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European Environment Agency

The European Environment Agency is an EU environmental agency established under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/1990 in 1990 and operational from Copenhagen since 1994.^[1] It provides independent environmental knowledge and data for policy-makers and the public and works through the Eionet network.^[2] It covers 32 member countries and 8 cooperating countries.^[3] In Earth observation, EEA is a coordinating and dissemination body for European land and in-situ environmental information services, including satellite-derived land products such as CORINE Land Cover, Urban Atlas and High Resolution Layers.^[4]^[2] EEA does not own or operate satellites; its value is policy-facing environmental data, indicators, reporting and service coordination.^[2]^[4]

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[1]EUR-Lex - EEA establishing regulation summary (Reg. 1210/1990)legal text2026-06-20Legal basis; founding 1990; operational 1994; Copenhagen
[2]EEA - Who we areagency doc2026-06-2032 member countries; Copenhagen; Eionet network; mandate
[3]EEA - Who we areagency doc2026-10-19
[4]Copernicus Land Monitoring Service portalagency doc2026-06-20Confirms EEA as coordinating entrusted entity for CLMS European component

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:eea,
  title = {European Environment Agency},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/eea}
}