The term Internal Service refers to a collection of
Directorate-General
Within the European Union, Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility, the equivalent of ministries at a national level. Most are headed by a European Commissioner, responsible for the general direction of the Dir ...
s and ''Services'' within the
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...
that provide services to the policy-making DGs or perform set administrative tasks. They are not policy-making themselves.
Structure
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Budget
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Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA)
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Informatics
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Infrastructures and Logistics
** Brussels (
OIB)
** Luxembourg (
OIL
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)
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Internal Audit Service (IAS)
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Interpretation
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Legal Service
In its most general sense, the practice of law involves giving legal advice to clients, drafting legal documents for clients, and representing clients in legal negotiations and court proceedings such as lawsuits, and is applied to the professi ...
* Personnel and Administration
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Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...
(DGT)
External links
European Commission DGs and Services
{{Eu-directorates-general
Directorates-General in the European Commission