters.
As such, ENISA... |
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The European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC) was set up in 2002, based on a Council Joint Action on 20th of July 2001, (
OJ L 200, 25th July 2001 ) and became operational in January 2002. It is an Agency of the Council of the European
Union dedicated to the exploitation and production of information deriving from the analysis of earth observation space
imagery. It aims at... |
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The European Agency for Reconstruction is responsible for the management of the main EU assistance programmes in
Serbia and Montenegro (Republic of Serbia, Republic of Montenegro, UN-administered Kosovo) and FYR of Macedonia.
It was established in February 2000 and has its headquarters in Greece at Thessaloniki, and operational centres in
Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina and... |
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The primary objective of the Vienna-based European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) is to provide the
Community and its Member States with objective, reliable and comparable information and data on racism, xenophobia and
anti-Semitism in the EU in order to help the EU and its Member States undertake measures or formulate courses of action
against racism and... |
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Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994, established a system of Community plant variety rights as the sole
and exclusive form of Community industrial property rights for new plant varieties. The system is administered by the
Community Plant Variety Offi ce (CPVO).
The CPVO is a self-fi nancing Community body with legal personality which came into being on 27... |
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provides independent scientific advice on all matters with a direct or
indirect impact on food safety — including animal health and welfare and plant protection. EFSA is also consulted on
nutrition in relation to Community legislation. The Authority communicates to the public in an open and transparent way
on all matters within its... |
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European waters and coastlines have suffered several incidents that have led to very serious consequences in the
matter of casualties and pollution. The European Institutions therefore decided to create a specialised Agency to
tighten up their pre-existing range of legal tools. This Agency will play an advisory role to the Member States and,
also, a supporting role to the... |
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he European Aviation Safety Agency is an agency of the European Union which has been given specific regulatory and
executive tasks in the field of aviation safety. The Agency constitutes a key part of the European Union’s strategy
to establish and maintain a high uniform level of civil aviation safety in Europe.
The Agency’s mission is twofold. It shall provide technical... |
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Eurojust is a new European Union body established in 2002 to enhance the effectiveness of the competent authorities
within Member States when they are dealing with serious cross-border and organised crime. Eurojust stimulates and
improves the coordination of investigations and prosecutions and also supports the Member States in order to render
their investigations and... |
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The Translation Centre’s principal role is to provide the translation services required by the various decentralised
Community agencies. Its mission also has an interinstitutional dimension. The Translation Centre thus also provides
services to the institutions and bodies which already have translation services, in order to absorb any peaks in their
workload. At the same time,... |
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The continuous improvement of safety and health at work is a key objective of European social and employment policy.
However, the range and diversity of the occupational safety and health (OSH) issues that face Europe are beyond the
resources and expertise of a single Member State or institution. This is why the European Agency for Safety and Health
at Work was formed: to... |
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The OHIM is the official authority carrying out the procedures for the Community trade marks since 1996 and for the
Community registered design from 2003. These intellectual property rights are valid in all the countries of the EU.
Trade marks and designs belong to the world of private company law. The OHIM is both an agency of the European
Community and an industrial... |
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The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) contributes to the protection of public and animal health by ensuring that
medicines for human and veterinary use are safe, effective and of high quality. Bringing together the scientific
resources of the 25 EU Member States in a network of more than 40 national competent authorities the EMEA coordinates
the evaluation and supervision of... |
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The European Training Foundation is one of the agencies of the European Union. The establishment of the agencies was
driven by the need for new specialised bodies to deal with a number of specific issues. Their location across the
European Union was made in an attempt to bring the Union closer to its citizens. The European Training Foundation is
located in Turin, Italy and... |
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The European Environment Agency (EEA) is the EU body dedicated to providing sound and independent information on the
environment. We are a main information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating
environmental policy, as well as the general public.
Our aim is to help the EU and member countries make informed decisions about improving... |
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Cedefop – the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, established in 1975, is a European agency
that helps promote and develop vocational education and training in the European Union (EU). Originally based in
Berlin,
Cedefop was one of the first specialised and decentralised agencies set up. In 1995, Cedefop’s head office was
transferred to Thessaloniki,... |
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The Foundation is a European Union body set up in 1975 to contribute to the planning and establishment of better
living and working conditions in Europe. It provides findings, knowledge and advice from independent and comparative
research, to governments, employers, trade unions and the European Commission.
The Foundation organises its work around three core areas of... |
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