Category: User-created public domain images The term acquis (or sometimes acquis communautaire), deriving from French, is used in European Union law to refer to the total body of EU law accumulated so far. ... The Justus Lipsius building, the headquarter of the EU Council in Brussels The Council of the European Union (German: Rat der Europäischen Union, French: Le Conseil de lUnion européenne), is a governing body that forms, along with the European Parliament, the legislative arm of the European Union... Headquarters Frankfurt, Germany Established 1 January 1998 President Jean-Claude Trichet Central Bank of Austria, Belgium, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain Currency Euro -ISO 4217 Code EUR Reserves >€4 billion Base borrowing rate 4. ... The European Community (EC), more important of two European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary body of the European Union. ... The European Council, informally called the European summit, is a meeting of the heads of state or government of the European Union, and the President of the European Commission. ... The Commission seat in Brussels The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... The European Investment Fund, established in 1994, is a European Union agency for the provision of finance to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises). ... François-Xavier Ortoli, Romano Prodi, José Manuel Barroso and Jacques Delors The President of the European Commission is notionally the highest ranking unelected official within the European Union bureaucracy. ... This article is on the political entity. ... The European Investment Bank (the Banque Européenne dInvestissement) is the European Unions financing institution and was established under the Treaty of Rome (1957) to provide loan finance for capital investment furthering European Union policy objectives, in particular regional development, Trans-European Networks of transport, telecommunications and energy... European Court of Justice building, Luxembourg The Court of Justice of the European Communities, usually called the European Court of Justice (ECJ), is the highest court of the European Union (EU). ... The Court of First Instance, created in 1989, is a court of the European Union. ... An Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) is the formal procedure for negotiating amendments to the founding treaties of the European Union. ... The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is an institution of the European Union created by the Treaty of Maastricht. ... The European Unions Economic and Social Committee is the consultative assembly of European social and economic partners. This phrase refers mainly to representatives of business, employers and trade unions. ... In European Union Law a recommendation Differs from regulations, directives and decisions, in that they are not binding for Member States. ... A directive is a legislative act of the European Union which requires member states to achieve a particular result without dictating the means of achieving that result. ... The Common Foreign and Security Policy, or CFSP, was established as the second of the three pillars of the European Union in the Maastricht treaty of 1992, and further defined and broadened in the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997. ... Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters is the third of the three pillars of the European Union, focusing on co-operation in law enforcement and combating racism. ... The European Atomic Energy Community, or EURATOM, is an international organization composed of the members of the European Union. ... Presidency of the Council of the European Union refers to the responsibility of presiding over all aspects of the Council of the European Union, when exercised collectively by a government, on a pre-established rota of the member states, of the European Union. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP)[1] is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... The European Union is unique among international organisations in having a complex and highly developed system of internal law which has direct effect within the legal systems of its member states. ... The European Union (EU) was created by six founding states in 1958 (following the earlier establishment by the same six states of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952) and has grown to 27 member states. ... The European Court of Auditors is one of five institutions of the European Union. ... In economics, a monetary union is a situation where several countries have agreed to share a single currency among them. ... The Copenhagen criteria are the rules that define whether a country is eligible to join the European Union. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ... The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) is composed of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks (NCBs) of all 25 EU Member States. ... The given name Olav (Olaf, Olof, Olaus), the name of Saint Olav, patron of Norway, has also been borne by a number of other Norwegian kings. ... The Lisbon Strategy, also known as the Lisbon Agenda or Lisbon Process, is an action and development plan for the European Union. ... Günter Verheugen (born 28 April 1944 in Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry. ... The treaties of the European Union are effectively its constitutional law, making up the EUs primary legislation. ... The Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) is the statistical arm of the European Commission, producing data for the European Union and promoting harmonisation of statistical methods across the member states. ... The legislative acts of the European Union (EU) can have different forms: regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions. ... The President of the European Parliament oversees all the activities of the European Parliament and its constituent bodies. ... A European political party, formally a political party at European level, sometimes informally (especially in academic circles) a Europarty, is a type of political party organization operating transnationally in Europe. ... The Santer Commission was the European Commission that held office from 1995 until 15 March 1999. ... Elections in the European Union gives information on election and election results in the European Union. ... The codecision procedure is the main legislative procedure