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The European Commission embodies and upholds the general interests of the Union and is the driving force in the Union's institutional system. Its four main roles are to propose legislation to Parliament and the Council, to administer and implement Community policies, to enforce Community law (jointly with the Court of Justice) and to negotiate international agreements, mainly those relating to trade and cooperation.

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EC–EMCDDA cooperation

Collaboration and cooperation between the EMCDDA and the European Commission include:

administrative, financial and budgetary relations
exchange of information and data on drugs
technical assistance on community programmes
information on measures taken or planned by the Commission and Community institutions in the drugs field, and
information on action taken or planned by the EMCDDA in the framework of its mandate.

To facilitate the systematic and regular exchange of information between the Commission and the EMCDDA, officials from the respective organisations meet regularly in coordination meetings and exchange information daily on their areas of work. The Commission set up a Focal point at the DG Home, which coordinates the Commission services working in the field of drugs. The EMCDDA has been granted observer status at the Inter-service group on drugs within the Directorate. The EMCDDA has also specific contacts with the following European Commission Directorates-General:

Public Health Directorate-General, responsible for implementing the Community action programme for public health
External Relations Directorate-General, responsible for implementing external relations programmes in the field of drugs
Research Directorate-General, responsible for the Seventh Framework Programme
Education and Culture Directorate-General, responsible for youth-related programmes, such as the Youth Programme
Transport Directorate-General High Level Group on Road Safety
Enterprise Directorate-General, responsible for the Interchange of Data between Administrations (IDA) programme
Enlargement Directorate-General