European Paralympic Committee

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The European Paralympic Committee (EPC) is an international non-for-profit organisation which serves a membership of 49 National Paralympic Committees and 9 European branches of disability. Based in Vienna, Austria, the EPC was founded in November 1991 as the IPC European Committee and was later registered as an independent entity in 1999.[1]

Formation2 July 1999
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersVienna, Austria
Membership49 National Paralympic Committees
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European Paralympic Committee
Formation2 July 1999
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersVienna, Austria
Membership49 National Paralympic Committees
Official language
English
President
Raymon Blondel
WebsiteOfficial website
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The EPC is responsible for organising the European Paralympic Committee Youth Games. Furthermore, the EPC acts as an organisation which promotes and defends the collective interests of National Paralympic Committees, International Organisation of Sports for the Disabled or International Paralympic Sport Federation and European athletes with disabilities.[1]

The EPC has a democratic structure and the governing body of the organisation is elected every two years through a general assembly, where all registered members are entitled to send delegates and cast their vote. The Committee is made up of a president, secretary-general, treasurer, technical officer, athletes' representative and four members-at-large. The current president is Raymon Blondel from the Netherlands.

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.

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NationCodeNational Paralympic CommitteeCreatedRef.
Andorra AND Andorran Adapted Sports Federation
Armenia ARM Armenian Paralympic Committee 1994
Austria AUT Austrian Paralympic Committee 1998
Azerbaijan AZE National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan 1996
Belarus BLR Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Belgium BEL Belgian Paralympic Committee 1960
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Paralympic Committee of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria BUL Bulgarian Paralympic Association
Croatia CRO Croatian Paralympic Committee
Cyprus CYP Cyprus National Paralympic Committee 1999
Czech Republic CZE Czech Paralympic Committee
Denmark DEN Paralympic Committee Denmark
Estonia EST Estonian Paralympic Committee 1991
Faroe Islands FRO Faroese Paralympic Committee 1980
Finland FIN Finnish Paralympic Committee 1994
France FRA French Paralympic and Sports Committee 1992
Georgia GEO Georgian Paralympic Committee 2003
Germany GER National Paralympic Committee Germany 1951
Great Britain GBR British Paralympic Association 1989
Greece GRE Hellenic Paralympic Committee 2001
Hungary HUN Hungarian Paralympic Committee
Iceland ISL Icelandic Sports Association for the Disabled
Ireland IRL Paralympics Ireland 1987
Israel ISR Israel Paralympic Committee
Italy ITA Italian Paralympic Committee 1990
Kosovo KOS Paralympic Committee of Kosovo 2023[2]
Latvia LAT Latvian Paralympic Committee
Liechtenstein LIE Liechtensteiner Behinderten Verband
Lithuania LTU Lithuanian Paralympic Committee 1990
Luxembourg LUX Luxembourg Paralympic Committee
Malta MLT Malta Paralympic Committee
Moldova MDA Paralympic Committee of Moldova
Montenegro MNE Paralympic Committee of Montenegro 2007
Netherlands NED Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation
North Macedonia MKD North Macedonian Paralympic Committee
Norway NOR Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Poland POL Polish Paralympic Committee
Portugal POR Portugal Paralympic Committee
Romania ROU National Paralympic Committee, Romania
Russia RUS Russian Paralympic Committee (partially suspended) 1996
San Marino SMR San Marino Paralympic Committee
Serbia SRB Paralympic Committee of Serbia 1999
Slovakia SVK Slovak Paralympic Committee
Slovenia SLO Paralympic Committee of Slovenia - Sports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia
Spain ESP Spanish Paralympic Committee 1995
Sweden SWE Swedish Parasports Federation 1969
 Switzerland SUI Swiss Paralympic Committee
Turkey TUR Turkish Paralympic Committee 2002
Ukraine UKR National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine
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Events

European Para Championships

Main article: European Para Championships

The European Para Championships are held every four years in the year proceeding the Summer Paralympic Games and have been given the status of a regional games by the European Paralympic Committee.

European Para Youth Games (EPYG)

Main article: European Para Youth Games

The European Para Youth Games is a biennial multi-sport event for young para-athletes aged between 13 and 23.[3][4][5][6]

European Winter Para Sports Event

The first European Winter Para Sports Event (ParaSki4Europe) was held in 2020 in Poland:

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Number Year Host Sports Athletes Countries
1 2020 Poland Czarna Gora, Poland[7][8][9] 4 150 12
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