Check out our summary of each hearing on our dedicated hearings' page where you will find the latest videos, comments and background information.
The UK's Jonathan Hill has been assigned responsibility for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union in the Juncker Commission. He was heard by the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on 1 October. You will find a summary of his hearing here.
Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan had his turn the following day. Click here for our recap of the hearing of Ireland's nominee.
You can also review the reactions from the political groups to this week's hearings. To do this, just click on the name of the group: EPP, S&D, ECR, ALDE, GUE/NGL, Greens/EFA and EFDD.
The hearings of commissioners-designate continue until 7 October. Six nominees still have to participate in hearings and answer questions from MEPs.
#EPhearings2014
All hearings are streamed live on the Parliament's website. Recordings of this week's hearings can be found on this page, by clicking on the name of the commissioner.
You can also use the hashtag #EPhearings2014 to find the latest comments and reactions on Twitter. Find out what the hottest hearing-related topics are on our Twitter dashboard.
The process
Before the hearings: candidate commissioners must provide answers to written questions from MEPs. The answers to these questions can be found on this page, by clicking on the name of the commissioner.
At the start of the hearing the candidate can make a speech of a maximum 15 minutes, followed by a question and answer session. The three-hour hearings are organised by the EP committees dealing with the candidates' portfolios with the aim of assessing their general competences, European commitment and specific expertise.
Parliament has the final say
Sitting in plenary, the Parliament has to approve the Commission as a whole before it can start its work. However, in the past it has happened that following a negative assessment in the hearings, candidates were withdrawn by their respective countries or portfolios needed to be reshuffled.
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