European Commissioner for Economy

European Commissioner for Economy
Incumbent Paolo Gentiloni since 1 December 2019
Appointer	President of the European Commission
Inaugural holder	Frits Bolkestein
Formation	1999

The European Commissioner for Economy is a member of the European Commission. The current Economy Commissioner is Paolo Gentiloni.

From 2014 to 2019 the post was named Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs. Until 2014 the post was named Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud and was previously divided prior to 2010, with audit being under control of the Commissioner for Administrative Affairs. The post was abolished in 2014, when the Juncker Commission merged the post with that of the Economic and Financial Affairs portfolio.

The post is responsible for the EU's customs union and taxation policy. The European Union has had a customs union since the creation of the European Economic Community and that union extends to Turkey, Andorra and San Marino. Since 2010 it gained responsibility for audit (budgetary discharge, internal audit, counter fraud): in particular the Internal Audit Service and the European Anti-fraud Office.

List of commissioners

Portrait		Name	Party	Group	Country	Period	Commission
		Frits Bolkestein	VVD	ELDR	Netherlands	1999–2004	Prodi Commission (Taxation)
		Neil Kinnock	Labour	PES	United Kingdom		Prodi Commission (Audit)
		László Kovács	MSZP	PES	Hungary	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I (Taxation)
		Siim Kallas	ER	ALDE	Estonia		Barroso Commission I (Audit)
		Algirdas Šemeta	TS–LKD	EPP	Lithuania	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II
		Pierre Moscovici	PS	S&D	France	2014–2019	Juncker Commission
		Paolo Gentiloni	PD	S&D	Italy	2019–2024	Von der Leyen Commission

See also

• Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union
• European Union withholding tax
• EU VAT
• Single European Act

External links

• Commissioner's website
• Commissioner's Press Releases
• Commission Tax and Customs website