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9.6. Commission directorates-general
and services: official titles

EN
Version:
19.1.2010
Letter codes (for internal use only)
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.

List of modifications (since 1.1.2004)


1.1.2010
Former name New name
Personnel and Administration DG (ADMIN) Human Resources and Security DG (HR)

1.7.2009
Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom
of 26.6.2009
Former name New name
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities (OPOCE) Publications Office of the European Union (OP)

11.7.2008
Decision 2008/544/EC
of 20.6.2008
Former name New name
Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme Executive Agency for Health and Consumers

16.4.2008
SEC(2008) 426
of 31.3.2008
Former name New name
Health and Consumer protection DG (SANCO) Health and Consumers DG (SANCO)

29.3.2008
SEC(2008) 426
of 31.3.2008
Former name New name
Fisheries and Maritime Affairs DG (FISH) Maritime Affairs and Fisheries DG (MARE)

11.2.2008		  
New services: European Research Council Executive Agency; Research Executive Agency

27.7.2007		  
Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency
Letter code (internal use): TENEA
Numerical code (invisible): 84

1.6.2006		  
Former name New name
Intelligent Energy Executive Agency Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation

24.5.2007		  
New service: Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency

16.2.2006
SEC(2006) 164
of 7.2.2006
Former name New name
Press and Communication DG (PRESS) Communication DG (COMM)
 
SEC(2005) 1633
of 12.12.2005
New service: Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme
 
SEC(2005) 1154
of 16.9.2005
New services: Intelligent Energy Executive Agency; Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

18.5.2005
SEC(2005) 39/4
of 22.4.2005
Former name New name
Group of Policy Advisers (GOPA) Bureau of European Policy Advisers  (BEPA)

11.2.2005
SEC(2005) 39ter
of 2.2.2005
Former name New name
Information Society  DG Information Society and Media DG

2.2.2005
SEC(2005) 39bis
of 2.2.2005
Former name New name
Humanitarian Aid Office Humanitarian Aid DG (ECHO)

22.12.2004
SEC(2005) 39
of 13.1.2005
Former name New name
Enterprise DG Enterprise and Industry DG
Employment and Social Affairs DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG
Agriculture DG Agriculture and Rural Development DG
Fisheries DG Fisheries and Maritime Affairs DG
Internal Market DG Internal Market and Services DG
Justice and Home Affairs DG
(letter code: JAI)		 Justice, Freedom and Security DG
(letter code: JLS)

1.5.2004
New DG: Directorate-General for Informatics (note SEC(2004) 523 of 23.4.2004)

23.2.2004
Directorate-General for Interpretation: lettercode INCO replaced by SCIC (note SEC(2003) 1468 of 16.12.2003)
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