The Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) is a department (Directorate-General) of the
European Commission
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set up in response to the establishment of the
European External Action Service
The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the diplomatic service and combined foreign and defence ministry of the European Union (EU). The EEAS is led by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP), who is al ...
(EEAS). The EEAS merged the Commission's
Directorate-General for External Relations (and various other departments) with its counterparts in the
Council of Ministers
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. The responsible Commissioner for the service is the
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles in his role as Commission Vice-President. The current Head of Service is
Peter M. Wagner.
The Service is a Commission department managing foreign policy issues within the Commission's mandate; those areas not transferred to the EEAS and which fall outside the mandate of the
EuropeAid Development and Cooperation DG. It works with the EEAS in the same building, the
Triangle building in
Brussels
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. It manages programmes such as the crisis response ''Instrument for Stability'', which is shared between the Commission and EEAS.
Specifically its tasks include:
*the
Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP);
*the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) - The IcSP is an EU instrument to support security initiatives and peace-building activities in partner countries. It was established in 2014 to take over from the Instrument for Stability (IfS).
*the Partnership Instrument
*the Instrument for Cooperation with Industrialised Countries (ICI); and
*Election Observation Missions (EOMs).
The FPI is also responsible for managing some foreign policy regulatory instruments:
*CFSP sanctions;
*Kimberley Process certification scheme (for rough diamonds); and
*Prevention of trade in goods that could be used for capital punishment or torture
See also
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EuropeAid Development and Cooperation
*
DG Enlargement
*
DG Trade
*
European Commission's Humanitarian Office
References
External links
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{{Foreign relations of the European Union
Directorates-General in the European Commission