Community agencies are distinctive from the governmental and judicial institutions. These agencies are structured to address very specific tasks in specific fields. The community agencies were appointed by acts of secondary legislation. For more on the history of the agencies, see this page on Europa, the official EU web site.
Present and Past European Union Community agencies:
- Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training)
- EUROFOUND (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions)
- EEA (European Environment Agency)
- ETF (European Training Foundation)
- EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction)
- EMEA (European Medicines Agency)
- OHIM (Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs))
- EU-OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work)
- CPVO (Community Plant Variety Office)
- CdT (Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union)
- FRA (European Agency for Fundamental Rights, formerly the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia)
- EAR (European Agency for Reconstruction, closed 2008)
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)
- EMSA (European Maritime Safety Agency)
- EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency)
- ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency)
- CFCA (Community Fisheries Control Agency)
- ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)
- ECHA (European Chemicals Agency)
- EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality)
- ERA (European Railway Agency)
- FRONTEX (European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders)
- GSA (European GNSS Supervisory Authority)