Legal basis Legal Basis
Regulation (EC) N° 1406/2002 Establishing the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) Consolidated version. Amended by Regulation (EC) No 1644/2003; (EC) No 744/2004; & (EC) No 2038/2006 Regulation (EC) N° 1644/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2003 amends Regulation (EC) N° 1406/2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency Regulation (EC) N° 724/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amends Regulation (EC) N° 1406/2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency Regulation (EC) No 2038/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 on multiannual funding for the action of the European Maritime Safety Agency in the field of response to pollution caused by ships and amending Regulation (EC) Regulation (EC) N° 2038/2006 Amending Regulation (EC) N° 1406/2002 (corrigendum) Protocol between the Government of the Portuguese Republic and the EMSA 
Tagline: Quality shipping, safer seas, cleaner oceansSet up in 2002, over 200 employeesHeadquartered in Lisbon, PortugalAnnual budget (2010): 54.33 million EUROne of 28 Agencies of the European Union