European Union. Agency for Fundamental Rights

LC control no.	no2007118065
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	European Union. Agency for Fundamental Rights *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	EU Agency for Fundamental Rights FRA Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte Agence des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne
See also	Fundamental Rights Agency (European Union) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	2007
Associated country	Austria
Located	Vienna (Austria)
Field of activity	Civil rights
Special note	Fundamental Rights Agency appears to be a preliminary choice of name during the transition from the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia into the new agency. When the agency was formally created in March 2007, it was named European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
Found in	Equal voices (Online), Website, viewed Oct. 2, 2007 (FRA) European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Home page, viewed Oct. 2, 2007 (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, From 1 March [2007] the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) became the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)) about us (The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is a body of the European Union (EU)) Equal voices, Oct. 2007: t.p. (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights; Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte; Agence des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne) FRA website, viewed September 23, 2014 (The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is one of the EU's decentralised agencies; helps to ensure that the fundamental rights of people living in the EU are protected; fundamental rights set out minimum standards to ensure that a person is treated with dignity; was established in 2007 as an EU agency; based in Vienna, Austria)
Not found in	Annual report, 2000: PDF cover of English version (European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, EUMC) pdf t.p. of French version (Observatoire europeén des phénomènes racistes et xénophobes, Europäische Stelle zur Beobachtung von Rassismus und Fremdfeindlichkeit) summaries of various language versions (Observatorio Europeo del racismo y la xenofobia, Osservatorio europeo dei fenomeni di razzismo y xenofobia, Europees Waarnemingscentrum voor racisme en vreemelingenhaat, Observatório Europeu do Racismo e da Xenofobia, Euroopan rasismin ja muukalaisvihan seurantakeskuksen, Europeiska centrumet för övervakning av rasism och främlingsfientlighet); Monitoring fundamental rights in the EU, 2005: t.p. (Fundamental Rights Agency) jkt. (proposals put forward by the European Commission in Oct. 2004 on the creation of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency); European Commission Freedom Security and Justice WWW pages, Mar. 8, 2005 (On 12 and 13 December 2003, the European Council decided to extend the remit of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, in order to convert it into a Fundamental Rights Agency)