Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN) - Montesquieu Institute

The msin task of this Directorate-General is to ensure the functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). This can be achieved by monitoring economic development, co-ordinating economic policy, analysing economic policies and providing advice on economic policies.

The DG has the following tasks:

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  distributing guidelines for economic policy
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  assessment of stability and convergence programmes of member states (in which they provide, amongst other data, the development of their national deficits)
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  publishing of other reports, such as reports about public finances in the EMU, the EU Economic Overview and short- and long term economic analyses of the European Commission
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  provide economic analysis and an evaluation of policy areas of the European Union such as the internal market, agriculture and environment.

position	first name	surname
Director-General	Marco	Buti
Adviseur	Niall	Bohan
Assistant of the Director-General	Marie	Donnay
Adjunct-Director-General	Servaas	Deroose
Adjunct-Director-General	Maarten	Verwey

afd	section name	first name	surname
A	Beleidsstrategie en -cöordinatie	Elena	Flores
B	Structuurhervormingen en concurrentiekracht	Anne	Bucher
C	Begrotingsbeleid	Lucio	Pench
D	Internationale financiële en economische betrekkingen, goed mondiaal bestuur	Peter	Bekx
E	Financiële stabiliteit en monetaire zaken	John	Berrigan
F	Economieën van de lidstaten I	Juergen	Kroeger
G	Economieën van de lidstaten II	Matthias	Mors
H	Economieën van de lidstaten III	Istvan Pal	Szekely
L	Financiën, betrekkingen met de EIB-groep, de EBWO en de internationale financiële instellingen	Gerassimos	Thomas
R	Middelen en Communicatie	Declan	Costello

Er zijn 494 voorstellen voor wetgeving en andere juridische instrumenten van dit Directoraat-Generaal in onderhandeling bij de Raad en het Europees Parlement.

Date	Title
17.06.2013	Implementation of macro-financial assistance to third countries in 2012.
	Report com(2013)426
11.06.2013	Amendment of Implementing Decision 2011/77/EU on granting Union financial assistance to Ireland.
	Decision com(2013)434
11.06.2013	Approval of the update of the macroeconomic adjustment programme of Ireland.
	Decision com(2013)435
10.06.2013	Approval of the update of the macroeconomic adjustment programme of Portugal.
	Decision com(2013)421
05.06.2013	Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 974/98 as regards the introduction of the euro in Latvia.
	Regulation com(2013)337

Er zijn 73 wetten en andere juridische instrumenten van de Raad en het Europees Parlement, eerder voorgesteld door dit Directoraat-Generaal, die momenteel in Nederland worden geïmplementeerd.

Date	Title
21.12.2011	Extension of the geographic scope of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean.
	Decision com(2011)905
23.11.2011	Strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in ...
	Regulation com(2011)819
23.11.2011	Common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the euro countries.
	Regulation com(2011)821
19.10.2011	Amendment of Decision No 1639/2006/EC establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) and Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 laying down general ...
	Regulation com(2011)659
14.09.2011	Amendment of Implementing Decision 2011/344/EU on granting Union financial assistance to Portugal.
	Decision com(2011)574

Er zijn ten minste 190 rechtsgeldige wetten en andere juridische instrumenten die eerder door dit Directoraat-Generaal zijn voorgesteld.

Date	Title
07.05.2013	Recommendation on bringing an end to the situation of an excessive government deficit in Cyprus.
	Recommendation com(2013)284
18.04.2013	Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION addressed to Cyprus on specific measures to restore financial stability and sustainable growth.
	Decision com(2013)233
19.12.2012	Amendment of Implementing Decision 2011/77/EU on granting Union financial assistance to Ireland.
	Decision com(2012)792
06.12.2012	Amendment of Implementing Decision 2011/344/EU on granting Union financial assistance to Portugal.
	Decision com(2012)757
30.11.2012	Amendment of decision addressed to Greece on reinforcing fiscal surveillance and giving notice to Greece to take measures for the necessary deficit reduction.
	Decision com(2012)738