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New Energy and Climate Action Directorates-General

The directorates-general at the heart of the European Commission are being reorganised so that they are in line with the new commissioners’ portfolios.

Beyond the reorganisation of services relating to the transfer of powers – for example state aid for transport is now being dealt with by DG Competition – the Commission announced, on 17 February, the creation of two new directorates-general: DG Energy (ENER) and DG Climate (CLIM). They will be headed by Britain’s Philip Lowe and Belgium’s Jos Delbeke, respectively. The former is currently director-general of DG Competition, the latter deputy director-general of DG Environment. DG Energy will combine the different units related to this sector from the former DG Transport and Energy together with the Task Force Energy from DG External Relations. As for DG Climate, this will be created from the climate-related activities of DG Environment, DG External Relations (everything related to international negotiations on climate change) and DG Industry. DG Transport and Energy (TREN) has been renamed DG Mobility and Transport (MOVE).

The Commission has also decided to appoint Christian Leffler, a Swedish national, to the position of Deputy Director-General in the DG for Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States. Rudolf Strohmeier, a German national, has been appointed to the position of Deputy Director-General in the Research DG.

The Commission also made a number of appointments at the level of Director and Principal Advisor, including two officials from the Member States which joined the EU in 2004. These decisions were delayed while it was in caretaker mode. It also agreed to transfer a number of activities from one DG to another to better align them with the responsibilities of the respective portfolios of the Commissioners. The DGs concerned are those for Mobility and Transport, Competition, Enterprise and Industry, Environment, Humanitarian Aid and Health and Consumers.

To advance the Commission's strategic approach on research, a task force, to be chaired by the Secretary-General, has been set up. This will launch a strategic reflection at Commission level on the evolution of the research budget, the degree of externalisation in the management of research programmes and the links between research and other policies in organisational terms.