by which law can be adopted in the European Community, the first of the three pillars of the European Union. ... The agencies of the European Union (or decentralised bodies of the European Union) are bodies which are distinct from the European Unions institutions, in that they have not been created by the treaties but rather by acts of secondary legislation, in order to accomplish a very specific task. ... The Barroso Commission is the European Commission that has been in office since 22 November 2004 and is due to serve until 31 October 2009. ... Political Groups in the European Parliament combine the MEPs from European political parties, informal European political blocs, and independents, into powerful coalitions. ... The Prodi Commission was the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. ... European Community Humanitarian aid Office (ECHO) is the European Commissions department for humanitarian aid. ... The European Union or EU is a supranational and international organization of 27 member states. ... Third Delors Commission The Delors Commission was the European Commission that held office from 1985 until 1995, which consists of three terms. ... The Consultation procedure is one of the legislative procedures of the European Community, the 1st of the three pillars of the European Union. ... A European Union decision (defined in Article 249/EC) is one of the three binding instruments provide by secondary EU legislation. ... The Directorate-General for Translation (DGT), located in Brussels and Luxembourg, provides translation of written text into and out of the European Unions twenty official languages. ... The Thorn Commission was the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1981 until 5 January 1985. ... EU Directorate General Information Society and Media or DG Infso is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into European Council. ... Foreign relations of the European Union Foreign relations of Austria Foreign relations of Belgium Foreign relations of Cyprus Foreign relations of the Czech Republic Foreign relations of Denmark Foreign relations of Estonia Foreign relations of Finland Foreign relations of France Foreign relations of Germany Foreign relations of Greece Foreign relations... The Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (DG JRC), located in Brussels, Belgium, is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The European Union legislative procedure describes the way the European Union creates and enacts legislation across the community. ... In five European Union Member States (Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom), the national territory is divided into a number of constituencies for European elections. ... // Mission The Directorate General’s mission is evolving as work on the European Research Area (ERA) continues. ... In the European Union, a Directorate-General covers a specific policy area, and is headed by a Commissioner and a Director-General. ... The term General Service refers to a collection of Directorate-Generals and Services within the European Commission that provide services to the policy-making DGs. ... The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development or DG AGRI is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... As with all public budgets, the EUs Community budget is also at risk of maladministration. ... The term Internal Service refers to a collection of Directorate-Generals and Services within the European Commission that provide services to the policy-making DGs or perform set administrative tasks. ... The Directorate-General for the External Relations (DG RELEX) is a department of the European Commission, responsible for the external policy. ... The Directorate-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs or DG FISH is a department of the European Commission, responsible for the policy area of fisheries, the Law of the Sea and Maritime Affairs. ... The Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (DG TREN) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... European Union Civil Service Tribunal, since December 2, 2005 a new specialised tribunal within the European Union institutional framework. ... The Standing Committees of the European Parliament are designed to aid the European Commission in initiating legislation. ... The Directorate-General for Competition (COMP) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission, located in Brussels, Belgium. ... The Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN) is located in Brussels and Luxembourg. ... Elections to the European Parliament will be held in June 2006 in the then–27 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ... As of August 17, 2006: Categories: | | | ... EudraLex is the collection of rules and regulations governing medicinal products in the European Union. ... The Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Directorate-General for Internal Market and Services (DG MARKT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Directorate-General for Regional Policy is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Directorate-General for Development is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Directorate-General for Enlargement is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Directorate-General for Trade is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The EuropeAid Co-operation Office is an organization of the European Commission. ... The European Development Fund (EDF) is the main instrument for European Community aid for development cooperation in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT). ... The Directorate-General for Education and Culture is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Office for Official Publications of the European Communities (Publications Office) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Secretariat-General of the European Commissionis a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... The Directorate-General for Interpretation is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... In early 2007, Bulgaria and Romania will elect their members of the European Parliament for the first time. ... Romania will elect its members of the European Parliament for the first time on the second half of 2007; the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons. ... Bulgaria will elect its members of the European Parliament for the first time on 20 May 2007. ...