Regions & Cities: The EU Agencies Race
EUobserver's 2017 Regions & Cities magazine takes a closer look at EU agencies and the benefits for cities and regions to host them. The UK leaving the EU has prompted a scramble for the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority among most of the remaining member states. But what makes a city competitive? Which cities stand a good chance to become the new hosts? And what do EU agencies bring to the local economy?
EUobserver's 2017 Regions & Cities magazine takes a closer look at EU agencies and the benefits for cities and regions to host them. The UK leaving the EU has prompted a scramble for the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority among most of the remaining member states. But what makes a city competitive? Which cities stand a good chance to become the new hosts? And what do EU agencies bring to the local economy?
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AGENCIES AND THEIR<br />
<strong>The</strong> European Union has dozens of agencies that are not located in Brussels. This map shows their locations and sizes<br />
.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 38 agencies are numerically ordered on the left side; each number corresponds with a numbered bubble. Next<br />
to<br />
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<br />
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have submitted a bid to host the EMA or EBA after Brexit are noted by coloured dots. <strong>The</strong> dots ar<br />
e no<br />
t indi<br />
cati<br />
ve of the<br />
precise geographical location of a city. <br />
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1. Acer<br />
Energy regulators<br />
Slovenia<br />
20. EMSA<br />
Maritime safety<br />
Portugal<br />
<br />
<br />
(EMA)<br />
2. <br />
Telecoms<br />
Latvia<br />
21. ENISA<br />
Cybersecurity<br />
Greece<br />
Amsterdam<br />
Athens<br />
3. CdT<br />
Translation for <strong>EU</strong><br />
Luxembourg<br />
4. Cedefop<br />
Vocational training<br />
Greece<br />
5. CEPOL<br />
Law enforcement training<br />
Hungary<br />
6. CPVO<br />
Plant variety<br />
France<br />
7. EASA<br />
Aviation safety<br />
Germany<br />
22. ERA<br />
Railways<br />
France<br />
23. ESMA<br />
Securities & markets<br />
France<br />
24. ETF<br />
Human capital, training<br />
Italy<br />
25. <strong>EU</strong>IPO<br />
Intellectual property<br />
Spain<br />
26. <strong>EU</strong>ISS<br />
Security studies<br />
France<br />
Barcelona<br />
Bonn<br />
Bratislava<br />
Bucharest<br />
Copenhagen<br />
Helsinki<br />
Lille<br />
Malta<br />
Milan<br />
Porto<br />
<br />
Stockholm<br />
Dublin<br />
21,9mn<br />
1975<br />
94<br />
29.<br />
Eurofound<br />
London<br />
33,5mn<br />
2011<br />
189<br />
9.<br />
EBA<br />
8. EASO<br />
Asylum support<br />
Malta<br />
9. EBA<br />
Banking<br />
UK<br />
27. eu-LISA<br />
ICT, migration, visas<br />
Estonia<br />
28. <strong>EU</strong>-OSHA<br />
Health & safety at work<br />
Spain<br />
Zagreb<br />
<br />
<br />
(EBA)<br />
Frankfurt<br />
Vale<br />
2<br />
2<br />
1<br />
10. ECDC<br />
Disease prevention<br />
Sweden<br />
29. Eurofound<br />
Living & working conditions<br />
Ireland<br />
Luxembourg<br />
Paris<br />
11. ECHA<br />
Chemicals<br />
Finland<br />
30. Europol<br />
Police<br />
Netherlands<br />
Prague<br />
<br />
12. EEA<br />
Environment<br />
Denmark<br />
31. Eurojust<br />
Judicial cooperation<br />
Netherlands<br />
Brussels<br />
Dublin<br />
13. EFCA<br />
Fisheries control<br />
Spain<br />
14. EFSA<br />
Food safety<br />
Italy<br />
15. EIGE<br />
Gender equality<br />
Lithaunia<br />
16. EIOPA<br />
Insurance & occupational<br />
pensions<br />
Germany<br />
17. EIT<br />
Innovation & technology<br />
Hungary<br />
18. EMA<br />
Medicines<br />
UK<br />
19. EMCDDA<br />
Drugs & drug addiction<br />
Portugal<br />
32. F4E<br />
Fusion energy R&D, ITER<br />
Spain<br />
33. FRA<br />
Fundamental rights<br />
Austria<br />
34. Frontex<br />
Border and coast guard<br />
Poland<br />
35. GSA<br />
Satnav, EGNOS and Galileo<br />
Czech Republic<br />
36. SatCen<br />
Geospatial intel<br />
Spain<br />
37. EDA<br />
Defence<br />
Belgium<br />
38. SRB<br />
Banking<br />
Belgium<br />
Vienna<br />
Warsaw<br />
19.<br />
EMCDDA<br />
13.<br />
EFCA<br />
20.<br />
EMSA<br />
Vigo<br />
9,18mn<br />
2005<br />
61<br />
Lisbon<br />
15,3mn<br />
1993<br />
102 Lisbon<br />
54,2mn<br />
2002<br />
253<br />
28.<br />
<strong>EU</strong>-OSHA<br />
36.<br />
SatCen<br />
Bilbao<br />
15,2mn<br />
1994<br />
65<br />
Madrid<br />
17,9mn<br />
2002<br />
121<br />
10 — REGIONS & CITIES OCTOBER 2017
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