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European Commission
As part of its function to supervise
the implementation of the EU treaties and legislation, the European Commission oversees
the work of EU agencies, including Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard
Agency. For this reason, two representatives of DG HOME represent the Commission
on the Frontex Management Board. The Frontex Regulation also requires that the
European Commission be kept regularly informed of agency activities.
Frontex falls within the
responsibility and portfolio of its “parent DG”, Commission Directorate-General
for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME), and the European Commissioner for
Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Ylva Johansson. In practice,