| Name of the Office | Directorate General for Europe and International Trade Policy |
| Competence and tasks | The Directorate-General for Europe and International Trade Policy performs is responsible for the following tasks: a) it carries out European integration activities in relation to the requests and negotiating processes regarding the treaties on the European Union, the Functioning of the European Union, and EURATOM; b) it collaborates with other competent government departments in defining Italian positions and ensures their representation and consistency within the European Union’s institutions and bodies; maintains relations with the European Commission and other European Union’s institutions, including the European External Action Service, in coordination with the Directorate-General for Political Affairs and International Security; c) it handles negotiations on issues relating to the European integration process; d) it handles negotiations on issues relating to international trade policy; e) it collaborates with the National School of Administration in the public officials’ training on EU matters. f) it promotes, in agreement with the other competent Directorates-General, bilateral relations of a political, economic, cultural, and any other nature, conducts related negotiations, and is responsible for the analysis, definition, and implementation of diplomatic action with European Union’s Member States and candidate countries, European Economic Area countries, and the Balkan countries, without prejudice to the responsibilities of the Directorate-General for Political Affairs and International Security and any amendments that may be tabled with respect to individual countries or groups of countries identified by Ministerial Decree; g) it ensures Italy’s participation in the activities of other regional cooperation and international organizations. |
| Name of the Director General | Nicola Verola |
| Position | Director General for Europe and International Trade Policy |
| Telephone number | 06.36918775 |
| Email address | dgue.segreteria@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue.segreteria@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office I: Financial instruments and economic integration of the European Union |
| Competence and tasks | Definition, with other competent administrations, of Italian positions in EU negotiations regarding the following areas: economic, monetary, and fiscal policy, the Stability and Growth Pact, and Economic and Monetary Union; the multiannual financial framework and budget of the European Union (including the activities of the European Investment Bank); financial instruments developed within the framework of the EU Treaties or related to them; cohesion policies; competition and State aid; coordination of Italy’s participation in the management committees of financial instruments, in consultation with other competent administrations; liaison and advice on procedures for accessing tenders promoted by the European Union. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Leg. Umberto Boeri |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.36912724 |
| Email address | dgue-01@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue.01@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office II: European Union’s External Relations |
| Competence and tasks | Definition of the Italian position in the EU’s relations with third countries in the European continent, including the follow-up to the Withdrawal Agreement with the United Kingdom, and in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods; Italy’s participation in defining the EU’s relations with third countries and regional organizations, in coordination with the competent Directorates-General; monitoring of the treaty-based instruments developed by the European Union; enlargement policy and accession negotiations; pre-accession programs and participation in the management committees of financial instruments; European Neighbourhood Policy and related regional exercises; coordination of national participation in administrative twinning programs (“Twinning”) and technical assistance projects (“TAIEX”); regulatory framework for assistance programs to third countries; activities of the European Investment Bank in EU’s external relations. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Hanna Pappalardo |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 7108 |
| Email address | dgue-02@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue.02@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office III: European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, Free Movement of People and immigrattion flows to the European Union |
| Competence and tasks | EU cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs: European area of freedom, security, and justice; free movement of people, including the development of the Schengen acquis; European asylum and immigration policies and related dialogue with EU Member States; management of the EU’s external borders; monitoring of immigration flows, including sea crossings of irregular migrants/asylum seekers, in coordination with the Ministerial bodies responsible for coordinating maritime affairs and the Directorate-General for Services to Citizens Abroad and Immigration Policies; EU dialogue with third countries on immigration and visa matters, in coordination with the Directorate-General for Services to Citizens Abroad and Migration Policies; judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, and police cooperation at European level. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Raffaella Di Fabio |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 8581 |
| Email address | dgue-03@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue.03@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office IV: European Union’s Institutional and Legal Affairs |
| Competence and tasks | Institutional issues, Treaty reform, and the EU future; preparation of the General Affairs Council and the European Council, in coordination with the Prime Minister’s Office; relations with EU institutions and bodies; legal analysis of EU legislation and national implementing legislation; institutional aspects related to the ascending phase and the functioning mechanisms of EU policies; institutional aspects of the descending phase of EU decision-making processes, in coordination with the Prime Minister’s Office; language regime of EU institutions; collaboration with the National School of Administration and other State administrations in the public officials’ training on European matters; support for Italian candidacies within the EU, in the framework of the overall coordination entrusted to the Directorate General for Political Affairs and International Security; relations with Italian officials and management of the Seconded National Experts (SNEs), the database, and the network of contact points; monitoring of infringement procedures, jointly with the Prime Minister’s Office, which ensures coordination of the national response to the European Commission’s findings; fact-finding and investigation activities relating to EU disputes; coordination of opinions issued by the Directorate General in accordance with current Ministerial provisions regarding the signing of treaties and technical agreements. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Giorgia De Parolis |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 2317 |
| Email address | dgue04@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue04@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office V: European Union’s Sectoral Policies |
