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Energy & Transport (TREN)

The Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (DG.TREN) of the European Commission is based in Brussels and reports to two different Commissioners: Jacques Barrot, Vice-President of the European Commission, for transport issues, and Andris Piebalgs, for energy issues. The Directorate-General is made up of some 1000 officials and is headed by François Lamoureux, Director-General. DG.TREN is subdivided into 10 Directorates, plus the EURATOM Supply Agency, the European Agency for Maritime Safety, the European Aviation Safety Agency, and the Joint Undertaking “GALILEO”. DG.TREN works in close cooperation with several other DGs, for instance in the fields of research and development, environment, and international relations:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/index_en.html

The energy sector of DG.TREN is responsible for issues related to energy sources and demand management for coal, oil, gas, electricity, nuclear energy, new & renewable energy sources, and energy demand management. Its support programmes include : RTD Framework Programmes, Intelligent Energy - Europe, "Energy" Framework Programme" (ALTENER, SAVE, SYNERGY, CARNOT, ETAP, SURE), Managenergy Information Services for Local and Regional Energy Actors. Key issues managed by the energy sector includes : Security of energy supply, opening up of electricity and gas markets, security of energy supply, nuclear safety and security, European Union-Russia energy dialogue, and Trans-European Networks infrastructures:
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/index_en.html

The Euratom Supply Agency's mission is to ensure a regular and equitable supply of nuclear fuels for Community users. The Euratom Supply Agency acts under the supervision of the European Commission which shall issue directives to it and possesses a right of veto over its decisions. One of the fundamental objectives of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Treaty is to ensure that all users in the Community receive a regular and equitable supply of ores and nuclear fuels. In order to be valid under the Euratom Treaty, supply contracts must be submitted to the Supply Agency for conclusion. The Supply Agency and the Commission pursue the objective of long term security of supply through a reasonable diversification of supply sources and the avoidance of excessive dependency on any one supply source and ensure that the viability of the EU nuclear fuel industry is maintained:
http://ec.europa.eu/euratom/index_en.html

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