Translation of "Direction générale de la politique des arts " (French → English) :

On 18 June 2007, the Council approved Guidelines for Command and Control Structure for EU Civilian Operations in Crisis Management; these Guidelines notably provide that a Civilian Operation Commander will exercise command and control at strategic level for the planning and conduct of all civilian crisis management operations, under the political control and strategic direction of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) and the overall authority of the Secretary-General/High Representative for the CFSP (SG/HR); these Guidelines further provide that the Director of the Ci ...[+++]vilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) established within the Council Secretariat will, for each civilian crisis management operation, be the Civilian Operation Commander.

Audits on the use of Structural Funds are carried out both by national authorities and by the competent services of the Commission dealing with Structural Funds (Directorate-General for Regional Policy, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development and Directorate-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs).

35. Welcomes the increasing attention to microcredit provision as a contribution to self-employment and start-ups, e.g. in the activities of the Commission Directorate General for Regional Policy and the JEREMIE programme of the European Investment Bank Group; asks that the Basel rules be adapted for the purposes of microcredit portfolios and capping the often excessive costs on small loans; urges the Commission, working in collaboration with its various Directorates-General responsible for this sector, to draw up an action plan for ...[+++] microfinancing, to coordinate the different policy measures, and to make optimal use of best practices in and outside the European Union;

34. Welcomes the increasing attention to microcredit provision as a contribution to self-employment and start-ups, e.g. in the activities of the Commission Directorate General Regional Policy and the JEREMIE programme of the European Investment Bank; asks that the Basel rules be adapted for the purposes of microcredit portfolios and cap the often excessive costs on small loans; urges the Commission, working in collaboration with its various Directorates-General responsible for this sector, to draw up an action plan for microfinancin ...[+++]g, to coordinate the different policy measures and to make optimal use of best practices in and outside the European Union;

I also decided to set up, in order to study all the areas where we could simplify matters, a working group between my office and the Directorate-General on regional policy, so that we could make specific progress with simplification.

This report has been prepared by the Directorate-General for Regional Policy, in collaboration with the Directorates-General for Employment and Social Affairs, Agriculture and Fisheries, and with contributions from the Directorates-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, Competition, Energy and Transport, Environment, Information Society, Internal Market, Budget and the European Anti-Fraud Office.