College of Commissioners

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collective body executive body organ of the European Union

The College of Commissioners is the collective body of all European Commissioners that serves as the political executive of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation and implementing EU policies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
College of Commissioners canonical 10
College of Commissioners 2019–2024 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collective body ⓘ
executive body ⓘ
organ of the European Union ⓘ
appointingBody European Council ⓘ
canBeDismissedCollectivelyBy European Parliament ⓘ
collectiveResponsibilityTo European Parliament ⓘ
composedOf European Commissioner ⓘ
surface form: European Commissioners

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ
President of the European Commission ⓘ
country European Union ⓘ
decisionMakingMethod simple majority voting ⓘ
decisionMakingMode collegiality ⓘ
hasEthicalRules Code of Conduct for Commissioners ⓘ
hasMemberCount 27 ⓘ
hasOneMemberPer EU member state ⓘ
hasPower adoption of delegated acts ⓘ
adoption of implementing acts ⓘ
right of legislative initiative at EU level ⓘ
hasRole guardian of the Treaties ⓘ
initiator of EU legislation ⓘ
manager of the EU budget ⓘ
overseer of implementation of EU law ⓘ
political executive of the European Union ⓘ
representative of the EU internationally in certain policy areas ⓘ
headedBy President of the European Commission ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty on European Union ⓘ
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
meetsAt Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Strasbourg ⓘ
oversees European Commission directorates-general ⓘ
surface form: Directorates-General of the European Commission
partOf European Commission ⓘ
politicallyIndependentFrom national governments ⓘ
reportsTo European Parliament ⓘ
requiresOathTo Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
responsibleFor drafting the EU annual budget ⓘ
enforcing EU law ⓘ
implementing EU policies ⓘ
managing EU programmes ⓘ
proposing EU legislation ⓘ
selectionInvolves hearings in the European Parliament ⓘ
subjectTo parliamentary scrutiny ⓘ
vote of consent by the European Parliament ⓘ
subjectToApprovalBy European Parliament ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
worksIn Berlaymont building ⓘ

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

European Commissioner → memberOf → College of Commissioners ⓘ
Secretariat-General → reportsTo → College of Commissioners ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretariat-General of the European Commission
European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations → subordinateTo → College of Commissioners ⓘ
European Commission Secretariat-General structure → usedBy → College of Commissioners ⓘ
DG Competition → governingBody → College of Commissioners ⓘ
DG Environment → governingBody → College of Commissioners ⓘ
DG COMM → worksOnBehalfOf → College of Commissioners ⓘ
Directorate P – Legal Advice → supportsBody → College of Commissioners ⓘ
Directorate Q – International Law → supportsBody → College of Commissioners ⓘ
European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen → composition → College of Commissioners ⓘ
this entity surface form: College of Commissioners 2019–2024
First Vice-President of the European Commission → isPositionHeldByMemberOf → College of Commissioners ⓘ