ECCE BRUSSELS BRIEF - OCTOBER 2004 - ANNEX

NAME OF COMMISSIONER (Nationality)

Proposed Area(s) of Responsibility

(Indicative list of department responsibilities - may be subject to adjustments at a later stage)

Departments and Agencies linked to these areas of  responsibility

José Manuel BARROSO  (Portugal)

President

Responsible for:

·         Political guidance of the Commission

• Organisation of the Commission in order to ensure that it acts consistently, efficiently and on the basis of collegiality
• Allocation of responsibilities

Chair of Group of Commissioners on Lisbon Strategy

Chair of Group of Commissioners for External Relations

·         Secretariat General

• Legal Service
• Spokesperson
• Group of Policy Advisers (GOPA)

Margot WALLSTRÖM (Sweden)

Vice President

Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy

Responsible for:

·         Relations with the European Parliament

• Relations with the Council and representation of the Commission, under the authority of the President, in the General Affairs Council
• Contacts with National Parliaments
• Relations with the Committee of the Regions, the Economic and Social Committee, and the Ombudsman
• Replacing the President when absent
• Coordination of press and communication strategy

Chair of Group of Commissioners for Communications and Programming

·         Press and Communication DG including Representations in the Member States

Günter VERHEUGEN (Germany)

Vice President

Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry

Responsible for:

·         Enterprise and industry

• Coordination of Commission’s role in the Competitiveness Council
• Chair of Group of Commissioners for the Competitiveness Council

Vice Chair of Group of Commissioners on Lisbon Strategy

·         DG Enterprise and Industry (renamed), adding:

• Space (from DG RTD)
• Security-related research (from DG INFSO/RTD)
• Application of treaty rules on free movement of goods (from DG MARKT)

• Agencies:
• EMEA (European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products)
• ECA (European Chemicals Agency)

Jacques BARROT (France)

Vice President

Commissioner for Transport

Responsible for:

·         Transport

·         Transport activities in the Transport and Energy DG

• Agencies:
• EMSA (European Maritime Safety Agency)
• EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency)
• ERA (European Railway Agency)

Siim KALLAS  (Estonia)

Vice President

Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud

Responsible for:

·         Consolidation of Administrative Reform

• Personnel and Administration
• Budgetary discharge
• Internal Audit
• Fight against Fraud
• Security

Chair of the Audit Progress Committee

·         Personnel and Administration DG

• Internal Audit Service
• European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
• Informatics DG
• Office for Administration and Payment of individual entitlements
• Offices for Infrastructures and Logistics
• Relations with the Inter-institutional European Personnel Selection Office

New Candidate:

Franco FRATTINI (Italy), Italy’s foreign minister and an experienced politician.

Formerly  Candidate was Rocco BUTTIGLIONE (Italy)

Vice President who was criticised for views he presented during his hearing at the European Parliament

Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security

Responsible for:

·         Justice and Home Affairs

·         Justice, Freedom and Security DG (renamed)

• Agencies:
• EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction)
• EUMC (European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia) – will be combined with Fundamental Rights
• Border Control (European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders)

Viviane REDING (Luxembourg)

Commissioner for Information Society and Media

Responsible for:

·         Information Society

• Audiovisual Policy
• Coordination of Media Affairs

·         Information Society DG adding:

• Audiovisual policy and Media programme Units from DG EAC
• Agencies:
• ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency)

Stavros DIMAS (Greece)

Commissioner for Environment

Responsible for:

·         Environment

·         Environment DG

      Agencies:

·         EEA (European Environment Agency)

Joaquin ALMUNIA (Spain)

Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs

Responsible for:

·         Economic and Financial Affairs

• Monetary matters
• Statistical Office

·         Economic and Financial Affairs DG

• Statistical Office

Danuta HÜBNER  (Poland)

Commissioner for Regional Policy

Responsible for:

·         Regional Policy

• Cohesion Fund
• Solidarity Fund

·         Regional Policy DG

Joe BORG  (Malta)

Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Responsible for:

·         Fisheries

• Coordination of maritime affairs

Chair of Commission Taskforce to develop a Green Paper on maritime Policy

·         Fisheries and Maritime Affairs DG (renamed) adding:

• Transfer of responsibility for law of the sea from RELEX
• Agencies:
• CFCA (Community Fisheries Control Agency)

Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE (Lithuania)

Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget

Responsible for:

·         Financial Programming

• Budget

·         Budget DG

Janez POTOČNIK (Slovenia)

Commissioner for Science and Research

Responsible for:

Science, Research and Development

·         Joint Research Centre

·         Research DG

• JRC

Ján FIGEL  (Slovakia)

Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture, and Multilingualism

Responsible for:

·         Education and Training

• Youth, Sport, Civil Society
• Culture
• Translation and Interpretation

·         Education and Culture DG

• Interpretation DG(SCIC)
• Translation DG
• Relations with Inter-institutional Publications Office (OPOCE)
• Agencies:
• CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training)
• ETF (European Training Foundation)
• CdT (Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union)

Markos KYPRIANOU  (Cyprus)

Commissioner for Health and Consumers Protection

Responsible for:

·         Public Health

• Consumers Affairs

·         Health and Consumer Protection DG

• Agencies:
• CPVO (Community Plant Variety Office)
• ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)
• EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)

Olli REHN  (Finland)

Commissioner for Enlargement

Responsible for:

·         Candidate countries (Rumania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Turkey)

• Western Balkans

·         Enlargement DG adding

• Western Balkans Directorate from RELEX DG
• Agencies:
• EAR (European Agency for Reconstruction)

Louis MICHEL (Belgium)

Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid

Responsible for:

·         Development Aid and Cooperation

• Humanitarian Aid

·         Development DG

• Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO)

? A question mark remains over:

László KOVÁCS  (Hungary)

Commissioner Elect for Energy who was regarded as not knowing his dossier sufficiently during the October hearings in the European Parliament.  It is understood he will take the Taxation portfolio.

Responsible for:

·         Energy policy

• Nuclear Safety and Security

·         Energy activities in the Transport and Energy DG

? A question mark remains over the responsibilities of:

Neelie KROES (Netherlands) as prospective

Commissioner for Competition.  She failed to declare that she once lobbied for American firm Lockheed

Responsible for:

·         Competition

·         Competition DG

? A question mark remains over the responsibilities of:

Mariann FISCHER BOEL (Denmark)

Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development who faces conflict of interest accusations.

Responsible for:

·         Agriculture

• Rural Development

·         Agriculture and Rural Development DG (renamed)

Benita FERRERO-WALDNER (Austria)

Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy

Responsible for:

·         External Relations

• Common Foreign and Security Policy
• European Neighbourhood Policy
• Delegations in non-member countries

Vice-Chair of Group of Commissioners for External Relations

·         External Relations DG

• EuropeAid – Cooperation Office

Charlie McCREEVY (Ireland)

Commissioner for Internal Market and Services

Responsible for:

·         Internal Market

• Financial Services

·         Internal Market and services DG (renamed)adding:

• Free movement of capital from ECFIN DG
• Responsibility for business related services and management of notifications by MS of draft rules on services from ENTR DG
• Agencies:
• OHIM (Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market – Trade Marks and designs)

Vladimir SPIDLA (Czech Republic)

Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Responsible for:

·         Employment

• Social Affairs
• Equal Opportunities

Chair of Group of Commissioners for Equal Opportunities

·         Employment Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG (renamed)

• Agencies:
• EUROFOUND (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions)
• EU-OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work)

Peter MANDELSON  (U.K.)

Commissioner for Trade

Responsible for:

·         Trade Policy

• International dimension of competitiveness

Member of the Group of Commissioners for the Competitiveness Council

·         Trade DG

New candidate from Latvia: Andris Piebalgs

Formerly Candidate was Ingrida UDRE (Latvia)

Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union

It appears Mr. Piebalgs will take the Energy Portfolio originally allocated to László KOVÁCS of Hungary .

Responsible for:

·         Customs

• Taxation

·         Taxation and Customs Union DG

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