13 Appointment of the EU Commission
| Committee's assessment
| Politically important |
| Committee's decision | Cleared from scrutiny
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| Document details | Decision of the Council and the President-elect of the Commission adopting the list of other persons whom the Council proposes as Members of the Commission
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| Legal base | Article 17(7) TEU
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| Department
Document number
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(36410), 14163/14, —
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Summary and Committee's conclusions
13.1 In our Report of 15 October we cleared the original
Decision of the Council and the President-elect of the Commission
setting out nominees for the posts of Commissioners for the 2014-2019
Commission and set out the procedure and timing for the process
of establishing the new Commission, including the need to obtain
the consent of the European Parliament.
13.2 We indicated that the European Parliament had
blocked the nomination of the original Slovenian nominee, Alana
Bratušek, who had been replaced by Violeta Bulc. This Decision
formalises that change.
13.3 Although not part of the Decision, President-elect
Juncker has indicated that he proposes to assign Violeta Bulc
the transport portfolio and make Maroš Šefèoviè
Vice-President with responsibility for the Energy Union. Both
have been subject to further round of pre-appointment hearings
before the European Parliament, which is now expected to approve
this list.
13.4 This Decision formalises a prospective change
to the next EU Commission which we mentioned in our earlier Report.
We therefore clear this document and, as with the original Decision,
take no issue with the override of scrutiny.
Full details of the documents:
Council Decision, taken by common accord with the President-elect
of the Commission, adopting the list of the other persons whom
the Council proposes for appointment as Members of the Commission:
(36410), 14163/14, —.
Background
13.5 The background is set out in our previous Report.
The Explanatory Memorandum of 17 October 2014
13.6 In his Explanatory Memorandum the Minister sets
out the position as previously stated in his Explanatory Memorandum
of 25 September covering the original Decision, save that the
list of persons nominated has been updated.
Previous Committee Report
None, but see 36310, 12777/14: Thirteenth Report
HC 219-xiii (2014-15), chapter 34 (15 October 2014).
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