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 European Commission facts

• Commissioners swear an oath at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, pledging to respect the treaties and to be completely independent in carrying out their duties during their mandate
• The Commission operates as a cabinet government, with 28 members of the Commission (informally known as "commissioners")
• There is one member per member state, but members are bound by their oath of office to represent the general interest of the EU as a whole rather than their home state
• One of the 28 is the Commission President (currently Jean-Claude Juncker) proposed by the European Council and elected by the European Parliament
• The Council of the European Union then nominates the other 27 members of the Commission in agreement with the nominated President, and the 28 members as a single body are then subject to a vote of approval by the European Parliament
• The current Commission is the Juncker Commission, which took office in late 2014
• The term Commission is used either in the narrow sense of the 28-member College of Commissioners (or College) or to also include the administrative body of about 23,000 European civil servants who are split into departments called directorates-general and services
• The procedural languages of the Commission are English, French and German
• The Members of the Commission and their "cabinets" (immediate teams) are based in the Berlaymont building in Brussels