Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union

[1][4] COMECE holds two meetings of the Plenary Assembly each year, which set out the main lines of its work.

[5] COMECE bishops are delegated by Catholic episcopal conferences in EU member states and has a permanent Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium.

[2] The objectives of COMECE are to: COMECE issues news bulletins and reports in the following "policy areas":[8] Ecology, Energy & Agriculture; Ethics, Research & Health; EU External Affairs; Education & Culture; Justice, Fundamental Rights & Article 17 TFEU; Migration & Asylum; International Religious Freedom; Social & Economic Affairs; and Youth Policies.

COMECE's is managed by a standing committee of five, the president, currently Bishop Mariano Crociata of Latina, Italy, first vice president Archbishop Antoine Hérouard of Dijon, France, and three vice presidents: Bishops Nuno Brás da Silva Martins of Funchal, Portugal, Rimantas Norvila of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania, and Czeslaw Kozon of Copenhagen, Denmark.

[9] The official who runs the office on a day-to-day basis is the General Secretary, currently Fr.