Looks like I was not quite right. Jan - March 1999.
The commision jumped before they were pushed after surviving an earlier treat to sack them.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/e...r-1046928.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/19...6/eu.politics1

A fundamental shift in the balance of power of the European Union's institutions has now taken place. The parliament, acting in the name of democratic accountability, has now ended the life of an unelected commission. This has never happened before and it amounts to the passing of Europe's ancien regime, and could presage the dawning of a genuine European democracy.