IP/04/1030

Brussels, 12 August 2004

Portfolio Responsibilities of the

Responsibilities Departments1

José Manuel BARROSO President Responsible for: - Political guidance of the Commission - Secretariat General - Organisation of the Commission in - Legal Service order to ensure that it acts - Spokesperson consistently, efficiently and on the - Group of Policy Advisers (GOPA) basis of collegiality

- Allocation of responsibilities Chair of Group of Commissioners on Chair of Group of Commissioners for External Relations Margot WALLSTRÖM Vice President Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication

Strategy Press and Communication DG including Responsible for: Representations in the Member States - 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

1 This list of department responsibilities is indicative and may be subject to adjustments at a later stage

Günter VERHEUGEN Vice President Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry

Responsible for: - DG Enterprise and Industry - Enterprise and industry (renamed), adding: - Coordination of Commission’s role in - Space (from DG RTD) the Competitiveness Council - Security-related research (from - Chair of Group of Commissioners for DG INFSO/RTD) the Competitiveness Council - Application of treaty rules on free Vice Chair of Group of Commissioners movement of goods (from DG on Lisbon Strategy MARKT)

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

Jacques BARROT - Transport activities in the Transport and Energy DG Vice President - Agencies: Commissioner for Transport - EMSA (European Maritime Safety Responsible for: Agency) - Transport - EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) - ERA (European Railway Agency) Vice President Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud - Personnel and Administration DG Responsible for: - Internal Audit Service - Consolidation of Administrative - European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) Reform - Informatics DG - Personnel and Administration - Office for Administration and - Budgetary discharge Payment of individual entitlements - Internal Audit - Offices for Infrastructures and - Fight against Fraud Logistics - Security - Relations with the Inter-institutional European Personnel Selection Office Chair of the Audit Progress Committee

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Rocco BUTTIGLIONE Vice President - Justice, Freedom and Security DG (renamed) Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security - Agencies: - EMCDDA (European Monitoring Responsible for: Centre for Drugs and Drug - Justice and Home Affairs 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) Commissioner for Information Society and Media - Information Society DG adding: Responsible for: - Audiovisual policy and Media - Information Society programme Units from DG EAC - Audiovisual Policy - Agencies: - Coordination of Media Affairs - ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency)

Commissioner for Environment - Environment DG Responsible for: Agencies: - Environment - EEA (European Environment Agency) Joaquin ALMUNIA Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs

Responsible for: - Economic and Financial Affairs DG - Economic and Financial Affairs - Statistical Office - Monetary matters - Statistical Office Danuta HÜBNER Commissioner for Regional Policy Responsible for: Regional Policy DG - Regional Policy - Cohesion Fund - Solidarity Fund

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Joe BORG Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs - Fisheries and Maritime Affairs DG Responsible for: (renamed) adding: - Fisheries - Transfer of responsibility for law of - Coordination of maritime affairs the sea from RELEX Chair of Commission Taskforce to - Agencies: develop a Green Paper on maritime - CFCA (Community Fisheries Policy Control Agency) Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget

Responsible for: - Budget DG - Financial Programming - Budget Janez POTOČNIK Commissioner for Science and Research

Responsible for: - Research DG - Science, Research and Development - JRC - Joint Research Centre Ján FIGEL Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture, and Multilinguism

Responsible for: - Education and Culture DG - Education and Training - Interpretation DG(SCIC) - Youth, Sport, Civil Society - Translation DG - Culture - Relations with Inter-institutional - Translation and Interpretation 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)

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Markos KYPRIANOU Commissioner for Health and Consumers Protection - Health and Consumer Protection DG Responsible for: - Agencies: - Public Health - CPVO (Community Plant Variety - Consumers Affairs Office) - ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) - EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) Commissioner for Enlargement - Enlargement DG adding Responsible for: - Western Directorate from RELEX DG - Candidate countries (Rumania, - Agencies: , , ) - EAR (European Agency for - Western Balkans Reconstruction) Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid

Responsible for: - Development DG - Development Aid and Cooperation - Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) - Humanitarian Aid László KOVÁCS Commissioner for Energy Responsible for: - Energy activities in the Transport and Energy DG - Energy policy - Nuclear Safety and Security -SMIT Commissioner for Competition Responsible for: - Competition DG Competition Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development

Responsible for: - Agriculture and Rural Development - Agriculture DG (renamed) - Rural Development

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Benita FERRERO-WALDNER Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy

Responsible for: - External Relations DG - External Relations - EuropeAid – Cooperation Office - Common Foreign and Security Policy - European Neighbourhood Policy - Delegations in non-member countries Vice-Chair of Group of Commissioners for External Relations Charlie McCREEVY Commissioner for Internal Market and - Internal Market and services DG Services (renamed)adding: Responsible for: - Free movement of capital from ECFIN DG - Internal Market - Responsibility for business related - Financial Services 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 Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal

Opportunities - Employment Social Affairs and Equal Responsible for: Opportunities DG (renamed) - Employment - Agencies: - Social Affairs - EUROFOUND (European - Equal Opportunities Foundation for the Improvement of Chair of Group of Commissioners for Living and Working Conditions) Equal Opportunities - EU-OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work) Commissioner for Trade Responsible for: - Trade DG - Trade Policy - International dimension of competitiveness Member of the Group of Commissioners for the Competitiveness Council

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Ingrida UDRE Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union

Responsible for: - Taxation and Customs Union DG - Customs - Taxation

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