Documents concerning the beginning of the Prodi Commission, including: note re the creation of new DG for Development; note from Chris Patten to President Romano Prodi and RELEX Commissioners re the UN General Assembly and visit to Washington 20-24 Sept 1999; communication from President Prodi re the code of conduct for Commissioners; notes from Neil Kinnock, Vice-President for Administrative Reform, re the reorganisation of the Commission’s administrative structure; Coordination and Planning agenda for the new Commission; annotated agenda for informal meeting of the Commission-Designate; note re the possible issues and agenda items for the new Commissioner for Development; mission statements for DG DEV and ECHO; profile of the proposed Commissioners; composition and division of responsibilities for the Cabinets of President Prodi, with CVs for Lucio Gussetti and Ben Smulders, Franz Fischler, Neil Kinnock, Poul Nielson, Chris Patten, and Loyola de Palacio; speech made by Prodi before the European Parliament; timetable for the appointment of the new Commission; message to all staff from Romano Prodi re the new Commission, mostly re reform and reorganisation of Commission; note for Directors General and Heads of Service re missions for members of Cabinet of designated Commissioners; notes on the acronyms and codes used for DGs and services; European Parliament Development and Co-operation Committee Hearing of Commissioner-designate Nielson 31/8/1999, and report on hearing.

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