DG RELEX

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Directorate-General of the European Commission European Union institution department

DG RELEX was the European Commission department responsible for managing the European Union’s external relations and foreign policy before its functions were merged into the European External Action Service.

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Label	Occurrences
DG RELEX canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Directorate-General of the European Commission ⓘ European Union institution department ⓘ
abbreviation	DG RELEX NERFINISHED ⓘ
archivesHeldBy	Historical Archives of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
changeCause	creation of the European External Action Service ⓘ entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
dissolvedInto	European Commission Service for Foreign Policy Instruments NERFINISHED ⓘ European External Action Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
employed	European civil servants ⓘ
existedUntil	2010 ⓘ
fullName	Directorate-General for External Relations NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	European Commission rules of procedure NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPredecessor	DG IA (Directorate-General for External Relations and Trade) NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Belgium ⓘ Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
jurisdiction	European Union ⓘ
legalBasis	Treaty establishing the European Community NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty on European Union ⓘ
partOf	European Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyArea	development and cooperation (in coordination with DG DEV and EuropeAid) ⓘ external relations ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ
reorganizedInto	European External Action Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Service for Foreign Policy Instruments NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	European Union external relations ⓘ European Union foreign policy (Commission competences) NERFINISHED ⓘ coordination of EU external policies across Commission services ⓘ coordination with the Council and the High Representative on external relations ⓘ political dialogue with third countries ⓘ preparation of Commission contributions to EU foreign policy ⓘ programming of external assistance instruments (shared with other DGs) ⓘ relations with international organizations ⓘ relations with non-EU countries ⓘ strategic planning of EU external action ⓘ support to the European Commission in Common Foreign and Security Policy matters ⓘ
scope	global ⓘ
supervisedBy	European Commissioner for External Relations NERFINISHED ⓘ European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	public administration body ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ other official languages of the European Union ⓘ
website	http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/ (historical) ⓘ
workedWith	Council of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy NERFINISHED ⓘ Member States’ foreign ministries ⓘ

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European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations → shortName → DG RELEX ⓘ