The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) is a

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of the

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responsible for transport within the

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. DG MOVE was created on 17 February 2010 when energy was split from it to form the new DG Ener. Transport and Energy had been merged (as DG TREN) since January 2000 and in June 2002 the Euratom Safeguards Office became part of DG TREN. That is now part of DG Ener. In addition to developing EU policies in the transport sector and handling State aid dossiers, DG MOVE manages the

Connecting Europe Facility The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is a European Union fund established in 2014 for infrastructure investments (in particular the Trans-European Networks) across the union in transport, energy, digital and telecommunication projects, which aims ...

funding programme for the

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and technological development and innovation, worth €26.25 billion.

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The directorate General, has 441 employees.

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DG MOVE is responsible for developing and implementing European policies in the transport field. Its mission is to ensure that transport policies are designed for the benefit of all sectors of the society. DG MOVE carries out these tasks using legislative proposals and programme management, including the financing of projects.

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The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, based in Brussels, reports to

Apostolos Tzitzikostas Apostolos G. Tzitzikostas (, ; born 2 September 1978) is a Greek politician who served as governor of the region of Central Macedonia from 2013 to 2024 and was formerly President of the European Committee of the Regions from 2020 until 2022. Sin ...

, Commissioner for Transport. The Directorate-General is headed by Director-General Magda Kopczynska, who succeeded Henrik Hololei. The Directorate-General is made up of five Directorates plus a shared Directorate with the

Directorate-General for Energy The Directorate-General for Energy (DG Ener), or ENER, is a Directorate-General of the European Commission, created on 17 February 2010 when it was separated from the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, Transport DG, with which it had ...

and the following agencies across Europe: *

European Maritime Safety Agency The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is a European Union agency charged with reducing the risk of maritime accidents, marine pollution from ships and the loss of human lives at sea by helping to enforce the pertinent EU legislation. It is ...

European Aviation Safety Agency The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an agency of the European Commission with responsibility for civil aviation safety in the European Union. It carries out certification, regulation and standardisation and also performs inve ...

European Railway Agency The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) is an agency of the European Union (EU) that sets mandatory requirements for European railways and manufacturers in the form of Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI), which apply to the ...

Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) is an Executive Agency of the European Commission. EASME was founded in 2003 as the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA) and was renamed the European Agency for Competitivene ...

Innovation and Networks Executive Agency The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) was an executive agency established by the European Commission in order to run the Connecting Europe Facility and parts of Horizon 2020, with legacy programmes of the Trans-European Transport ...

The Directorate-General is also involved in two Joint Undertakings: *

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European Union transport policy

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