An institutional timeline

Start of Title of institution Location

activities

1950
1952 Council of Ministers Brussels/Luxembourg
1952 ECSC High Authority Luxembourg
1952 European Court of Justice Luxembourg
1952 ECSC Parliamentary Assembly Strasbourg/Luxembourg

1958 European Commission Brussels/Luxembourg

1958 Economic and Social Committee Brussels
1958 European Investment Bank Luxembourg
1958 Committee of Permanent Brussels
Representatives (Coreper)

1960
1962 European Parliamentary Assembly changes Strasbourg/Luxembourg
its name to European Parliament Brussels
1965 Merger Treaties create a single Commission Brussels/Luxembourg

1970
1974 European Council (formally established by
Paris Summit)
1975 European Centre for the Development of Berlin (since 1994
Vocational Training Thessaloniki)
1975 European Foundation for the Improvement Dublin
of Living and Working Conditions
1977 European Court of Auditors Luxembourg

1980
1989 Court of First Instance Luxembourg

1990
1990 European Environment Agency Copenhagen
1994 Committee of Regions Brussels
1994 Office for Harmonization in the Internal Alicante
Market
1994 Translation Centre for Bodies in the European Union Luxembourg
1995 European Ombudsman Strasbourg
1995 European Training Foundation Turin
1995 Community Plant Variety Office Angers
1995 European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Bilbao
1995 European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal London
Products
1995 European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Lisbon
Addiction
1998 European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Vienna
Xenophobia
1998 European Central Bank Frankfurt
1999 European Anti-Fraud Office Brussels

2000

Note: Institutions in bold are designated in the Treaties.