With the European Community being abolished in 2009, the office began to be known as the Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department of the European Commission or European Union, but kept its ECHO abbreviation.
Ukidanjem Europske zajednice 2009. godine ured je promijenio naziv u Odjel za humanitarnu pomoć Europske komisije ili Europske unije, ali je zadržao kraticu ECHO.