PURPOSE : to appoint the President and Members of the Commission of the European Communities. LEGISLATIVE ACT : Council Decision 2004/780/EC, Euratom.

CONTENT : on 29 June 2004 the Council, meeting in the composition of the Heads of State or Government, nominated Mr José Manuel DURÃO BARROSO as the person it intends to appoint as President of the Commission. The European Parliament approved that nomination by its Resolution dated 22 July 2004. By means of a vote held on 18 November 2004, the European Parliament gave its approval to the appointment of the President and the other Members of the Commission as a college. The following are hereby appointed to the Commission of the European Communities for the period from 22 November 2004 to 31 October 2009: - as President: Mr José Manuel DURÃO BARROSO.

- as members: Mr Joaquín ALMUNIA AMANN Mr Jacques BARROT Mr Joe BORG Mr Stavros DIMAS Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER Mr Ján FIGE Ms Mariann FISCHER BOEL Mr Franco FRATTINI Ms Dalia GRYBAUSKAIT Ms Danuta HÜBNER Mr Siim KALLAS Mr László KOVÁCS Ms Neelie KROES Mr Markos KYPRIANOU Mr Peter MANDELSON Mr Charlie McCREEVY Mr Louis MICHEL Mr Andris PIEBALGS Mr Janez POTONIK Ms Viviane REDING Mr Olli REHN Mr Vladimír PIDLA Mr Günter VERHEUGEN Ms Margot WALLSTRÖM. This Decision shall take effect on 22 November 2004.