At the beginning of 1999, the Management Board renewed the appointment of Domingo Jiménez­Beltrán as Executive Director, limiting the contract on his request to a final three­year period.
I byrjun árs 1999 endurútnefndi stjórnarnefndin Domingo Jiménez-Beltrán sem framkvæmdasrjóra, en reyndar aðeins til þriggja ára lokatímabils, að ósk hans.