DG RELEX

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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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instanceOf Directorate-General of the European Commission ⓘ
European Union institution department ⓘ
abbreviation DG RELEX ⓘ
archivesHeldBy Historical Archives of the European Union ⓘ
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 ⓘ
European External Action Service ⓘ
employed European civil servants ⓘ
existedUntil 2010 ⓘ
fullName Directorate-General for External Relations ⓘ
governedBy European Commission rules of procedure ⓘ
hasPredecessor DG IA (Directorate-General for External Relations and Trade) ⓘ
headquartersLocation Belgium ⓘ
Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
jurisdiction European Union ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty establishing the European Community ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Rome

Treaty on European Union ⓘ
partOf European Commission ⓘ
policyArea development and cooperation (in coordination with DG DEV and EuropeAid) ⓘ
external relations ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
reorganizedInto European External Action Service ⓘ
Service for Foreign Policy Instruments ⓘ
responsibleFor European Union external relations ⓘ
European Union foreign policy (Commission competences) ⓘ
linked to: EU external action

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 ⓘ
European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy ⓘ
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 ⓘ
High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ
Member States’ foreign ministries ⓘ

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