Formal hearings of commissioners-designate were introduced as a result of the Maastricht Treaty. The first Commission to be subject to this new procedure was the Santer Commission in 1995. Ritt BJERREGAARD, Commissioner-designate for Environment and nuclear security, appears before the parliamentary committee in his prospective fields of responsibility.

Strasbourg

hearing of Commissioners

1995 Commissioners' hearings (T)

BJERREGAARD, Ritt (DK)

Santer Commission: hearing of Ritt BJERREGAARD, Commissioner-designate for Environment and nuclear security

SOUNDBITE (Danish), Ritt BJERREGAARD, Commissioner-designate for Environment and nuclear security, -