Meanings of directorate-general in English

An Irishwoman was yesterday appointed to head the European Commission's 500-strong environment directorate-general, one of the most important departments in the Brussels secretariat.

You guys applied the latter, and now you're discovering it works both ways, he told Matthew Baldwin of the directorate-general for mobility and transport.

The Committee also heard from Filip Cornelis, from the European Commission's Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport.

The European Commission has also sent four gas network experts from the EC's Directorate-General Energy and Transport to monitor flows.

Ms Day is expected to be replaced by Alexander Italianer, who is currently head of the European Commission's Competition Directorate-general.

Aside from the Portuguese authorities, the negotiations now involve the European Central Bank and the European Commission, particularly Directorate-General for Competition.

In terms of the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (DG-SANCO) guidelines, only insignificant differences were found for the multiresidue methods tested, regardless of the commodity.