4-599: The Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy ( DG REGIO ) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission . The DG Regional and Urban Policy is responsible for European Union measures to assist the economic and social development of the less-favored regions of the European Union under Articles 158 and 160 of the Treaty of Rome . In 2020 it had 618 employees. This article about
8-673: The European Patent Organisation , separate from the EU) also has Directorates-General , which are administrative groupings of departments. 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. In addition to its Legal Service ,
12-467: The European Union is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Directorate-General Within the European Union (EU), Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility. Within the European Commission specifically, Directorates-General are the equivalent of national-level ministries . Most are headed by a European Commissioner , responsible for
16-894: The general direction of the Directorate-General, and in charge of (politically responsible for) the corresponding policy area; and a director-general, responsible for the management of day-to-day affairs, who reports to the European Commissioner. Nearly all of the top-level organisational divisions of the Secretariat of the European Parliament and the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union are also termed Directorates-General. The European Patent Office (part of
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