Federal Public Service Economy

The FPS Economy, SMEs, Middle Classes and Energy (Dutch: FOD Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie , French: SPF Économie, PME, Classes moyennes et Énergie, German: FÖD Wirtschaft, KMU, Mittelstand und Energie), more commonly known as the FPS Economy, is a Federal Public Service of Belgium. It was created by Royal Order on February 25, 2002, as part of the plans of the Verhofstadt I Government to modernise the federal administration. It is responsible for contributing to the development, competitiveness and sustainability of the goods and services market, ensuring the position of the Belgian economy at the international level, promoting trade by fair economic relations in a competitive market, collecting, processing and disseminating economic information.

Organisation

The FPS Economy is currently organised into nine Directorates-General:

The Directorate-General for Competition
The Directorate-General for Energy
The Directorate-General for Regulation and Organisation of the Market
The Directorate-General for Economic Potential
The Directorate-General for SMEs Policy
The Directorate-General for Quality and Security
The Directorate-General for Supervision and Mediation
The Directorate-General for Statistics and Economic Information, also known as Statistics Belgium
The Directorate-General for Telecommunications and Information Society

External links

Website of the FPS Economy Belgium

Federal Public Services of the federal government of Belgium

Horizontal services	FPS Chancellery of the Prime Minister FPS Personnel and Organisation FPS Budget and Management Control FPS Information and Communication Technology (Fedict)

Vertical services	FPS Economy FPS Employment FPS Finance FPS Foreign Affairs FPS Health FPS Interior FPS Justice FPS Social Security FPS Transport Defence

Federal Public Service Economy

Organisation

See also

External links