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| Court of Justice of the European Communities Institution set up under Treaty of Rome to ensure that in interpretation and application of the Treaty the law is observed. It consists of judges from each member state, appointed for 6-year periods, assisted by three Advocates General. It sits in Luxembourg, expressing itself in judgements when called upon to do so in proceedings initiated by member states, institutions of the EC and natural or legal persons. Procedures are generally inquisitorial | 欧盟法院 (依据罗马条约所设置的机构，在解释和应用条约时遵守法律。它由每个会员国的法官所组成，每六年委派一次，由三个总检察长帮助履行职责。 欧盟法院位于卢森堡公国，当欧盟机构与自然人或法人等成员国成员发生诉讼争端时可请它执行裁决。) |
| European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts | 欧洲中期天气预报中心 |
| European Commission The European Union's administrative body, composed of twenty independent members appointed by the Member States for five-year terms and vested with powers of initiative, implementation, management and control according to the mandates established in EU Treaties or handed down by the EU Council | 欧洲委员会 (欧盟的执行机构，由20个由会员国任命的独立成员组成，任期5年，根据欧盟协定的委任或欧盟理事会下达的指令，赋有主导，执行，管理和控制的权利。) |
| European Communities The collective body that resulted in 1967 from the merger of the administrative networks of the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM), the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), and the European Economic Community (EEC). The singular term has also been widely used | 欧洲共同体 (由欧洲原子能委员会，欧洲煤炭和钢铁委员会，和欧洲经济委员会在1967年合并而成的负责管理的联合机构。这个词的单数形式也被广泛使用。) |
| European Community Eco-Audit Regulations | 欧共体生态环境审核条例 |
| European Court of Justice The supreme court of The European Union which oversees the application of the EU treaties, decides upon the validity and the meaning of Community legislation and determines whether any act or omission by the European Commission, the Council of Minister or any member state constitutes a breach of Community law | 欧洲法院 (欧盟最高法院，以监督欧盟条约，决定共同体立法的合法性和意义，以及决定是否欧盟委员会、部长理事会或者任何成员国的法案违反了共同体法律。) |
| European Environment Agency The EEA is being set up to provide the European Community and its member states with objective, reliable and standardized information on the environment. It will assess the success of existing environmental policies and the data will be used to develop new policies for environmental protection measures. It will gather information covering the present, and foreseeable, state of the environment. The priority area are: air quality and emissions; water quality, pollutants and resources; soil quality, flora and fauna, and biotopes; land use and natural resources; waste management; noise pollution; chemicals; and protection of coastal areas. The Agency will also take into account the socio-economics dimension, cover transboundary and international matters, and avoid the duplication of the activities of other bodies | 欧洲环境局 (欧洲环境局正在建立，以提供欧洲共同体及其成员国客观、可靠和标准化的环境方面的信息。它评估现有的环境政策的成功与否，数据将被用于开发环保措施的新政策。它收集包括现在和可预见的环境状况的信息。主要的领域有：空气质量和排放；水质，污染物和资源；土壤质量；植物群和动物群以及群落生境；土壤利用和自然资源；废物管理；噪音污染；化学物质；海岸区域的保护。环保局考虑社会-环境方面因素，包括跨界和国际问题，以及防止与其他组织的活动发生重复。) |
| European Environment Bureau | 欧洲环境局 |
| European Environmental Council | 欧洲环境局 |
| European Federation for the Protection of Waters | 欧洲水源保护联合会 |
| European Monetary Fund Fund organized by the European Monetary System in which members of the European Community deposit reserves to provide a pool of resources to stabilize exchange rates and to finance balance of payments in support of the pending full European Monetary Union | 欧洲货币基金 (欧洲货币体系组织的基金，欧洲共同体成员储蓄储备以提供一定资金集合，用来稳定汇率和财政收支差额以及支持即将到来的完整欧洲货币联盟。) |
| European Monetary System An organization established in Europe in 1979 to coordinate financial policy and exchange rates for the continent by running the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) and assisting movement toward a common European currency and a central European bank | 欧洲货币系统 (1979年在欧洲建立的组织，其运营的汇率机制，用以协调欧洲大陆金融政策和汇率。它协助走向统一的欧洲货币和欧洲中央银行。) |
| European Monitoring and Evaluation Program | 欧洲监测与评价计划 |
| European nature reserve No definition needed | 欧洲自然保护区 (无需定义。) |
| European Parliament Formerly the "Assembly" of EEC. Comprises some 520 "representatives of the peoples" of European Community states, directly elected, and based in Strasbourg. Exercises advisory and supervisory powers; debates and passes resolutions and may veto admission of new member states | 欧洲议会 (前身欧洲经济共同体会议。由大约520名欧洲共同体成员国的"人民代表"组成，他们直接选举产生，总部在斯特拉斯堡。履行咨询和监督的权力；辩论和通过的各项决议，并可能否决接纳新会员国。) |
| European standard A standard which has been approved pursuant to the statutes of the standards bodies with which the Community has concluded agreements | 欧洲标准 (遵从已经在欧洲共同体达成协议的标准机构的规则的标准。) |
| European Union The 15 nations (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the UK, Austria, Finland and Sweden) that have joined together to form an economic community with common monetary, political and social aspirations. The EU came into being on 1 November 1993 according to the terms of the Maastricht Treaty; it comprises the three European Communities, extended by the adoption of a common foreign and security policy which requires cooperation between member states in foreign policy and security and cooperation in justice and home affairs | 欧盟 (由15国(比利时，丹麦，法国，德国，希腊，爱尔兰，意大利，卢森堡，荷兰，葡萄牙，西班牙，英国，奥地利，芬兰和瑞典)组成，形成一个经济共同体，其有统一的货币，政治和社会愿望。欧盟在1993年11月，根据马斯特里赫特条约的规定形成；它包括3个欧洲共同体，功能扩展到统一外交和安全政策，这需要成员国之间的在外交政策和安全上的合作，以及司法和国内事务方面的合作。) |
| internal European market | 欧洲内部市场 |
