Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2018
Management Board initiates building approval process for EMA premises in Amsterdam
28 February 2018 - New permanent building to be completed by 15 November 2019.
The EMA' sManagement Board met today in an extraordinary session to further discuss the building approval process for EMA’s future premises in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. EMA needs to be fully operational in Amsterdam on 30 March 2019, when the United Kingdom withdraws from the European Union.
At the meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, the Board voted on the revised offer of the Dutch government regarding the Agency’s new permanent premises in the business district Zuidas and endorsed the notification to the EU’s Budgetary Authority of EMA’s intention to move to the new building. The Dutch authorities have committed to building brand new, tailor-made permanent premises that are expected to fully address EMA’s specific needs, and confirmed to the Board that the permanent building will be ready by 15 November 2019.
