European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations

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directorate-general of the European Commission former EU institution

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations was the EU’s former central department responsible for managing and coordinating the Union’s external policies and diplomatic relations before its functions were taken over by the European External Action Service.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union (DG EXPO)	1
Directorate‑General for External Relations of the European Commission	1
EU external relations	1
European Commission external relations family	1
European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations canonical	1
European Commission’s external relations family of services	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	directorate-general of the European Commission ⓘ former EU institution ⓘ
activity	external representation support ⓘ policy coordination ⓘ policy formulation ⓘ
collaboratedWith	EU delegations in third countries ⓘ other Commission directorates-general dealing with external policies ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
employerOf	EU civil servants ⓘ
functionTransferredTo	European External Action Service ⓘ
governedBy	Treaty of Rome ⓘ surface form: Treaty establishing the European Community Treaty on European Union ⓘ
hadHead	Director-General for External Relations ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
legalForm	administrative department of the European Commission ⓘ
locatedIn	Belgium ⓘ Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
mandate	to coordinate external aspects of EU internal policies ⓘ to design and implement the EU’s external relations strategy ⓘ
parentOrganization	European Commission ⓘ
partOf	European Commission’s administrative structure ⓘ European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: European Commission’s external relations family of services
policyArea	external economic relations ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ multilateral relations ⓘ neighbourhood and partnership policies ⓘ political relations with third countries ⓘ
replacedBy	European External Action Service ⓘ
responsibleFor	EU external relations policy ⓘ coordination of EU external policies ⓘ management of the European Union’s diplomatic relations ⓘ
scope	relations with international organizations ⓘ relations with non-EU countries ⓘ
shortName	Directorate C – External Relations ⓘ surface form: DG External Relations DG RELEX ⓘ
status	defunct directorate-general ⓘ
subordinateTo	College of Commissioners ⓘ President of the European Commission ⓘ
successor	European External Action Service ⓘ
usedInstrument	international agreements ⓘ partnership and cooperation agreements ⓘ political dialogue with third countries ⓘ
workedWith	Council of the European Union ⓘ Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: EU Member States European Parliament ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European External Action Service → replaces → European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations ⓘ

Directorates-General of the European Parliament → hasPart → European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union (DG EXPO)

European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations → partOf → European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commission’s external relations family of services

European Neighbourhood Instrument → policyArea → European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations ⓘ

this entity surface form: EU external relations

DG INTPA → partOf → European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commission external relations family

Directorate C – External Relations → worksWith → European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Directorate‑General for External Relations of the European Commission