European Commission Expert Groups

Expert groups influence European Union legislation and policy

Expert groups are set up by the European Commission to help it with the preparation of legislative proposals, policy initiatives, and delegated acts, and also to help it with the implementation of existing EU legislation, programmes and policies.

Expert groups can have individuals, organisations, and national authorities as members.

Browsing the official register of expert groups is very difficult, as the EU have hidden it behind a search form on their website. Even Google has not been able to index it, so you don’t see the register in Google search results.

We made this web application to make it easier for you to browse expert groups by:

• Policy Areas e.g. Energy
• Organisations e.g. ACEA – European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
• Directorate Generals e.g. Information Society and Media DG

You can download our database and use it under the terms of the share-alike, attribution Open Database License

• download list of expert groups (csv, 784K)
• download organisations that are members of expert groups (csv, 2.9M)
• download national administrations that are members of expert groups (csv, 7.3M)
• download individuals that are members of expert groups (csv, 1.6M)

This web application contains a copy of the Register of European Commission Expert Groups and Other Similar Entities, as at May 2011. Data source: Register of Commission Expert Groups (external site)