European Commission Departments (Directorates Generale)

The European Commission is the main legislative generator and carries out the objectives agreed by the Member governments when they sign a Treaty. The Commission is divided up into directorates general (commonly known as DGs) and each DG deals with a specific policy area. The DGs are headed by a Commissioner and there are 25 Commissioners in total.

José Manuel Barroso – Commissioner and President of the Commission

1. DG responsible for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti Fraud
 Headed by Slim Kallas 
 Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti Fraud

2. DG responsible for agricultural matters and rural development - Contact
 Headed by Mariann Fischer Boel 
 Commissioner for Agriculture

3. DG responsible for budgets and financial programming
 Headed by Dalia Grybauskaite 
 Commissioner for Budgets and Financial Programming

4. DG responsible for competition/anti competition issues - Contact
 Headed by Neelie Kroes 
 Commissioner for Competition

5. DG responsible for Development and Humanitarian Aid- Contact
 Headed by Louis Michel
 Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid

6. DG responsible for Economic and Financial Affairs - Contact
 Headed by Joaquin Almunia  
 Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs

7. DG responsible for Education, Training, and Cultural issues - Contact
 Headed by Ján Figel  
 Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Multi linguism

8. DG responsible for employment and social affairs - Contact
 Headed by Vladimír Špidla
 Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs

9. DG responsible for Energy - Contact
 Headed by Andris Piebalgs
 Commissioner for Energy

10. DG responsible for enlargement - Contact
 Headed by Olli Rehn
 Commissioner for Enlargement

11. DG responsible for enterprise and industry - Contact  
 Headed by Günter Verheugen
 Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry

12. DG responsible for environmental affairs and policy - Contact
 Headed by Stavros Dimas 
 Commissioner for Environmental Policy

13. DG responsible for external relations - Contact
 Headed by Benita Ferrero Waldner
 Commissioner for External Relations

14. DG responsible for external trade - Contact
 Headed by Peter Mandelson
 Commissioner for External Trade

15. DG responsible for fisheries and maritime affairs - Contact
 Headed by Joe Borg
 Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

16. DG responsible for Freedom, Security and Justice issues
 Headed by Franco Frattini 
 Commissioner for Freedom Security and Justice

17. DG responsible for health and consumer protection issues - Contact 
 Headed by Markos Kyprianou
 Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection

18. DG responsible for the information society and media issues -Contact
 Headed by Viviane Reding
 Commissioner for the Information Society and Media

19. DG responsible for institutional relations and the EU Communication Strategy -  Contact
 Headed by Margot Wallström
 Commissioner for Institutional Relations and the EU Communication Strategy

20. DG responsible for issues relating to the internal market and services - Contact
 Headed by Charlie McCreevy
 Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services

21. DG responsible for regional policy - Contact
 Headed by Danuta Hübner
 Commissioner for regional policy

22. DG responsible for Science and Research - Contact
 Headed by Janez Potocnik
 Commissioner for Science and research

23. DG responsible for taxation and customs union issues - Contact
 Headed by László Kovács 
 Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union

24. DG responsible for transport issues - Contact 
 Headed by Jacques Barrot  
 Commissioner for Transport