Directorate-General for External Relations

Directorate-General for the External Relations
	; Charlemagne building, RELEX HQ
Department overview
Formed	1958
Dissolved	1 December 2011
Superseding agency	European External Action Service; Foreign Policy Instruments Service;
Type	Department
Headquarters	Charlemagne building; Brussels, Belgium; 50°50′37.14″N 4°22′49.12″E
Department executives	Benita Ferrero-Waldner, External Relations Commissioner; David O'Sullivan, Director General;

The Directorate-General for the External Relations (DG RELEX, DG E VIII) was a Directorate-General of the European Commission, responsible for the external policy. The DG was merged into the European External Action Service in 2010, then headed by High Representative Catherine Ashton.

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