How the European Union works

European Commission Directorate-General For Communication

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A citizen's guide to the EU institutions
Activities of the institutions and bodies
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• Langue: English
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How the European Union works Acitizen’sguidetotheEUinstitutions

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PublishedinalltheofficiallanguagesoftheEuropeanUnion:Danish,Dutch,English,Finnish,French,German,Greek, Italian,Portuguese,SpanishandSwedishandinCzech,Estonian,Hungarian,Lithuanian,Latvian,Maltese,Polish, SlovakandSlovene.

EuropeanCommission Directorate-GeneralforPressandCommunication Publications B-1049Bruxelles/Brussel

ManuscriptcompletedinJune2003

Coverillustration:EuropeanParliament

Cataloguingdatacanbefoundattheendofthispublication

Luxembourg:OfficeforOfficialPublicationsoftheEuropeanCommunities,2003

ISBN92-894-5283-8

EuropeanCommunities,2003 ©

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European Union

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Newmemberstatesduetojoinin2004

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Situation:spring2003

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Injusthalfacentury,theEuropean Union(EU)hasachievedremarkable things.Ithasdeliveredpeacebetween itsmemberstatesandprosperityforits citizens.IthascreatedasingleEuropean currency(theeuro)andafrontier-free ‘singlemarket’wheregoods,people, servicesandcapitalmovearoundfreely. TheEUhasgrownfromsixtofifteen countriesanditispreparingtoembrace adozenmore.Ithasbecomeamajor tradingpowerandaworldleaderin fieldssuchasenvironmentalprotection anddevelopmentaid.

TheEU’ssuccessowesalottothewayitworks—itsuniquemethod ofinteractionbetweeninstitutionssuchastheEuropeanParliament, theCouncilandtheEuropeanCommission,supportedbyanumberof agenciesandotherbodies.

Thisbookletgivesacomprehensiveoverviewofwhateachinstitution, agencyorbodydoesandhowitisorganised.Theaimistoprovidea helpfulguidetotheEU’sdecision-makingsystem.