Structure
Directorates :
- Directorate A - Inter-institutional and legal matters – Framework programme
- Directorate B - European Research Area: research programmes and capacity
- Directorate C - European Research Area: Knowledge-based economy
- Directorate D - International cooperation
- Directorate E - Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food
- Directorate F - Health
- Directorate G - Industrial technologies
- Directorate H - Transport
- Directorate I - Environment
- Directorate J - Energy (EURATOM)
- Directorate K - Energy
- Directorate L - Science, economy and society
- Directorate R - Resources
- Directorate S - Implementation of the 'Ideas' programme
- Directorate T - Implementation of activities to outsource
In carrying out the various tasks the Directorate General works closely with other Commission departments such as the Joint Research Centre, which also falls under the responsibility of Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the Directorates General for the Information Society, Energy and Transport, the Environment, Enterprise, and others.
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