EC

EC stands for the European Commission or the European Community. It is an executive body of the European Union, which proposes legislation to the Council and the Parliament and administers and implements legislations EU policies and enforces EU law jointly with the Court of Justice. It represents the general interests of entire Europe.

Structure of the European Commission

The EC comprises of a College of Commissioners. A Commissioner per member state is appointed within these College of Commissioners. The Commissioners of each member state are responsible behind representing the interests of the entire European Union (EU).

The EC is divided into several services and departments known as the Directorates-General or DGs. These DGs are classified based on the policies in which they deal. These departments deal with the issues that have a specific mandate or are mostly administrative. For instance, creating statistics or to detect fraudulent activities.

Role of the European Commission

The EC is responsible behind drafting proposal for new European laws. It also manages the daily business of implementing the policies of the European Union (EU) and allocates the EU funds. The EC also sees to it that no one violates the European laws and treaties.

The working of European Commission

The EC is highly active and addresses all the key issues concerning the European Union by formulating various policies in each area. Right from agriculture to transport, the EC is working for the betterment of the European Union through its various policies such as the Energy and natural resources policy, Economy, Finance and Tax policy, External relations and foreign affairs, Culture, Education and Youth policy, Business policy, Cross-cutting policies, Climate action and others.

European Commission and ICANN

In June 2002, The European Commission was supportive of allowing government advisory committee to gain more control over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) but opposed any kind of direct involvement of the government. In the year 2009, the European Commission had also welcomed the US government’s decision of not keeping the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number (ICANN) subject to unilateral review by the US Department of Commerce (DOC). The European Commission was also of the view to set up a public commentary to get different ideas and proposal to gain public inputs about net neutrality.