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 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. As of April 2026, there are talks for Albania to create a paralympic committee. Nation Code National Paralympic Committee Created Ref. AND Andorran Adapted Sports Federation ARM Armenian Paralympic Committee 1994 AUT Austrian Paralympic Committee 1998 AZE National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan 1996 BLR Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus BEL Belgian Paralympic Committee 1960 BIH Paralympic Committee of Bosnia & Herzegovina BUL Bulgarian Paralympic Association CRO Croatian Paralympic Committee CYP Cyprus National Paralympic Committee1999 CZE Czech Paralympic Committee DEN Paralympic Committee Denmark EST Estonian Paralympic Committee 1991 FRO Faroese Paralympic Committee 1980 FIN Finnish Paralympic Committee 1994 FRA French Paralympic and Sports Committee 1992 GEO Georgian Paralympic Committee 2003 GER National Paralympic Committee Germany 1951 GBR British Paralympic Association 1989 GRE Hellenic Paralympic Committee 2001 HUN Hungarian Paralympic Committee ISL Icelandic Sports Association for the Disabled IRL Paralympics Ireland 1987 ISR Israel Paralympic Committee ITA Italian Paralympic Committee 1990 KOS Paralympic Committee of Kosovo 2023 LAT Latvian Paralympic Committee LIE Liechtensteiner Behinderten Verband LTU Lithuanian Paralympic Committee 1990 LUX Luxembourg Paralympic Committee MLT Malta Paralympic Committee MDA Paralympic Committee of Moldova MNE Paralympic Committee of Montenegro 2007 NED Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation MKD North Macedonian Paralympic Committee NOR Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports POL Polish Paralympic Committee POR Portugal Paralympic Committee ROU National Paralympic Committee, Romania RUS Russian Paralympic Committee (partially suspended) 1996 SMR San Marino Paralympic Committee SRB Paralympic Committee of Serbia 1999 SVK Slovak Paralympic Committee SLO Paralympic Committee of Slovenia - Sports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia ESP Spanish Paralympic Committee 1995 SWE Swedish Parasports Federation 1969 SUI Swiss Paralympic Committee TUR Turkish Paralympic Committee 2002 UKR National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine

Events 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)

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 Countries12020 Czarna Gora, Poland415012

See also International Paralympic Committee European Olympic Committees

References

External links European Paralympic Committee - official Website European Paralympic Committee Youth Games - official Website