Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry

Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry (or DG ENTR) covers broad area of subjects: SMEs, innovation, various industry sectors, internal market for goods and European space programme.

It is also responsible for two of the seven Europe 2020 flagship initiatives:


 * "An industrial policy for the globalisation era"
 * Innovation Union


 * Director General: Daniel Calleja Crespo
 * Deputy Directors General: Antti Peltomäki
 * Paul Weissenberg

History
DG ENTR (called at that time Directorate-General for Enterprise) was created in 2000 as an integration of DG III (Industry), DG XXIII (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) and part of the DG XIII (Directorate D - Innovation). In 2005 the official name was expanded with "Industry".