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Agencies and decentralised bodies
The EU's agencies and decentralised bodies can be grouped into several categories.
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Regulatory agencies and bodies
A number of specialised and decentralised EU agencies have been established to support the EU Member States and their citizens. These agencies are an answer to a desire for geographical devolution and the need to cope with new tasks of a legal, technical and/or scientific nature. The regulatory agencies and bodies include: -
EURATOM agencies and bodies
These bodies are created to support the aims of the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty (EURATOM). The purpose of the Treaty is to coordinate the Member States' research programmes for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, to provide knowledge, infrastructure and funding of nuclear energy and to ensure sufficiency and security of atomic energy supply. -
Executive agencies
Executive agencies are organisations established in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 (OJ L 11, 16.1.2003)
with a view to being entrusted with certain tasks relating to the management of one or more Community programmes. These agencies are set up for a fixed period. Their location has to be at the seat of the European Commission (Brussels or Luxembourg). -
Financial supervisory bodies
Three European supervisory authorities were established in January 2011 to prevent the build-up of risks that threaten the stability of the overall financial system.
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is an independent, decentralised EU body which pools the best scientific, business and education resources to boost the Union's innovation capacity.