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Directory of the European Commission
Directory of the European Commission 16 JUNE 1994 Directory of the European Commission 16 JUNE 1994 Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication The information in the Directory was correct at the time of going to press but is liable to change Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1994 ISBN 92-826-8491-1 Reproduction is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the source is acknowledged. Printed in Belgium Contents 5 The Commission Special responsibilities of the Members of the Commission 7 11 Secretarial-General of the Commission 17 — Forward Studies Unit 19 Inspectorate-General 21 Legal Service 23 Spokesman's Service 25 Joint Interpreting and Conference Service 27 Statistical Office 31 Translation Service 37 Informatics Directorate 39 Security Office Directorates-General 41 DG I — External Economic Relations 49 DG IA — External Political Relations 53 TFE — Enlargement Task Force 55 DG H — Economic and Financial Affairs 59 DG III — Industry 65 DG IV — Competition 69 DG V — Employment. Industrial Relations and Social Affairs 73 DG VI — Agriculture 79 — Veterinary and Phytosanitary Office 81 DG VII — Transport 83 DG VIII — Development 3 DG IX — Personnel and Administration 89 DG X — Audiovisual .Media, Information, Communication and Culture 93 DG XI — Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection 97 DG XII — Science, Research and Development 99 — Joint Research Centre 105 DG XIII — Telecommunications, Information Market and Exploitation of Research 111 DGXIV —Fisheries 117 DG XV —Internal Market and Financial Services 121 DG XVI — Regional Policies 125 DG XVII — Energy 129 DG XVIII—Credit and Investments 133 DGXIX —Budgets 135 DG XX — Financial Control 137 DG XXI — Customs and Indirect Taxation 141 DG XXIII— Enterprise Policy, Distributive Trades, Tourism and Cooperatives 143 Consumer Policy Service 145 Task Force for Human Resources. -
Appointment of Senior Officials in the European Union; Theory
APPOINTMENT OF SENIOR OFFICIALS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION; THEORY, LAW AND PRACTICE; CASE-STUDY OF MARTIN SELMAYR’S APPOINTMENT AS THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION by Marios Mitsides • Thesis for the Degree of Master of Arts in International Public Administration | Department of International and European Studies • University of Macedonia • Thessaloniki, greece INTRODUCTION • The study of the European administrative framework, compared to the legal aspects of the European public administration, is very popular among others these days. • My research was based on the legal administrative framework and its procedures regarding the appointment of senior officials in the European Union. • This topic was chosen, as the European Institutions are often criticized about their transparency, legality and their non- democratic methods in decision-making as well as the appointments of officials that may are subject to personal benefits. • For these purposes, this project examined theory, analyzing organizational behavior theories; law, by focusing on the European Union’s law regarding officials; and finally practice, by studying the case of the fast-track appointment of Martin Selmayr to the highest rank of the European Civil service, the post of the Secretary-General of the European Commission. • For this thesis, the methodology used was data analysis by from articles, books, legal texts and online sources, as due to the Pandemic primary research via interviews was extremely difficult. Organizational Behaviour Theories • Organizational behaviour theory is considered to be a scientific field, a social science discipline, as theorists of organization behaviour use the scientific method to examine their theories. • Based on bibliography, Organizational Behaviour Theory could be divided into three dimensions; The individual, Groups and Teams and the Organizations themselves. -
La Commission Européenne Nomme Son Nouveau Secrétaire Général
