An Institutional Timeline

An institutional timeline Start of activities

Title of institution

Location

1950 1952 1952 1952 1952

Council of Ministers ECSC High Authority European Court of Justice ECSC Parliamentary Assembly

Brussels/Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Strasbourg/Luxembourg

1958 1958 1958 1958

European Commission Economic and Social Committee European Investment Bank Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper)

Brussels/Luxembourg Brussels Luxembourg Brussels

European Parliamentary Assembly changes its name to European Parliament Merger Treaties create a single Commission

Strasbourg/Luxembourg Brussels Brussels/Luxembourg

European Council (formally established by Paris Summit) European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions European Court of Auditors

Berlin (since 1994 Thessaloniki) Dublin

Court of First Instance

Luxembourg

European Environment Agency Committee of Regions Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market Translation Centre for Bodies in the European Union European Ombudsman European Training Foundation Community Plant Variety Office European Agency for Safety and Health at Work European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia European Central Bank European Anti-Fraud Office

Copenhagen Brussels Alicante

1960 1962 1965 1970

1974 1975 1975 1977

Luxembourg

1980 1989 1990 1990 1994 1994 1994 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1998 1998 1999 2000 Note: Institutions in bold are designated in the Treaties.

Luxembourg Strasbourg Turin Angers Bilbao London Lisbon Vienna Frankfurt Brussels