European Commission

executive branch of the European Union
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European Commission

Summary

European Commission is an institutions of the European Union[1]. It draws 1,535 Wikipedia views per month (institutions_of_the_european_union category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • European Commission received the Charlemagne Prize[3].
  • European Commission received the BigBrotherAwards[4].
  • European Commission received the European Sustainability Award[5].
  • European Commission was a member of Council of the Baltic Sea States[6].
  • European Commission was a member of Group on Earth Observations[7].
  • European Commission was a member of Global Ecolabelling Network[8].
  • European Commission was a member of Barents Euro-Arctic Council[9].
  • European Commission was a member of Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment[10].
  • European Commission is in the country of Belgium[11].
  • European Commission's image is recorded as Reunión con Vicepresidenta de la Comisión Europea y Alta Representante para la Política Exterior y de Seguridad de la UE (6856953422).jpg[12].
  • European Commission's instance of is recorded as institutions of the European Union[13].
  • European Commission's instance of is recorded as executive branch[14].
  • European Commission's logo image is recorded as European Commission.svg[15].
  • European Commission's logo image is recorded as Logo Commission européenne FR.png[16].
  • European Commission's logo image is recorded as Europaeische Kommission logo.svg[17].
  • European Commission's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels[18].
  • European Commission's ISNI is recorded as 000000012162673X[19].
  • European Commission's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121546596[20].
  • European Commission's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 213728962[21].
  • European Commission's GND ID is recorded as 1024466-9[22].
  • European Commission's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no95038119[23].
  • European Commission's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500221317[24].
  • European Commission's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12421727r[25].
  • European Commission's IdRef ID is recorded as 027801411[26].
  • European Commission's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA1080953X[27].

Body

Founding

+1958-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of European Commission[28].

Leadership

European Commission's chairperson is recorded as Ursula von der Leyen[29].

Operations

European Commission's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels[18]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as European Union[30]. Subsidiaries include European Education and Culture Executive Agency[31], an executive agency of the European Union[32], in Belgium[33], founded in 2006[34], headquartered in North Light[35]; Consumer, Health and Food Executive Agency[36], an executive agency of the European Union[37], in Luxembourg[38], founded in 2005[39]; Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development[40], a Directorate-General of the it[41], in Belgium[42], founded in 2011[43]; Directorate-General for Energy[44], a Directorate-General of the it[45], in Belgium[46], founded in 2010[47]; European Structural and Investment Funds[48], an organization[49], in European Union[50]; and Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs[51], a Directorate-General of the it[52], in Belgium[53].

Recognition

Awards received include Charlemagne Prize[3], an award[54], founded in 1950[55]; BigBrotherAwards[4]; and European Sustainability Award[5], an award[56], founded in 2022[57].

Why It Matters

European Commission draws 1,535 Wikipedia views per month (institutions_of_the_european_union category, ranking #2 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

It has been cited as an influence by El Khomri law[60], a private member's bill[61], in France[62].

Works attributed to it include functional urban area[63], a statistical definition[64], founded in 2011[65], written by it[66]; New European Driving Cycle[67], a technical standard[68], written by it[69]; European Union Public Licence[70], a free license[71], written by it[72]; Commission Regulation (EC) No 2257/94[73], a regulation of the European Union[74], founded in 1994[75], written by it[76]; Health-EU portal[77], a website[78], founded in 2006[79], written by it[80]; and The Onlife Manifesto - Being Human in a Hyperconnected Era[81], a document[82], written by it[83].

FAQs

What awards did European Commission receive?

Honors received include Charlemagne Prize[3], BigBrotherAwards[4], and European Sustainability Award[5].

Who did European Commission influence?

European Commission has been cited as an influence by El Khomri law[60].

References

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Class ancestry

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  2. [58] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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