Commission européenne - Communiqué de presse Le président Juncker réorganise son équipe rapprochée; la Commission européenne nomme son nouveau secrétaire général Bruxelles, le 21 février 2018 Le secrétaire général M. Alexander Italianer ayant exprimé le souhait de se retirer, la Commission européenne a nommé Martin Selmayr comme nouveau secrétaire général, tandis que le président Juncker a nommé Mme Clara Martinez Alberola comme nouveau chef de cabinet et M. Richard Szostak comme nouveau chef de cabinet adjoint. Après plus de 32 ans au service de la Commission européenne, l'actuel secrétaire général, M. Alexander Italianer, a décidé de quitter ses fonctions. Dès lors, sur proposition du président Jean- Claude Juncker, le Collège a décidé de nommer M. Martin Selmayr, actuellement chef de cabinet du président, au poste de secrétaire général de la Commission. Cette décision prendra effet le 1er mars. Parallèlement, le président Juncker a choisi comme nouveau chef de cabinet Mme Clara Martinez Alberola, actuellement chef de cabinet adjoint. Elle est la toute première femme à accéder au poste de chef de cabinet d'un président de la Commission. M. Richard Szostak, actuellement conseiller diplomatique du président Juncker, devient son nouveau chef de cabinet adjoint. Le président de la Commission européenne, M. Jean-Claude Juncker, a déclaré: «Ce matin, Alexander Italianer m'a confirmé son souhait de quitter son poste de secrétaire général de la Commission à partir du 1er mars. Je tiens à lui exprimer ma profonde gratitude pour les décennies de bons et loyaux services qu'il a consacrées à la Commission européenne et, ces trois dernières années, auprès de moi en tant que président de cette institution. -
Liber Amicorum Pieter Kalbfleisch EDITORS
The Art of Supervision The Art of Supervision Liber amicorum Pieter Kalbfleisch EDITORS Henk Don Jaap de Keijzer Esther Lamboo Monique van Oers Jarig van Sinderen Cover design: Bottenheft, Marijenkampen/Arnhem Production: Editor Ronald Kouwenhoven, Rotterdam Contents Introduction by the editors: The art of supervision 9 1 The art of supervision 23 The role of the competition authority in policy debate and public society Philip Collins 25 1 COMMENT: Hans Vijlbrief 33 2 COMMENT: Hans Hoogervorst 35 The art of enforcement: Cooperation with other institutions, a national competition authority’s perspective Pablo Amador Sánchez, Gerard Bakker, Aad Kleijweg 39 1 COMMENT: Alexander Italianer 49 2 COMMENT: Jacques Steenbergen 51 2 Public interest 55 The political economy of deregulation Paul W.J. de Bijl and Coen Teulings 57 1 COMMENT: Chris Buijink 65 2 COMMENT: Bernard Wientjes 67 Public interests! What public interests? And how to deal with them? Henk Don 73 1 COMMENT: Elco Brinkman 80 2 COMMENT: Chris Fonteijn 83 3 Competition policy in an international setting 87 Private enforcement and public enforcement of EU antitrust law Philip Lowe and Rainer Becker 89 1 COMMENT: Floris O.W. Vogelaar 96 2 COMMENT: René Smits 101 Meeting China’s competition Peter van Bergeijk and Pierrette Gaasbeek 107 1 COMMENT: Carl Baudenbacher 120 2 COMMENT: Peter Freeman 124 4 Competition and the courts 129 The courts and the art of concentration Monique T.P.J. Van Oers and Anke S.M.L. Prompers 131 1 COMMENT: Erik van den Emster 144 2 COMMENT: Mark B.W. Biesheuvel 146 The role of economics and economists in the Court Berend Jan Drijber 151 1 COMMENT: Annetje Ottow and Loes Brekhof 158 2 COMMENT: Esther Lamboo and Milou Dijkman 160 5 Instruments of competition policy and regulation 167 What rate of return to allow? Do we truly understand it? Arnoud W.A. -
President Juncker Reorganises His Close Team; European Commission Appoints New Secretary-General
European Commission - Press release President Juncker reorganises his close team; European Commission appoints new Secretary-General Brussels, 21 February 2018 After over 32 years at the service of the European Commission, the current Secretary-General Alexander Italianer, has decided to retire from the European Commission. As a result, and on the proposal of President Jean-Claude Juncker, the College has decided to appoint Martin Selmayr, the current Head of Cabinet of the President, as the new Secretary-General of the Commission. This decision will take effect on 1 March. At the same time, President Juncker has decided that his current Deputy Head of Cabinet, Clara Martinez Alberola, will become his new Head of Cabinet ---– the first- ever female Head of Cabinet of a Commission President. President Juncker's current Diplomatic Adviser, Richard Szostak, will become his new Deputy Head of Cabinet. