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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 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
References
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