EC APPOINTS NEW TRADE CHIEF

  The European Community Commission today
  appointed its chief spokesman, Hugo Paemen, as its top official
  in charge of multilateral trade negotiations, a Commission
  spokesman said.
      Paemen, a Belgian official who had previously been chief
  aide to former External Affairs Commissioner Etienne Davignon,
  has been in his post since January 1985.
      The spokesman said Paemen will continue as chief spokesman
  until the retirement on May 1 of Paul Luyten, who is now in
  charge of EC departments handling negotiations in the world
  trade body GATT, the OECD and other forums.
  

