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The FPS Economy, SMEs, Middle Classes, and Energy (, , ), more commonly known as the FPS Economy, is a Federal Public Service of
Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
. It was created by Royal Order on 25 February 2002, as part of the plans of the
Verhofstadt I Government The Verhofstadt I Government was the Belgian Federal Government, federal government of Belgium from 12 July 1999 to 12 July 2003. It was the first government headed by Prime Minister of Belgium, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (Flemish Liberals ...
to modernise the federal administration. It is responsible for contributing to the development, competitiveness and sustainability of the goods and services market, ensuring the position of the Belgian economy at the international level, promoting trade by fair economic relations in a competitive market, collecting, processing and disseminating economic information.


Organisation

The FPS Economy is currently organised into seven Directorates-General: * The Directorate-General for Energy * The Directorate-General for Economic Regulation * The Directorate-General for Economic Analysis and International Economy * The Directorate-General for SMEs Policy * The Directorate-General for Quality and Security * The Directorate-General for Economic Inspection * The Directorate-General for Statistics, also known as
Statistics Belgium Statistics Belgium (abbreviated Statbel formerly known as the NSI) is part of the Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Self-Employed and Energy. Its legal Dutch name is , and its legal French name is . Statistics Belgium conducts surveys among ho ...


See also

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Economy of Belgium The economy of Belgium is a highly developed, high-income, mixed economy. Belgium's economy has capitalised on the country's central geographic location, and has a well-developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercia ...
*
Belgian Office for Intellectual Property The Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (in French: ''Office de la Propriété intellectuelle'' or ''OPRI''; in Dutch: ''Belgische Dienst voor de Intellectuele Eigendom'', or ''DIE'') is a Belgian government office to manage patent filing and ...
, which is part of the Federal Public Service Economy


External links


Website of the FPS Economy Belgium
Economy An economy is an area of the Production (economics), production, Distribution (economics), distribution and trade, as well as Consumption (economics), consumption of Goods (economics), goods and Service (economics), services. In general, it is ...
Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
Belgium, Economy 2002 establishments in Belgium {{Belgium-gov-stub