The Governments of the Member States and the European Commission were represented as follows: Belgium: Erik DERYCKE Minister for Foreign Affairs Denmark: Niels HELVEG PETERSEN Minister for Foreign Affairs Jorgen ØRSTROM-MØLLER State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Germany: Klaus KINKEL Minister for Foreign Affairs Werner HOYER Minister of State, Foreign Affairs Greece: Georgios ROMAIOS Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Spain: Abel MATUTES Minister for Foreign Affairs Ramón de MIGUEL State Secretary for European Affairs France: Hervé de CHARETTE Minister for Foreign Affairs Michel BARNIER Minister with special responsibility for European Affairs Ireland: Dick SPRING Minister for Foreign Affairs Gay MITCHELL Minister of State for European Aff
...[+++]airs and Local Development at the Department of the Taoiseach Italy: Lamberto DINI Minister for Foreign Affairs Piero FASSINO State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Luxembourg: Jacques POOS Minister for Foreign Affairs Netherlands: Hans VAN MIERLO Minister for Foreign Affairs Michiel PATIJN State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Austria: Wolfgang SCHÜSSEL Minister for Foreign Affairs Portugal: Jaime GAMA Minister for Foreign Affairs Francisco SEIXAS DA COSTA State Secretary for European Affairs Finland: Tarja HALONEN Minister for Foreign Affairs Sweden: Lena HJELM-WALLÉN Minister for Foreign Affairs Gunnar LUND State Secretary for European Affairs United Kingdom: Malcolm RIFKIND Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David DAVIS Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Commission: Jacques SANTER President Leon BRITTAN Vice-President Manuel MARIN Vice-President Hans VAN DEN BROEK Member João de Deus PINHEIRO Member BSE PROBLEMS - THE UNITED KINGDOM'S POLICY OF NON-COOPERATION In connection with the adoption of the "A" items (decisions which as a rule are taken without discussion) [1] the Council held a thorough exchange of views on the prospects of the further discussions on the problem of eradicating BSE and o ...