List of bodies of the European Union

Below is a list of bodies of the European Union.

The first are the seven institutions of the European Union as listed in Article 13 of the Treaty of European Union (TEU).

Note that the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) and European Space Agency (ESA) are not EU bodies.

Logo	Name	TEU	Seat	Members	Chairman
	The European Parliament	1	Brussels & Strasbourg	785 MPs	Hans-Gert Pöttering
	The European Council	2	Brussels	27 Heads of State or Government of the Member States and the President of the Commission	Biannual rotation of the Council
	The Council of European Union	3	Brussels	27 ministers	Biannual rotation
	The European Commission	4	Brussels	27 commissioners	José Manuel Barroso
	The European Court of Justice	5	Luxembourg	27 judges, 8 Advocate-Generals	Vassilios Skouris
	The European Central Bank	6	Frankfurt am Main		Jean-Claude Trichet
	The Court of Auditors	7	Brussels & Luxembourg	24 members, 1 president	Hubert Weber
	The European Investment Bank		Luxembourg	Owned by the EU member states	Werner Hoyer
	The Economic and Social Committee		Brussels	222 members	Roger Briesch
	The European Ombudsman		Strasbourg	Ombudsman & Secretary	Nikiforos Diamandouros
	The European Committee of the Regions		Brussels	317 members	Michel Delebarre