Article 6(2)(b) should be deleted. It could be used to circumvent the UK Takeover Code prohibition on the release of forward-looking financial information which cannot be verified to an appropriate standard.

Before the start of the Commission's deliberations on its future policy and working methods, the portfolios were distributed as follows: Jacques Delors Secretariat-General and Legal Service Monetary affairs Spokesman's Service Forward studies unit Joint Interpreting and Conference Service Security Office Frans Andriessen External relations and trade policy Cooperation with other European countries Henning Christophersen Economic and financial affairs Coordination of structural Funds Statistical Office Manuel Marín Cooperation and development Fisheries - 2 - Filippo Maria Pandolfi Science, research and development Telecommun ...[+++]ications, information technology and innovation Joint Research Centre Martin Bangemann Internal market and industrial affairs Relations with the European Parliament Leon Brittan Competition Financial institutions Carlo Ripa di Meana Environment Nuclear safety Civil protection Antonio Cardoso e Cunha Personnel, administration and translation Energy and Euratom Supply Agency Small business, distributive trades and tourism Cooperatives Abel Matutes Mediterranean policy Relations with Latin America North-South relations Peter Schmidhuber Budget Financial control - 2 - Christiane Scrivener Taxation and customs union Matters relating to the overall tax burden (taxes plus social security contributions) Bruce Millan Regional policies Jean Dondelinger Audiovisual and cultural affairs Information and communication A people's Europe Office for Official Publications Ray MacSharry Agriculture Rural development Karel Van Miert Transport Credit and investments Protection and promotion of consumer interests Vasso Papandreou Employment, industrial relations and social affairs Human resources, education and training * * *

Jacques Delors Secretariat General Forward Studies Unit Inspectorate-General Legal Service Monetary Matters Spokesman's Service Joint Interpreting and Conference Service Security Office Henning Christophersen Economic and financial affairs Monetary matters (in agreement with President Delors) Credit and investments Statistical Office Manuel Marin Cooperation and development - economic cooperation with the countries of the Southern Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Near East, Latin America and Asia - Lomé Convention European Community Humanitarian Aid Office Martin Bangemann Industrial affairs Information ...[+++] and telecommunications technology Sir Leon Brittan External economic affairs (North America, Japan, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe, including Central and Eastern Europe) Commercial Policy Abel Matutes Energy and Euratom Supply Agence Transport Peter Schmidhuber Budgets Financial control Fraud prevention Cohesion Fund: coordination and management Christiane Scrivener Customs and indirect taxation Direct taxation Consumer policy Bruce Millan Regional policy Relations with the Committee of the Regions Karel Van Miert Competition Personnel and administration policy, translation and informatics Hans van den Broek External political relations Common foreign and security policy Enlargement negotiations (Task Force) João Deus de Pinheiro Relations with the European Parliament Internal relations with Member States with regard to openness, communication and information Culture and Audiovisual Office for official publications Padraig Flynn Social affairs and employment Relations with the Economic and Social Committee Questions linked to immigration, internal and judicial affairs Antonio Ruberti Science, research and development Joint Research Centre Human resources, education, training and youth René Steichen Agriculture and rural development Ioannis Paleokrassas Environment, nuclear safety and civil protection Fisheries Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi Instituti ...