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  • I admit that I scoffed when the new Romanian Commissioner was given the portfolio of multilingualism, which sounds terribly waffly, but I was wrong to do so; he supervises 15% of the Commission's total workforce, DG Translation being the largest single directorate-general - it's not glamorous but someone has to keep things moving.

    Lisbon again nwhyte 2009

  • Its disproportionate benefit to French banks may remind readers and regulators alike of the obvious pleasure that French President Nicolas Sarkozy took in installing his compatriot and political ally Michel Barnier in the directorate-general for Internal Market Affairs.

    EU's Proposal to Implement Basel III Undermines Spirit Geoffrey T. Smith 2011

  • The complaint to the Ombudsman had been brought in the Amsterdam-based EU lobby watchdog group, Corporate Europe Observatory, which had noted that the commission trade directorate-general, led by EU Commissioner Peter Mandelson, had started blanking out the names of industry lobbyists in correspondence, minutes of meetings and other documents released under EU access to document rules.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Helen 2007

  • The complaint to the Ombudsman had been brought in the Amsterdam-based EU lobby watchdog group, Corporate Europe Observatory, which had noted that the commission trade directorate-general, led by EU Commissioner Peter Mandelson, had started blanking out the names of industry lobbyists in correspondence, minutes of meetings and other documents released under EU access to document rules.

    A little light on a murky trade Richard 2007

  • Then, in July 2003 a senior commission official of the directorate-general in charge of the Cohesion Fund DG-Regio assured the MEPs that the project was now under investigation by three directorates, the commission's secretary-general and its legal services department.

    Barroso sleaze – we spill the beans Richard 2005

  • A further twist to the tale has been provided by Yannis Terezakis, a commission official working in DG-Tren, the directorate-general dealing with energy and transport.

    Barroso sleaze – we spill the beans Richard 2005

  • The issue was raised a week earlier by the European Commission's directorate-general for competition, which asked in a letter that Bulgaria provide, by March 2, its arguments why the land swops should not be considered state aid.

    SofiaEcho RSS feed Alex Bivol 2010

  • The meeting has been scheduled for February 22 and would include representatives of the Agriculture and Finance Ministries, as well as the EC's directorate-general for competition.

    SofiaEcho RSS feed Alex Bivol 2010

  • The annual report by the EU's directorate-general for health and consumers stressed that the high level of reports on Chinese (including Hong Kong) manufactured goods was in part due to "the significant market penetration of Chinese-manufactured consumer products in European markets."

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Apart from files related to India's surface-to-air missiles systems and Shakti artillery command and control systems, the people ` compromised 'included even an officer of the directorate-general of military intelligence.

    The Times of India 2010

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