This paper concerns two agencies which directly or indirectly pursue the goals and perform the tasks set by the European Union in terms of protecting the marine environment. They are both part of the EU agency system established to decentralise measures, integrate various groups of interests, prepare development strategies and prevent bad practices. The Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) harmonises legal regulations and the Common Fisheries Policy, which improves maritime safety. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) fosters this safety by promoting the implementation of ship safety standards, investigating shipping disasters, and preventing harmful waste discharges from ships including oil spills that would pollute inshore and sea waters, destroying marine flora and fauna

The objective of the paper is to present ecological measures for marine environment protection financed by the EU within Euroregional structures. For this purpose the paper is divided into two parts. The first part concerns the Euroregions’ position and mission based on the origin of Euroregion Baltic and its special features. The second part concerns selected measures aimed to protect marine environment financed from the EU assistance funds. The primary conclusion is as follows: Euroregional structures were crucial as regards the acquisition of development funds while the EU’s involvement in ecological development and the specific features of Euroregions have led to the implementation of ecological measures. They have directly or indirectly contributed to marine environment protection

The objective of the article is to identify support areas under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) with a particular focus on ecological measures protecting the marine environment. The introduction provides general information about the EFF and EU measures for fisheries and maritime policy. The first part of the paper discusses the support areas of the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance established in 1992, with a focus on its ecological activity. The second part of the paper concerns the activity of the European Fisheries Fund within the financial strategy for the period 2007–2013 with reference to the priority axes implemented under the sectoral operational programme in Poland. Such an approach is quite logical, as these priorities and measures are compatible across EU member countries. The general conclusion from the analysis is as follows: structural orientation of measures and enhancement of support for a balanced water environment, protection of flora and fauna, reasonable exploitation of resources, and ecology as the top priority