On 25 February 1998, Jacques Santer, President of the EC, Franz Fischler, Member of the EC in charge of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ritt Bjerregaard, Member of the EC in charge of Environment and Nuclear Safety, Anita Gradin, Member of the EC in charge of Immigration, Home Affairs and Justice, Relations with the Ombudsman, Financial Control and Fraud Prevention, Pádraig Flynn, Member of the EC in charge of Employment and Social Affairs and the Relations with the Economic and Social Committee, Hans van den Broek, Member of the EC in charge of External Relations with the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta and other European Countries, Common Foreign and Security Policy and Human Rights (in agreement with the President) and External Missions, Sir Leon Brittan, Vice-President of the EC in charge of External Relations with North America, Australia, New-Zealand, Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Common Commercial Policy and Relations with OECD and WTO, Karel Van Miert, Member of the EC in charge of Competition, Marcelino Oreja, Member of the EC in charge of Relations with the European Parliament, Relations with the Members States (Transparency, Communication and Information), Culture and Audiovisual Policy, the Office for Official Publications, Institutional Matters and Preparations for the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference (in agreement with the President), Monika Wulf-Mathies, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policies, Relations with the Committee of the Regions and the Cohesion Fund (in agreement with Neil Kinnock and Ritt Bjerregaard), Mario Monti, Member of the EC in charge of Internal Market, Financial Services and Financial Integration, Customs and Taxation, Yves-Thibault de Silguy, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Monetary Matters (in agreement with the President), Credit and Investments and the Statistical Office, Erkki Liikanen, Member of the EC in charge of Budget, Personnel and Administration, Translation and In-house Computer Services, Jim Cloos, Head of Cabinet of Jacques Santer, and Carlo Trojan, Secretary-General of the EC, received Thomas Klestil, Federal President of Austria, and Manfred Scheich, Permanent Representative of Austria to the EU.