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said: "This morning, Alexander Italianer confirmed to me his wish to retire as Secretary-General of the Commission as of 1 March. I want to express my deep gratitude to him for decades of loyal service to the European Commission and over the past three years to me as its President. I truly appreciated working with such an experienced and knowledgeable Secretary-General and I want to thank him for his skillful steer of our administration, as well as for having agreed to stay on for another month to ensure a smooth transition. I am also glad that he agreed to continue to advise me, after 1 April, as Special Adviser on strategic issues on the EU's agenda, in particular the Multiannual Financial Framework and Brexit Preparedness." Alexander Italianer, a Dutch national, joined the European Commission in 1985 starting in its Economic and Financial Affairs department. -
Parachuting" and Your Own "Parachuting" on the Post of Secretary General
R&D DEFEND THE DIGNITY OF THE STAFF On 24, 25 & 26 THE MAGE OF OUR INSTITUTION THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF THE Octobre 2018, EUROPEAN CIVIL SERVICE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES OF OUR VOTE R&D INSTITUTION We have… The progress achieved… With your support, we will continue to... ETHICS & INTEGRITY BARROSO LEGAL & SERVICE KROES Aricle 42c JUNIOR PROFESSIONALS DGT PROGRAMME September 2018 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 01/06/2018 Note to Mr. Günther Oettinger - Inquiry of the European Ombudsman 5 regarding the appointment of the new Secretary-General 23/03/2018 Note to Mr. Günther Oettinger - Your reply of 9 March to our note of 13 28 February concerning the College’s decisions of 21 February 28/02/2018 Note to Mr. Günther Oettinger - College decisions of 21 February 21 concerning the senior management of our institution 28/02/2018 Note to Mr. Martin Selmayr - Your successive positions against 25 "parachuting" and your own "parachuting" on the post of Secretary General Press review 29 09/01/2018 Note to Mr. Martin Selmayr - « Parachuting » of cabinet members at 33 the end of the College's term of office and your statements under item 7.5 of the minutes of the meeting of Heads of Cabinets on 23 November. 07/06/2017 Note to Mr. Selmayr, chef de cabinet du Président Juncker et M. Italianer, 37 Secrétaire général - Vos déclarations lors de la réunion du 22 mai dernier sur la nécessité des Chefs de cabinets de respecter l'engagement et le travail de nos collègues du Secrétariat général 02/06/2017 Note à l’attention de M. -
The Von Der Leyen Commission
The von der Leyen Commission allenovery.com 2 The von der Leyen Commission The von der Leyen Commission After a slightly inauspicious start, involving the rejection by the European Parliament of three candidate Commissioners and robust grilling by MEPs of many of the proposed team, the European Commission led by former German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen took office on 1 December 2019, a month later than initially intended. The 26 Commissioners (the UK elected not to nominate a member, given impending Brexit) will serve for a five-year term until 2024, with an ambitious agenda set against a challenging global economic and political outlook. Described by von der Leyen as a ‘geopolitical’ Commission, focused on ensuring that Europe plays a leading part in shaping a ‘better global order’, it is the first Commission led yb a woman and, in another first, with 12 female Commissioners, almost achieves gender parity. As a further policy objective, von der Leyen is requiring all Commissioners to have a gender-balanced Cabinet and has stated that she is aiming for gender equality at all Commission management levels by the end of her mandate. The new College of Commissioners has eight Vice-Presidents, of which policy across the whole digital economy, including big data, AI, three are Executive Vice-Presidents: Frans Timmermans (Netherlands), cybersecurity, technological innovation and the taxation of digital Margrethe Vestager (Denmark) and Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia). companies. With this combination of powers, she is well equipped to These three, all of whom held office in the previous Commission, take her erstwhile tough approach to new levels and is expected to have supercharged portfolios, both chairing a Commissioners’ group continue to be an assured and high-profile force in the Commission on one of the Commission’s priority projects, and also managing a and on the world stage.