Administrative branch of the European Commission
Within the European Union (EU), Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility. Within the European Commission specifically, Directorates-General are the equivalent of national-level ministries . Most are headed by a European Commissioner , responsible for the general direction of the Directorate-General, and in charge of (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.
Nearly all of the top-level organisational divisions of the Secretariat of the European Parliament and the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union are also termed 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 [ edit ] 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] DG Abbreviation Relevant Commissioner Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements PMO European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration 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 President of the European Commission Defence Industry and Space DEFIS European Commissioner for Internal Market Economic and Financial Affairs ECFIN European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Education, Youth, Sport 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 Anti-Fraud Office OLAF European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations ECHO European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response European Commission Library European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations NEAR European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy European Personnel Selection Office EPSO European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration European School of Administration EUSA European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration 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 Service for Foreign Policy Instruments FPI High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy & Vice-President of the European Commission for a Stronger Europe in the World Health and Food Safety SANTE European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority HERA European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Historical Archives Service European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration Human Resources and Security HR European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration Informatics DIGIT European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels OIB European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration Infrastructure and Logistics in Luxembourg OIL European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action IDEA President of the European Commission Internal Audit Service IAS European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs GROW European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship International Partnerships INTPA European Commissioner for Development Interpretation SCIC European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration Joint Research Centre JRC European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Justice and Consumers JUST European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Legal Service SJ President of the European Commission 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 Publications Office of the European Union OP N/A Recovery and Resilience Task Force RECOVER President of the European Commission Regional and Urban Policy REGIO European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Research and Innovation RTD European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Secretariat-General SG President of the European Commission Structural Reform Support REFORM European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Taxation and Customs Union TAXUD European Commissioner for Economy Trade TRADE European Commissioner for Trade Translation DGT European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration
Directorates-General of the European Parliament [ edit ] In addition to its Legal Service , the Secretariat of the European Parliament is composed of several Directorates-General, each of which has an official abbreviation.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Directorates-General Directorate-General (DG) Abbreviation DG for the Presidency DG PRES DG for Internal Policies of the Union DG IPOL DG for External Policies of the Union DG EXPO DG for Parliamentary Research Services DG EPRS DG for Communication DG COMM DG for Parliamentary Democracy Partnerships DG PART DG for Personnel DG PERS DG for Infrastructure and Logistics DG INLO DG for Translation DG TRAD DG for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences DG LINC DG for Finance DG FINS DG for Innovation and Technological Support DG ITEC DG for Security and Safety DG SAFE
Directorates-General of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union [ edit ] The General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union is composed of several Directorates-General, which are each headed by a respective director-general or deputy director-general.[ 5] [ 6]
Directorates-General Directorate-General (DG) Abbreviation Competitiveness and Trade COMPET Economic and Financial Affairs ECOFIN General and institutional policy GIP Justice and home affairs JAI Legal service JUR Agriculture, fisheries, social affairs and health LIFE External relations RELEX Transport, energy, environment and education TREE Communication and information COMM Translation service LING Organisational development and services ORG Digital services SMART
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