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European Paralympic Committee

International regional committee representing Europe

Summary

International regional committee representing Europe

Field	Value
name	European Paralympic Committee
image	EuropeanParalympicCommittee Logo.svg
size	200px
type	Sports federation
formation	2 July 1999
headquarters	Vienna, Austria
membership	49 National Paralympic Committees
leader_title	President
leader_name	Ratko Kovačić
language	English
website

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.

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.

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 Ratko Kovačić from Croatia, a former table tennis champion.

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.

Nation	Code	National Paralympic Committee	Created	Ref.
Andorra	AND	Andorran Adapted Sports Federation		https://www.paralympic.org/andorra
Armenia	ARM	Armenian Paralympic Committee	1994	https://www.paralympic.org/armenia
Austria	AUT	Austrian Paralympic Committee	1998	https://www.paralympic.org/austria
Azerbaijan	AZE	National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan	1996	https://www.paralympic.org/azerbaijan
Belarus	BLR	Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus		https://www.paralympic.org/belarus
Belgium	BEL	Belgian Paralympic Committee	1960	https://www.paralympic.org/belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	Paralympic Committee of Bosnia & Herzegovina		https://www.paralympic.org/bosnia-and-herzegovina
Bulgaria	BUL	Bulgarian Paralympic Association		https://www.paralympic.org/bulgaria
Croatia	CRO	Croatian Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/croatia
Cyprus	CYP	Cyprus National Paralympic Committee	1999	https://www.paralympic.org/cyprus
Czech Republic	CZE	Czech Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/czech-republic
Denmark	DEN	Paralympic Committee Denmark		https://www.paralympic.org/denmark
Estonia	EST	Estonian Paralympic Committee	1991	https://www.paralympic.org/estonia
Faroe Islands	FRO	Faroese Paralympic Committee	1980	https://www.paralympic.org/faroe-islands
Finland	FIN	Finnish Paralympic Committee	1994	https://www.paralympic.org/finland
France	FRA	French Paralympic and Sports Committee	1992	https://www.paralympic.org/france
Georgia	GEO	Georgian Paralympic Committee	2003	https://www.paralympic.org/georgia
Germany	GER	National Paralympic Committee Germany	1951	https://www.paralympic.org/germany
Great Britain	GBR	British Paralympic Association	1989	https://www.paralympic.org/great-britain
Greece	GRE	Hellenic Paralympic Committee	2001	https://www.paralympic.org/greece
Hungary	HUN	Hungarian Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/hungary
Iceland	ISL	Icelandic Sports Association for the Disabled		https://www.paralympic.org/iceland
Ireland	IRL	Paralympics Ireland	1987	https://www.paralympic.org/ireland
Israel	ISR	Israel Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/israel
Italy	ITA	Italian Paralympic Committee	1990	https://www.paralympic.org/italy
Kosovo	KOS	Paralympic Committee of Kosovo	2023	https://www.paralympic.org/kosovo0
Latvia	LAT	Latvian Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/latvia
Liechtenstein	LIE	Liechtensteiner Behinderten Verband		https://www.paralympic.org/liechtenstein
Lithuania	LTU	Lithuanian Paralympic Committee	1990	https://www.paralympic.org/lithuania
Luxembourg	LUX	Luxembourg Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/Luxembourg
Malta	MLT	Malta Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/malta
Moldova	MDA	Paralympic Committee of Moldova		https://www.paralympic.org/republic-moldova
Montenegro	MNE	Paralympic Committee of Montenegro	2007	https://www.paralympic.org/montenegro
Netherlands	NED	Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation		https://www.paralympic.org/netherlands
North Macedonia	MKD	North Macedonian Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/north-macedonia
Norway	NOR	Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports		https://www.paralympic.org/norway
Poland	POL	Polish Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/poland
Portugal	POR	Portugal Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/portugal
Romania	ROU	National Paralympic Committee, Romania		https://www.paralympic.org/romania
Russia	RUS	Russian Paralympic Committee (partially suspended)	1996 (suspension in 2022)	https://www.paralympic.org/russian-federation
San Marino	SMR	San Marino Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/san-marino
Serbia	SRB	Paralympic Committee of Serbia	1999	https://www.paralympic.org/serbia
Slovakia	SVK	Slovak Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/slovakia
Slovenia	SLO	Paralympic Committee of Slovenia - Sports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia		https://www.paralympic.org/slovenia
Spain	ESP	Spanish Paralympic Committee	1995	https://www.paralympic.org/spain
Sweden	SWE	Swedish Parasports Federation	1969	https://www.paralympic.org/sweden
Switzerland	SUI	Swiss Paralympic Committee		https://www.paralympic.org/switzerland
Turkey	TUR	Turkish Paralympic Committee	2002	https://www.paralympic.org/turkey
Ukraine	UKR	National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine		https://www.paralympic.org/ukraine

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.

European Winter Para Sports Event

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

Number	Year	Host	Sports	Athletes	Countries
1	2020	POL Czarna Gora, Poland	4	150	12

References

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