Location is all

Member States have a long history of haggling over the siting of any new agency and the location of the European Food Safety Authority is no exception with Finland and Italy in deadlock over which country should be the home of the EFSA. The body has a temporary home in Brussels.

European Commission: Agencies of the European Union http://europa.eu/agencies/index_en.htm

ESO: Information Guide: Agencies and Decentralised Bodies of the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-agencies-and-decentralised-bodies-of-the-european-union/

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