Directorate-General for Transport and Energy (European Commission)

The Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (DG TREN) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The DG TREN is in operation since 1 January 2000, it was created by merging the Directorate-General for Transport and the Directorate-General for Energy. In June 2002 the Euratom Safeguards Office became part of DG TREN. In addition to developing Community policies in the energy and transport sectors and handling State aid dossiers, DG TREN manages the funding programmes for trans-European networks and technological development and innovation, worth € 850 million per annum for the period 2000-2006.

Mission

DG TREN is responsible for developing and implementing European policies in the energy and transport field. Its mission is to ensure that energy and transport policies are designed for the benefit of all sectors of the society. DG TREN carries out these tasks using legislative proposals and programme management, including the financing of projects.The current goals of DG TREN are:
# Complete the internal market in energy and transport
# Ensuring sustainable development of transport and energy
# Deployment of major networks in Europe
# Space management, i.e. air traffic congestion management
# Improving transport and energy safety
# Accomplishing enlargement
# Developing international cooperation

Resources

The Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, based in Brussels, reports to Jacques Barrot, Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Transport and Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Energy. The Directorate-General is made up of some 1000 officials, and was headed by François Lamoureux, Director-General, until 2006 followed by Matthias Ruette.

tructure

The Directorate-General is made up of 11 Directorates (two of which deal with Euratom issues), and the Euratom Supply Agency. The staff are divided between Brussels (700) and Luxembourg (300).

ee also

*Energy policy of the European Union
*EURATOM
*European Commissioner for Energy
*European Commissioner for Transport
*Energy policy of the European Union
*European Aviation Safety Agency
*European Maritime Safety Agency
*European Railway Agency
*Transport in the European Union

External links

* [http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/index_en.html Directorate-General for Energy and Transport]