Begrebet ''Kommission'' anvendes enten i snæver forstand om det 28-mand-store ''Kommissærkollegie'' (eller bare ''Kollegiet'') eller i bredere forstand til også at omfatte det administrative organ på omkring 23.000 [[EU-embedsmand|EU-embedsfolk]], der er opdelt i afdelinger kaldet [[generaldirektorat]]er ("GD'er") og tjenester.<ref name="GDer">{{Cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/about/ds_da.htm |title=Afdelinger og forvaltningsorganer {{!}} Europa-Kommissionen<!-- Bot genereret titel --> |access-date=21. december 2016 |archive-date=20. december 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220220717/http://ec.europa.eu/about/ds_da.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=rules>[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=URISERV:o10004 Summaries of EU legislation: Rules of Procedure of the European Commission]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/dgs_en.htm|title=Departments (Directorates-General) and services|author=European Commission|access-date=4. december 2011|quote=The Commission is divided into several departments and services. The departments are known as Directorates-General (DGs).|archive-date=17. januar 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117040142/http://ec.europa.eu/dgs_en.htm|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/about/index_en.htm|title=About the European Commission|author=European Commission|access-date=4. december 2011|quote=23 000 staff members work in the Commission in departments, known as directorates-general (DGs) or services, each responsible for a particular policy area and headed by a Director-General, who reports directly to the President.|archive-date=20. november 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120011515/http://ec.europa.eu/about/index_en.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Kommissionens proceduremæssige sprog er engelsk, fransk og tysk.<ref name="EU languages">{{cite web|title=Official EU languages|publisher=[[Europa (webportal)|Europa]]|url=http://ec.europa.eu/languages/languages-of-europe/eu-languages_en.htm|access-date=17. september 2013|quote=The European Union has 24 official and working languages&nbsp;... The European Commission employs English, French and German in general as procedural languages&nbsp;...|archive-date=12. januar 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112220607/http://ec.europa.eu/languages/languages-of-europe/eu-languages_en.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
Kommissionsmedlemmerne og deres "kabinetter" (nærmeste hold) har hovedkvarter i [[Berlaymont-bygningen]] i [[Bruxelles]].
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