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The centre is an integral part of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO), and it operates continuously 24/7 from its headquarters in Brussels. When an emergency hits, the UCPM can be activated following a request for assistance.
Europe Direct [1] includes EUROPE DIRECT Centres, European Documentation Centres (EDC), the EU Team EUROPE DIRECT speakers bureau and the call centre Europe Direct Contact Centre. [2] The network was created in 2005 and restructured in February 2009. [3]
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, usually known in English as the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), is a Vienna-based agency of the European Union inaugurated on 1 March 2007. It was established by Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007.
The European Consumer Centres Network (ECC-Net) [1] is an EU-wide network. [2] There is a national contact point called European Consumer Centre (ECC) in all 27 EU Member States, as well as in Iceland and Norway. [3]
The EU's competence in the field of Civil Protection is ruled by Article 196 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union Treaty on the functioning of the European Union. [21] The EU has a supporting competence in the field of civil protection.
members: EU states, European Commission [14] Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union: CdT: Luxembourg City Luxembourg: 1994: members: EU states, European Commission [15] European Food Safety Authority: EFSA: Parma Italy: 2002: members: EU states observers European Commission, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland European Maritime Safety ...
The EU INTCEN and the EUMS Intelligence Directorate are the main clients of the European Union Satellite Centre, which provides satellite imagery and analysis. [16] The EU command and control (C2) structure is directed by political bodies composed of member states' representatives, and generally requires unanimous decisions. As of April 2019: [17]
A European Documentation Centre (EDC) is a body designated by the European Commission to collect and disseminate publications of the European Union for the purposes of research and education. There are 400 such centers in all member states of the EU. [ 1 ]