Directorate-General

Within the European Union, directorates-general are departments of the European Union government 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 a Director-General, responsible for the management of day-to-day affairs

• The European Commission: Commission Directorates-General are each headed by a director-general, who reports to the European Commissioner in charge of (i.e. politically responsible for) the corresponding policy area;
• 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]
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	CNCT	European Commissioner for Digital Agenda
Competition	COMP	European Commissioner for Competition
Data Protection Officer	DPO
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
International Cooperation and Development	DEVCO	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

• List of European Commission committees by Directorates-General
• European Civil Service
• Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
• Permanent Secretary
• Council of the European Union

References

1. "European Commission: Departments (Directorates-General) and services". Retrieved 3 August 2015.