European Environment Agency (EEA), agency of the European Union devoted to establishing a monitoring network for the monitoring of the European environment. It is governed by a Management Board composed of representatives of the governments of member states, a European Commission representative and two scientists appointed by the European Parliament, assisted by a committee of scientists. Taken from europa. ... Jump to: navigation, search The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... Jump to: navigation, search The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

It was established by EEC Regulation 1210/1990, as amended by EEC Regulation 933/1999; and became operational in 1994. It is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital and largest city of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ...

As a EU body, member states of the European Union are automatically members; however the Council Regulation establishing it provided that other states may become members of it by means of agreements concluded between them and the European Community. The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ...

As of 2004 it has 31 members. It was the first EU body to open its membership to the 13 candidate countries (pre-2004 enlargement). As of 2004 membership is: 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... States colour-shaded according to entry (darkest being earliest) The European Union originally consisted of six member states. ...

• 25 EU member states
• EEA members (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein)
• Candidate countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey.

Negotiations on membership are in progress with Switzerland.

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