Apostolos Tzitzikostas's team

Email: anna [dot] panagopoulouec [dot] europa [dot] eu (anna[dot]panagopoulou[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 67894

Responsibilities

• Strategic policy and interinstitutional issues
• Relations with COREPER
• Management of the Cabinet
• Senior personnel matters
• Relations with the President’s and Executive Vice-Presidents’ Cabinets
• HEBDO
• Overall MFF Coordination
• G7/G20

Country coordinator: Greece, Cyprus, Western Balkans 

Email: pierpaolo [dot] settembriec [dot] europa [dot] eu (pierpaolo[dot]settembri[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 63014

Responsibilities

• Group of Interinstitutional Relations (GRI)
• Interinstitutional and legislative coordination 
• Preparation of the Transport Council
• Commission Work programme 
• Overall coordination of Parliamentary questions and petitions 
• Overall responsibilities for Rail and Aviation
• Single Digital Booking and Ticketing regulation – Rail operators 
• High Speed Rail Network 
• Dialogue on the Single European Sky 
• Aviation package including Air services regulation
• European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
• European Union Agency for Railways (ERA)

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Crisis Management
• Simplification and Transparency
• Better regulation
• Health and Animal Welfare

Country coordinator: Italy, France, Ireland, Latin America, Central Asia, India, Singapore

Email: anne [dot] bergenfeltec [dot] europa [dot] eu (anne[dot]bergenfelt[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 50850

Responsibilities

• EXCO
• Overall responsibility for international relations 
• Solidarity lanes 
• Transport Community Treaty
• Overall responsibility for Maritime Transport Policy
• EU Port Strategy (transport side)
• Inland Navigation
• IMO and ship emissions
• European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
• UN

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Fisheries and Oceans
• Environment, Water resilience and Competitive Circular Economy
• Foreign affairs and Security Policy incl. hybrid threats
• International Partnerships Enlargement
• Internal Affairs and Migration, Preparedness

Country coordinator: Denmark, Benelux, EFTA, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Arctic

Email: helena [dot] hintoec [dot] europa [dot] eu (helena[dot]hinto[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 69712

Responsibilities

• Trans-European networks for Transport
• High Speed Rail Network 
• Extension of TEN-T to neighbouring countries 
• European Coordinators 
• Connecting Europe Facility
• InvestEU-Sustainable Infrastructure Window 
• Sustainable Transport Investment Platform
• Alternative Fuel Infrastructure 
• Military mobility 
• CINEA

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Budget
• MFF implementation 
• Defence and Space
• Energy and Housing
• Start-Ups, Research and Innovation 

Country coordinator: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland

Email: simone [dot] ritzek-seidlec [dot] europa [dot] eu (simone[dot]ritzek-seidl[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 65072

Responsibilities

• EU Port Strategy (economic security side)
• Passenger rights (all modes)
• Maritime Strategy
• Infringements 
• State aid
• Economic security for transport 
• Relations with the European Court of Auditors 
• Automotive industry

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Trade and Economic Security
• Competitive Transition, in particular competition matters
• Justice, Rule of Law and Consumer Protection
• Prosperity and industrial strategy, Single Market
• Clean Industrial Deal 
• Prosperity and Industrial Strategy
• OLAF

Country coordinator: Austria, Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, China

Email: aristotelis [dot] matsikasec [dot] europa [dot] eu (aristotelis[dot]matsikas[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 13223

Responsibilities

• Communication
• Speeches
• Relations with the Spokespersons’ Service
• Relations with the media
• Youth Policy Dialogue

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Media and democracy, disinformation
• Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

Email: kyriakos [dot] samartzidisec [dot] europa [dot] eu (kyriakos[dot]samartzidis[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 13306

Responsibilities

• Communication, social media manager
• Commissioner’s website
• Events management and coordination of Commissioner visits
• Audiovisual aspects and contacts with EC audiovisual service
• IT correspondent

Email: petra [dot] soderqvistec [dot] europa [dot] eu (petra[dot]soderqvist[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 88456

Responsibilities

• Multimodal digital mobility systems 
• Overall responsibility of road transport
• Combined Transport Directive
• Urban Mobility and European Cycling Declaration 
• Digitalisation of transport/paperless transport 
• Driving licenses and disqualification 
• Labour and Skills shortage for transport 
• Road Safety
• Intelligent transport 
• Gender Equality in transport 
• Clean corporate fleets
• Follow-up TRAN Committee 
• Digital platforms 

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Agriculture and Food
• Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness
• Equality 
• Tech Sovereignty, Cybersecurity, AI 

Country coordinator: Sweden, Finland, Norway

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Email: ilias [dot] iordanidisec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ilias[dot]iordanidis[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 58080

Responsibilities

• Relations with the European Parliament for Transport and Tourism
• Relation with National Parliaments
• Overall coordination of the Parliamentary questions and Petitions
• Structure Dialogue with regional and local authorities
• Relations with the Committee of Regions and European Economic and Social Committee
• Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation
• Cooperation with Africa
• Urban Mobility and European Cycling declaration
• Patronage
• Ethics and Transparency

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Framework agreement between the European Commission and the European Parliament
• Reforms and Cohesion Policy
• Mediterranean
• Agriculture and Food
• EU Taxation Policy
• External relations: Israel, Mediterranean Neighbouring Countries, Africa

Country coordinator: Bulgaria, Romania

Email: konstantina [dot] melanidiec [dot] europa [dot] eu (konstantina[dot]melanidi[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 13689

Responsibilities

• Jour fixe and CAB-DG meetings coordination
• European strategy for sustainable tourism 
• European Tourism Agenda 2030
• Ombudsman 
• Ethics and Transparency 
• Urban Mobility and European Cycling Declaration

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Short-term rentals

Country coordinator: Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Gulf Countries

Email: eleftheria [dot] voliotouec [dot] europa [dot] eu (eleftheria[dot]voliotou[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 86926

Responsibilities

• Commissioner’s agenda 
• Commissioner’s missions and ATMOS
• Communication with the Protocol Service
• Human resources of the Cabinet
• Cabinet Budget
• Ethics and Transparency

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Email: Anna [dot] PILIOURAec [dot] europa [dot] eu (anna[dot]pilioura[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 67781

Responsibilities

• Preparation of GRI
• Parliamentary Questions
• Petitions
• External Petitions
• EC Library Correspondent
• Back-up Document Management Officer

Email: francisca [dot] von-hafe-garciaec [dot] europa [dot] eu (francisca[dot]von-hafe-garcia[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu);

Phone number: +32 2 29 80344

Email: anastasia [dot] avramidouec [dot] europa [dot] eu (anastasia[dot]avramidou[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 55906

Responsibilities

• Preparation of the file for the meetings of the College of Commissioners (e-College)
• Coordination of Special Chefs Meetings 
• Preparation of the file for weekly meetings of Heads of Cabinets (HEBDO)
• Coordination of legislative procedures (DECIDE)
• ARES/NOMCOM
• Courrier du Président (CdP)
• Archives and access to documents
• Digital Ambassador