FPS Economy Belgium
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The FPS Economy, SMEs, Middle Classes and Energy , 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 first Verhofstadt
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.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. It was created by Royal Order on February 25, 2002, as part of the plans of the first Verhofstadt
Guy Verhofstadt
Guy Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician who was the 47th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. He is currently a Member of the European Parliament and leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.- Early career :...
Government
Belgian federal government
The Cabinet of Belgium is the executive branch of the Belgian federal government, consisting of ministers and secretaries of state drawn from the political parties which form the governing coalition. Formally, the ministers are appointed by the King...
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.
Ministers
The FPS Economy is currently responsible to not less than three ministers:- Marc VerwilghenMarc VerwilghenMarc Ernest Elisabeth Robert Juliette Verwilghen, born 21 September 1952 in Dendermonde, is a Belgian politician.Verwilghen studied law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Ghent and is the holder of an honorary doctorate from Ghent....
(VLDFlemish Liberals and Democrats' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...
), Minister of Economy, Energy, Foreign Trade and Science Policy - Sabine LaruelleSabine LaruelleSabine Laruelle is a Belgian politician. She was Belgian Minister of Economy, the Self-employed and Agriculture in the Verhofstadt III government inaugurated on 21 December 2007. She is now Minister for SMEs, the Self-employed, Agriculture and Science Policy in the Leterme I Government, which took...
(MRReformist MovementThe Reformist Movement is a French-speaking liberal political party in Belgium. The party was in coalition as part of the Leterme II Government, and was also part of the governing coalition in the Walloon Region and Brussels-Capital Region until the 2004 regional elections...
), Minister of Middle Classes and Agriculture - Freya Van den BosscheFreya Van den BosscheFreya Van den Bossche is a Belgian, Flemish politician and daughter of prominent former Belgian politician Luc Van den Bossche. She is member of the SP.a political party, and she was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget and Consumer Protection in the Belgian federal government...
(SP.A), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget and Consumer Affairs
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 BelgiumStatistics BelgiumStatistics Belgium is the main official statistical institution in Belgium offering a large choice/variety of figures....
- The Directorate-General for Telecommunications and Information Society