Report on the implementation of the Joint Statement and Common Approach on the location of the seats of decentralised agencies

Summary:

Report presented on 26 April 2019 by the European Commission providing an analysis of the implementation of the Common Approach on EU decentralised agencies as regards the location of the seats of the agencies.

Further information:

In October 2018 the Council of the European Union invited the Commission to provide an analysis by the end of April 2019 of the implementation of the Joint Statement and Common Approach on decentralised agencies on the specific topic of the location of the seats of the agencies.

The request was made in the context of the relocation of the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority. These two decentralised agencies, previously based in London, had to move to a new host Member State as a result of the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from the Union.

As requested by the Council, this report presents statistical and factual information on the implementation of the relevant elements of the Common Approach since its adoption on 19 July 2012. The report therefore constitutes a one-off initiative, and does not aim to evaluate the Common Approach, nor does it propose recommendations for the future.