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URL: http://ec.europa.eu/
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1952-08-25
History
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As the European Union's executive body: propose legislation which is then adopted by co-legislators, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers; enforce European law - where necessary with the help of the Court of Justice of the EU; set objectives and priorities for action, outlined yearly in the Commission Work Programme and work towards delivering them; manage and implement EU policies and the budget; represent the Union outside Europe.
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D-XD0766 - EFTA - following negotiations between the EEC and EFTA, an agreement was signed, 2 May 1992, Porto (Portugal), on the implementation of: F-XF0847 - European Economic Area (EEA). Although the agreement implied implementation by 1 Jan 1993, it actually came into force 1 Jan 1994. Under the agreement, the Commission informally seeks advice from experts in EFTA countries when drawing up new legislation in the field covered by the agreement; experts from EFTA states are ensured wide participation when the Commission exercises its executive powers, for example in amending certain annexes to existing EU legislation. EFTA participates fully in the Framework Programmes and EFTA countries participate in and pay up to 10% of the operating costs of a number of EU research and development programmes. Programmes in a number of fields are fully open to nationals of all EEA countries and, in the field of education, current and future programmes are also open. Members of the Commission are represented on: EEA Council; EEA Joint Committee.
The Commission negotiates in the name of the Union with:
- F-XF0671 - Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) (in the framework of the Lomé Conventions);
- F-XD0055 - Andean Community;
- C-XD2469 - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC);
- EFTA;
- F-XF5235 - NAFTA Secretariat;
- H-XF2447 - Permanent Mechanism for Consultation and Political Coordination (Rio Group);
- F-XF9180 - Southern Common Market.
Principal regional organizations in the framework of regional cooperation under the Lomé Conventions:
- D-XE4873 - Agency for the Safety of Aerial Navigation in Africa and Madagascar;
- D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- F-XF4023 - Caribbean Development Bank (CDB);
- D-XD4566 - Comité permanent inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS);
- F-XF3162 - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA);
- F-XF5516 - Communauté économique des pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL);
- D-XD0467 - Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA);
- E-XF0363 - Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI);
- D-XD4308 - Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- D-XD0453 - Entente Council;
- D-XD6438 - Commission de l'Océan Indien (COI);
- F-XF4199 - Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD);
- E-XE3867 - Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR);
- H-XE0102 - International Centre for the Bantu Civilizations;
- F-XF2007 - Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA);
- D-XF4346 - Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS);
- D-XD3260 - Pacific Community (SPC);
- F-XF9594 - Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA);
- E-XE4630 - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat;
- F-XF2522 - Southern African Development Community (SADC);
- F-XF8052 - University of the South Pacific (USP);
- F-XF7988 - University of the West Indies (UWI).
Developing countries outside the Lomé Conventions are linked with the Community under less global agreements. These countries are known collectively as ALAMED - Asia, Latin America, Mediterranean.
Permanent observer status with: B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM). Observer member of: H-XJ4167 - Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS). Member of: E-XE0151 - FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP). Signatory to: T-XT9211 - Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity convention); T-XT9090 - Cooperation Agreement for the Protection of North-East Atlantic Coasts and Waters Against Pollution (Lisbon Agreement); T-XT8663 - European Declaration Against Racism and Xenophobia; T-XT8201 - Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU); T-XT9658 - WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT).
Delegations, agreements, cooperation or other relationship with the following bodies:
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- F-XF3413 - Association of Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union (OCTA);
- E-XF3184 - CIHEAM - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM);
- D-XD4344 - Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS);
- D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE), including observer to U-XE1900 - European Population Committee (CAHP) and joint sponsorship of F-XF2808 - Schools for Health in Europe network foundation (SHE);
- U-XF5852 - Current Agricultural Research Information System (CARIS);
- F-XF2441 - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD);
- E-XE3549 - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC);
- B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
- F-XF6349 - International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS);
- E-XE2297 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI);
- B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO);
- F-XF2266 - International Monetary Fund (IMF);
- B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- F-XF0947 - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE);
- E-XK0978 - Transport Corridor from Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA);
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN).
The following intergovernmental organizations also have or indicate links with the Commission:
- D-XD3688 - Association of European Public Postal Operators (PostEurop);
- C-XC1440 - Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM);
- E-XE3268 - Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI);
- E-XE4468 - CGIAR System Organization (CGIAR);
- F-XF9896 - Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the London Convention/Meeting of Contracting Parties to the London Protocol;
- E-XE2000 - Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group);
- E-XE1071 - European Centre for Geodynamics and Seismology (ECGS);
- F-XF3870 - European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development (EIARD);
- E-XD0275 - European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA);
- D-XD0544 - European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO);
- D-XD0823 - EUROCONTROL;
- F-XD0820 - European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN);
- E-XD4726 - European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ESARDA);
- D-XD0868 - European Space Agency (ESA);
- F-XD6538 - European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT IGO);
- E-XE0947 - European Youth Centres (EYCs);
- E-XE0985 - Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission;
- C-XC1732 - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES);
- B-XB2674 - International Customs Tariffs Bureau;
- E-XE5314 - International Energy Agency (IEA);
- C-XC2191 - International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG);
- E-XE2639 - International Trade Centre (ITC);
- E-XE3024 - Internationale Kommission zum Schutz der Elbe (IKSE);
- E-XE8201 - Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries (Development Committee);
- F-XF6646 - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences;
- D-XD1542 - The Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM);
- D-XD2984 - Nordic Council (NC);
- OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC);
- D-XD0064 - Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC);
- F-XF4685 - OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Commission);
- E-XE1306 - Secretariat of the Convention of Wetlands;
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- E-XE1129 - United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW);
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- E-XE9798 - WHO Regional Office for Europe.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Observer to the Governing Board of: F-XF6502 - European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL). Official delegation from: R-XR4374 - Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta. In liaison with technical committees of: B-XB2314 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Principal regional nongovernmental organizations in the framework of regional cooperation under the Lomé Conventions:
- U-XF2006 - Caribbean Agricultural Trading Company (CATCO);
- D-XD5332 - Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC);
- U-XF9182 - Inter-African Electrical Engineering College (IEEC);
- E-XC4494 - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE).
Although the Commission does not grant "Consultative Status" to organizations, it does list those European or international organizations of which it has official cognizance. However, a recent list of such organizations has not been available since the 1990s.
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XE2442
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