Second round of hearings
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At the European Council of 4 November 2004, Mr BARROSO, president-elect of the Commission, presented his revised proposal on the composition of the future Commission. The new proposal foresees the following changes:
  
Mr PIEBALGS replaces Mrs Ingrid UDRE and is assigned the Energy portfolio previously assigned to Mr KOVÁCS;
  
Mr FRATTINI is nominated Commissioner-Designate for Freedom, Justice and Security;
  
Mr KOVÁCS, previously Commissioner-Designate for Energy takes over the Taxation and Customs Union portfolio previously assigned to Mrs UDRE.
 

In the light of these changes, the European Parliament's Conference of Presidents (composed of the presidents of all political groups represented in the European Parliament) agreed with Mr BARROSO on 5 November to hold the second round of hearings with these Commissioners-Designate on Monday, 15 November and Tuesday, 16 November in Strasbourg.

This will allow the European Parliament to proceed to its vote of approval of the new Commission still on Thursday, 18 November during the same part-session.

In order to ensure equal treatment of all Commissioners-Designate, the structure and duration of the hearings will be the same as during the first round of hearings.

Prior to the hearings, the Commissioners-Designate will be requested to reply in writing to the questionnaires addressed to their predecessors. The replies will be available in English and French as of Friday, 12 November on this webpage.

For details on the Commissioners-Designate, the questionnaires and the programme for the second round of the hearings, please click on the respective menu items on the left.