Legal Service
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The Legal Service is the European Commission’s in-house legal advisory and litigation body, responsible for ensuring the legality and consistency of the institution’s actions and representing it before EU and international courts.
Aliases (2)
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
directorate-general of the European Commission
→
legal service → |
| appliesToJurisdiction | European Union → |
| country | European Union → |
| employer | European Commission → |
| hasPart |
Directorate A – Institutional & Administrative Law
→
Directorate-General for Competition →
surface form: "Directorate B – Competition & State Aid"
Directorate C – External Relations → Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs →
surface form: "Directorate D – Internal Market"
Directorate E – Trade → Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion →
surface form: "Directorate F – Employment & Social Policies"
Directorate G – Environment & Energy → Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs →
surface form: "Directorate H – Economic & Financial Affairs"
Directorate I – Agriculture & Fisheries → Directorate J – Internal Policies → Directorate C – External Relations →
surface form: "Directorate K – External Policies"
Directorate L – Resources → Directorate M – Transparency → Directorate N – Institutional Affairs → Directorate O – Litigation → Directorate P – Legal Advice → Directorate Q – International Law → Directorate R – Civil Service Law → Directorate J – Internal Policies →
surface form: "Directorate S – Internal Market & Competition"
Directorate Y – External Relations & Trade →
surface form: "Directorate T – External Relations & Trade"
Directorate U – Institutional & Budgetary Law → Directorate V – External Relations & Development → Directorate W – Internal Market & Environment → Directorate-General for Competition →
surface form: "Directorate X – Competition & State Aid"
Directorate Y – External Relations & Trade → Directorate Z – Institutional & Budgetary Law → |
| hasResponsibilityFor |
advising on access to documents and transparency law
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advising on budgetary law → advising on competition law → advising on data protection law within the Commission → advising on external relations law → advising on institutional law of the European Union → advising on institutional reforms of the European Union → advising on internal market law → advising on international agreements of the European Union → advising on staff regulations of officials of the European Union → advising on trade law → defending the Commission’s interests in arbitration proceedings → drafting and reviewing legislative proposals → ensuring coherence of the Commission’s legal positions across policy areas → ensuring compliance of Commission acts with EU Treaties → ensuring compliance of Commission acts with fundamental rights → ensuring compliance of Commission acts with general principles of EU law → ensuring compliance of Commission acts with secondary EU legislation → ensuring consistency of European Commission legal positions → ensuring legality of European Commission acts → participating in actions for failure to act → participating in annulment actions → participating in damages actions against the European Union → participating in infringement proceedings against Member States → participating in interinstitutional negotiations on legal matters → participating in preliminary ruling procedures → providing legal advice to European Commission directorates-general → providing legal clearance for Commission decisions → providing legal opinions to the College of Commissioners → representing the European Commission before international courts and tribunals → representing the European Commission before the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union → representing the European Commission before the Court of Justice of the European Union → representing the European Commission before the General Court of the European Union → supporting the Commission in legislative drafting quality → |
| headquartersLocation |
Belgium
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Brussels, Belgium →
surface form: "Brussels"
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| jurisdiction |
European Union legal order
→
surface form: "European Union law"
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| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Brussels-Capital Region → |
| officialLanguage |
English
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French → German → |
| parentOrganization |
European Commission Secretariat-General structure
→
surface form: "European Commission Secretariat-General"
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| partOf | European Commission → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Legal Service of the Council"