9.6. Commission directorates-general
and services: official titles
EN
Version:
19.1.2010
Version:
19.1.2010
Letter codes (for
internal use only)
and numerical codes
(for IT use exclusively)
and numerical codes
(for IT use exclusively)
| Full name and order of listing |
Short name | Commonly used abbreviation | Letter code (internal use) (1) |
Numerical
code (2) (invisible) |
| Secretariat-General | SG | SG | 31 | |
| Legal Service | SJ | SJ | 32 | |
| Directorate-General for Communication | Communication DG | COMM | 61 | |
| Bureau of European Policy Advisers | BEPA | 48 | ||
| Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs | Economic and Financial Affairs DG | ECFIN | 02 | |
| Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry | Enterprise and Industry DG | ENTR | 62 | |
| Directorate-General for Competition | Competition DG | COMP | 04 | |
| Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities | Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG | EMPL | 05 | |
| Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development | Agriculture and Rural Development DG | AGRI | 06 | |
| Directorate-General for Energy and Transport | Energy and Transport DG | TREN | 27 | |
| Directorate-General for the Environment | Environment DG | ENV | 11 | |
| Directorate-General for Research | Research DG | RTD | 12 | |
| Joint Research Centre | JRC | JRC | 53 | |
| Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media | Information Society and Media DG | INFSO | 13 | |
| Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries | Maritime Affairs and Fisheries DG | MARE | 14 | |
| Directorate-General for the Internal Market and Services | Internal Market and Services DG | MARKT | 15 | |
| Directorate-General for Regional Policy | Regional Policy DG | REGIO | 16 | |
| Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union | Taxation and Customs Union DG | TAXUD | 21 | |
| Directorate-General for Education and Culture | Education and Culture DG | EAC | 63 | |
| Directorate-General for Health and Consumers | Health and Consumers DG | SANCO | 64 | |
| Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security | Justice, Freedom and Security DG | JLS | 65 | |
| Directorate-General for External Relations | External Relations DG | RELEX | 66 | |
| Directorate-General for Trade | Trade DG | TRADE | 67 | |
| Directorate-General for Development | Development DG | DEV | 68 | |
| Directorate-General for Enlargement | Enlargement DG | ELARG | 69 | |
| EuropeAid Co-operation Office | EuropeAid | AIDCO | 55 | |
| Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) | Humanitarian Aid DG (ECHO) | ECHO | ECHO | 51 |
| Eurostat | Eurostat | ESTAT | 34 | |
| Directorate-General Human Resources and Security | Human Resources and Security DG | HR | 09 | |
| Directorate-General for Informatics | Informatics DG | DIGIT | 50 | |
| Directorate-General for the Budget | Budget DG | BUDG | 19 | |
| Internal Audit Service | IAS | 25 | ||
| European Anti-Fraud Office | OLAF | OLAF | 57 | |
| Directorate-General for Interpretation | Interpretation DG | SCIC | 38 | |
| Directorate-General for Translation | Translation DG | DGT | DGT | 47 |
| Publications Office of the European Union | Publications Office | OP | OP | 43 |
| Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels | OIB | 39 | ||
| Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements | PMO | 40 | ||
| Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Luxembourg | OIL | 41 | ||
| European Communities Personnel Selection Office | European Personnel Selection Office (3) | EPSO | EPSO | 42 |
| Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation | EACI | EACI | 81 | |
| Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency | EACEA | EACEA | 82 | |
| Executive Agency for Health and Consumers | EAHC | EAHC | 83 | |
| Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency | TEN-T EA | TENEA | 84 | |
| European Research Council Executive Agency | ERCEA | ERCEA | 85 | |
| Research Executive Agency | REA | REA | 86 | |
| (1)
Code strictly reserved for internal use. For all
documents destined for publication (paper or electronic form), use
the conventional abbreviations or acronyms.
(2)
In certain computer systems, code 60 is used for
the cabinets.
(3)
Usual name. The full name is used only in legal texts dealing with the statutes of EPSO.
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List of modifications (since 1.1.2004)
1.1.2010 |
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1.7.2009 |
Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom of 26.6.2009 |
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11.7.2008 |
Decision 2008/544/EC of 20.6.2008 |
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16.4.2008 |
SEC(2008) 426 of 31.3.2008 |
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29.3.2008 |
SEC(2008) 426 of 31.3.2008 |
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11.2.2008 |
New services: European Research Council Executive Agency; Research Executive Agency |
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27.7.2007 |
Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency Letter code (internal use): TENEA Numerical code (invisible): 84 |
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1.6.2006 |
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24.5.2007 |
New service: Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency |
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16.2.2006 |
SEC(2006) 164 of 7.2.2006 |
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SEC(2005) 1633 of 12.12.2005 |
New service: Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme |
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SEC(2005) 1154 of 16.9.2005 |
New services: Intelligent Energy Executive Agency; Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency |
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18.5.2005 |
SEC(2005) 39/4 of 22.4.2005 |
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11.2.2005 |
SEC(2005) 39ter of 2.2.2005 |
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2.2.2005 |
SEC(2005) 39bis of 2.2.2005 |
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22.12.2004 |
SEC(2005) 39 of 13.1.2005 |
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1.5.2004 |
New DG: Directorate-General for Informatics (note SEC(2004) 523 of 23.4.2004) |
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23.2.2004 |
Directorate-General for Interpretation: lettercode INCO replaced by SCIC (note SEC(2003) 1468 of 16.12.2003) |
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