At a formal sitting of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg today at 12h00, the President and the Members of the Commission of the European Communities gave the solemn undertaking prescribed by the Treaties on the occasion of the taking up by them of their duties.
Mr Romano PRODI (It), President, Mr Michel BARNIER (Fr), Mr Frederik BOLKESTEIN (Du), Mr Philippe BUSQUIN (Belg), Mr David BYRNE (Ir), Ms Loyola de PALACIO del VALLE LERSUNDI (Sp), Ms Anna DIAMANTOPOULOU (Gr), Mr Pascal LAMY (Fr), Mr Poul NIELSON (Da), Mr Christopher PATTEN (Br), Ms Viviane REDING (Lux), Ms Michaele SCHREYER (Ger), Mr Pedro SOLBES MIRA (Sp), Mr Günter VERHEUGEN (Ger), Mr António VITORINO (Port) and Ms Margot WALLSTRÖM (Swed)
took the oath, in that order.
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