Commission finalises preparations for new Commissioners on 1st May

18 February 2004

The Commission agreed the measures it will put in place to ensure the smooth integration into the College of the 10 new Commissioners from 1 May. President Prodi intends to invite the nominees to Brussels for an informal meeting on 16 March.

The Commissioners from the new Member States will be full members of the College. Due to the transitional and short-term nature of their mandate, they will not hold a specific portfolio, but will be twinned with current members in the following manner.

Markos Kyprianou (Cyprus) - Michaele Schreyer (Budget)
Siim Kallas (Estonia) - Pedro Solbes (Economic and Monetary Affairs)
Péter Balázs (Hungary) - Michel Barnier (Regional Policy and Institutional Reform)
Sandra Kalniete (Latvia) - Franz Fischler (Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development)
Dalia Grybauskaite (Lithuania) - Viviane Reding (Education and Culture)
Joe Borg (Malta) - Poul Nielson (Development and Humanitarian Aid)
Danuta Hübner (Poland) - Pascal Lamy (Trade)
Ján Figel (Slovakia) - Erkki Liikanen (Enterprise and the Information Society)
Janez Potocnik (Slovenia) - Günter Verheugen (Enlargement)
Miloš Kuzvart (Czech Republic) - David Byrne (Health and Consumer Protection)

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