Where the supervisoory authorities shall not adopt Board has been unable to adopt a decission. The European Commission (EC) is part of the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (directorial system, informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body of about 32,000 European civil servants. The commission is divided into departments knomn as Directorates-General that can be likeneed to departments or ministries, each headed by a Director-General who is responsible to a Commissioner.