European Paralympic Committee

The European Paralympic Committee (EPC) is an international non for profit organisation which serves a membership of 48 National Paralympic Committees and 9 European branches of disability. Based in Vienna, Austria, the EPC was founded as the IPC European Committee, it was later registered as an independent entity in 1999.[1]

European Paralympic Committee

Formation	July 2, 1999
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Vienna, Austria
Membership	48 National Paralympic Committees
Official language	English
President	Ratko Kovačić
Website	http://www.europaralympic.org/

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.[1]

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 the President, Secretary General, Treasurer, Technical Officer, Athletes' Representative and four Members-at-large. The current incumbent of the EPC President's is Ratko Kovačić from Croatia, a former Table Tennis Champion.