List of bodies of the European Union

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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	705 MPs	Martin Schulz
	The European Council	2	Brussels	27 Heads of State or Government of the Member States and the President of the Commission	Donald Tusk
	The Council of European Union	3	Brussels	27 ministers	Biannual rotation
	The European Commission	4	Brussels	27 commissioners	Jean-Claude Juncker
	The European Court of Justice	5	Luxembourg	27 judges, 8 Advocate-Generals	Koen Lenaerts
	The European Central Bank	6	Frankfurt am Main		Mario Draghi
	The Court of Auditors	7	Brussels & Luxembourg	24 members, 1 president	Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira
	The European Investment Bank		Luxembourg	Owned by the EU member states	Werner Hoyer
	The Economic and Social Committee		Brussels	222 members
	The European Ombudsman		Strasbourg	Ombudsman & Secretary	Emily O'Reilly
	The European Committee of the Regions		Brussels	344 members	Markku Markkula