Our organisation
As one of the Directorates-General of the European Commission, Eurostat falls under the responsibility of the Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification.
Practical arrangements governing working relations between Commissioner Dombrovskis, his Cabinet and Eurostat represent the Commissioner’s commitment to ensuring that Eurostat remains the independent and trusted point of reference for data in Europe.
Eurostat is headed by a Director-General and a Deputy Director-General
Deputy Director-General: Athanasios Thanopoulos
Our directorates
Eurostat comprises 7 directorates:
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Directorate A: ResourcesResponsible for IT solutions and support for planning, and internal control
Director: Christine Wirtz -
Directorate B: Standards; Dissemination; EnlargementResponsible for dissemination and user support, statistical standards, and EU enlargement.
Director: Jean-Pierre Poncelet -
Directorate C: Macro-economic statisticsResponsible for macro-economic data and statistics for administrative purposes.
Director: María Antonia Martínez Luengo -
Directorate D: Government finance statisticsResponsible for government finance statistics and, in particular, ensuring the implementation of the Excessive Deficit Procedure.
Director: Gabriele Semeraro -
Directorate E: Sectoral and regional statisticsResponsible for data on agriculture, fisheries, environment, sustainable development, energy, transport and regional statistics.
Director: Paul Morrin -
Directorate F: Social statisticsResponsible for data on demography, migration, labour market, living conditions, quality of life, education, health and social protection.
Director: Jarko Pasanen (acting) -
Directorate G: Business and trade statisticsResponsible for data on European businesses, trade in goods and services, and globalisation.
Director: Petra Sneijers