Article with DG

Hi All,

As suggested by John, I have done some research on the name of my Directorate-General, the related acronym and the use of the article in official documents.

1) DG RTD/RTD DG.
In the official documents, I have found "DG RTD" (instead of "RTD DG") without the article (of course) as in the following examples:

• "As part of a broad initiative on fraud prevention at Commmision level, DG RTD has developed an Anti Fraud Control strategy." 

• "Participation of DG RTD will always include the Director-General."

2) DG Research and Innovation/Research & Innovation DG.
See the following official sentences (from official documents):

• "By changing the name of our Directorate-General to DG RESEARCH AND INNOVATION on 1 January 2011 [...]"

• "This year, DG Research and Innovation will present and promote the Innovation Union on our common stand with DG INFSO."

However, the following use is without article:

• "Please note that this page does not include all the calls for tender launched by THE RESEARCH & INNOVATION DG."

The same goes for the following:

• "The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation supports research and innovation."

• "Calls for Tenders related to THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR RESEARCH & INNOVATION"

I suppose we can sum up by saying that if the name starts with the acronym, such as in "DG Research", we use NO ARTICLE.

See you!

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