| Competence and tasks | Definition, with other competent administrations, of Italian positions in the negotiating phases regarding the following EU sectoral policies: agriculture and fisheries; transport, infrastructure and communications, energy; competitiveness policies; internal market and free movement; industry, research and innovation, space; social and employment policy; health and consumer protection; environmental policies and sustainable growth; culture, education and training; youth and sport; tourism; preliminary evaluation for the appointment of experts serving at the Permanent Representation to the European Union; and issues related to the presence of EU bodies and agencies in Italy. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Alberto Petrangeli |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 2904 |
| Email address | dgue-05@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue05.pec@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office VI: Central and Eastern Europe |
| Competence and tasks | Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic; Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS); and Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). |
| Name of the Head of the Office | |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 |
| Email address | dgue-06@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue.06@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office VII: Southern and Mediterranean Europe |
| Competence and tasks | Andorra, Cyprus, France, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Principality of Monaco, San Marino, Holy See, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Spain, Turkey. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Giuseppe Cirillo |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 8215 |
| Email address | dgue-07@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue.07@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office VIII: Central and Northern Europe |
| Competence and tasks | Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom; Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC); Arctic Council. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Arturo Arcano |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 2574 |
| Email address | dgue-08@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue.08@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office IX: Common Trade Policy |
| Competence and tasks | Participation in the development of the common trade policy towards third countries: goods, services, investment, public procurement, protection of intellectual property – including geographical indications – as well as trade and sustainable development issues; participation in the works of the Special Committee established by Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) to prepare EU common positions on trade negotiations for bilateral and regional free trade or sectoral agreements and for multilateral agreements and plurilateral arrangements within the WTO, OECD, and UNCTAD; participation in the works of the OECD Trade Committee, Trade G20 (Trade Investment Working Group – TIWG), Trade G7 (Trade Working Group – TWG; Level Playing Field Expert Group – LPFEG), as well as related EU coordination; participation in the definition of the European Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and its management mechanisms; coordination and communication activities with companies on issues related to tariffs and EU trade agreements with third countries; participation in the works of relevant EU and G7 bodies on economic security. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Min. Plen. Enrico Valvo |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 4140 |
| Email address | dgue-09@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue.09@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office X: Access to Foreign Markets and Trade Defence |
| Competence and tasks | National coordination activities on trade barriers and trade defence measures against Italian goods in third countries and related assistance through business associations; participation in European Union and multilateral committees (MAAC Committee), Councils, and negotiations with third countries on matters within the scope of our jurisdiction; trade defence instruments: active proceedings (anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, safeguard measures) and passive proceedings; market access for Italian products in non-EU countries; barriers and/or restrictions on trade in goods from third countries that are strategically important to Italian industry; participation in the EU development and national implementation of specific policies – for trade-related aspects – in the textile and clothing, footwear, steel and metals, and energy sectors; issuance of import/export authorizations and surveillance documents, including within the scope of quantitative or tariff quotas in the product sectors under our jurisdiction; implementation of the rules governing economic outward processing in the textile sector and issuance of related authorizations. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Tiberio Schmidlin |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 4746 |
| Email address | dgue-10@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue.10@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office XI: Imports and Exports of Agricultural Products |
| Competence and tasks | Issuance of import and export licenses for agricultural products and management of related securities and deposits, as well as disputes; organization of the Registration, Shipping and Mail Office (UASC); contribution to the development, at European level, of the common agricultural policy with regard to aspects related to foreign trade and the tools for its management; management of the tariff quotas; implementation of the interoperability system for issuing electronic import and export licenses, as part of the activities of the Customs Single Facility; drafting of the Union’s common positions in commodity Organisations, Funds, and study groups; implementation of the relevant mechanisms for managing global agreements at the domestic level. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Second-Level Manager Lucio Loiero |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 5083 |
| Email address | dgue11@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue11@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Unit | Adriatic and balkans Unit |
| Competence and tasks | Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia; cooperation within the CEI and IAI; CEI Fund at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Berlin Process, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP); EU strategies for the Adriatic-Ionian region (EUSAIR); follow-up to the Osimo Agreements. |
| Name of the Head of the Unit | Cons. Amb. Thomas Botzios |
| Position | Head of the Unit |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 8268 |
| Email address | unitabalcani@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue.adriatico-balcani@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Unit | Cross-Border Cooperation Unit |
| Competence and tasks | Cross-border cooperation with France (including the Border Cooperation Committee established by the Quirinale Treaty), Switzerland (in particular the Italian-Swiss Dialogue on Cross-border Cooperation), Austria, and Slovenia; Intergovernmental Commissions for Transalpine Infrastructure with France (Southern Alps, Fréjus Tunnel, Turin-Lyon, Mont Blanc Tunnel), Switzerland (Great St. Bernard Tunnel), and Austria (Brenner Basistunnel); Joint Italian-Slovenian Commission on hydro-economy; Intergovernmental Commissions for the maintenance and management of land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia; the European Union Macro-Regional Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) and the related transnational European Territorial Cooperation Programme Interreg Alpine Space; relations with central and local governments and European institutions regarding the aforementioned cross-border cooperation activities. |
| Name of the Head of the Unit | Min. Plen. Andrea Cavallari |
| Position | Head of the Unit |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 3981 |
| Email address | dgue.uct@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgue.uct@cert.esteri.it |