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.

Name	TEU	Seat	Members	Chairman
The European Parliament	1	Brussels & Strasbourg	785 MPs	Martin Schulz
The European Council	2	Brussels	28 Heads of State or Government of the Member States and the President of the Commission	Donald Tusk
The Council of European Union	3	Brussels	28 ministers	Biannual rotation
The European Commission	4	Brussels	28 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	Georges Dassis
The European Ombudsman		Strasbourg	Ombudsman & Secretary	Emily O'Reilly
The European Committee of the Regions		Brussels	344 members	Markku Markkula

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