Directorate-General
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Within the European Union, Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility, the equivalent of ministries at a national level. Most are headed by a European Commissioner, responsible for the general direction of the Directorate-General, and in charge of (i.e. politically responsible for) the corresponding policy area; and a Director-General, responsible for the management of day-to-day affairs, who reports to the European Commissioner.
- The Secretariat of the European Parliament: Parliament Directorates-General.
- The General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union: Council Directorates-general.
The European Patent Office (part of the European Patent Organisation, separate from the EU) also has Directorates-General, which are administrative groupings of departments.
Directorates-General of the European Commission[]
The Directorates-General of the European Commission are divided into four groups: Policy DGs, External relations DGs, General Service DGs and Internal Service DGs. Internally, the DGs are referred to by their abbreviations, provided below.
Departments (DGs)[1] | ||
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DG | Abbreviation | Relevant Commissioner |
Agriculture and Rural Development | AGRI | European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development |
Budget | BUDG | European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget |
Climate Action | CLIMA | European Commissioner for Climate Action |
Communication | COMM | European Commissioner for Communication |
Communications Networks, Content and Technology | CNECT | European Commissioner for Digital Agenda |
Competition | COMP | European Commissioner for Competition |
Data Protection Officer | DPO | |
Defence Industry and Space | DEFIS | European Commissioner for Internal Market |
Economic and Financial Affairs | ECFIN | European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs |
Education and Culture | EAC | European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth |
Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion | EMPL | European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion |
Energy | ENER | European Commissioner for Energy |
Environment | ENV | European Commissioner for the Environment |
European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations | ECHO | European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response |
Eurostat | ESTAT | European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud |
Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union | FISMA | European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union |
Health and Food Safety | SANTE | European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety |
Human Resources and Security | HR | European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration |
Informatics | DIGIT | |
Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs | GROW | European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship |
Directorate-General for International Partnerships | INTPA | European Commissioner for Development |
Interpretation | SCIC | |
Joint Research Centre | JRC | European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science |
Justice and Consumers | JUST | European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship |
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries | MARE | European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries |
Migration and Home Affairs | HOME | European Commissioner for Home Affairs |
Mobility and Transport | MOVE | European Commissioner for Transport |
Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations | NEAR | European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy |
Regional and Urban Policy | REGIO | European Commissioner for Regional Policy |
Research and Innovation | RTD | European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science |
Taxation and Customs Union | TAXUD | European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud |
Trade | TRADE | European Commissioner for Trade |
Translation | DGT |
See also[]
- European Civil Service
- Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
- Permanent Secretary
- Council of the European Union
References[]
- ^ "European Commission: Departments (Directorates-General) and services". Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- Directorates-General in the European Commission