Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker says he has banned secret meetings between the UK, national governments and commissioners.
The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has turned on Nigel Farage and his fellow UKIP MEPs, asking them: "Why are you here?"
Mr Juncker made the comment at an emergency session of the EU parliament in Brussels to discuss the UK's Brexit vote.
"We must respect British democracy and the way it has expressed its view," he said to rare applause from the UKIP members.
He went on: "That's the last time you are applauding here... and to some extent I'm really surprised you are here.
"You are fighting for the exit. The British people voted in favour of the exit. Why are you here?"
Mr Juncker was speaking from a desk next to UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who had planted a British flag in front of him.
In response Mr Farage called on the parliament to be "grown up" about the UK's decision to leave the EU.
To jeers from MEPs he said he did not expect it to be the last member of the Union to quit.
He urged them to "cut between us a sensible tariiff-free deal" so the UK and the EU could remain best of friends.
Mr Juncker went on to say he is banning any informal and secretive negotiations on Britain's departure from the EU.
He told the special session: "I want the UK to clarify its position, not today, not tomorrow at 9 am, but soon. We cannot allow ourselves to remain in a prolonged period of uncertainty
In the meantime, he said there will be no secret meetings between UK, national governments and commissioners in the corridors. "I ban that," Mr Juncker said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will use "all her strength" to prevent the European Union drifting apart in the wake of Britain's decision to leave the bloc.
In an address to the German parliament, Ms Merkel said she expects Britain will want to maintain "close relations" with the EU once it leaves.
But she also signalled it could not expect a business-as-usual approach.
"Whoever wants to leave this family cannot expect to have no more obligations but to keep privileges," she said.
Ms Merkel also reiterated that there can be no talks with Britain on leaving the EU until it triggers the formal procedure to leave.
Prime Minister David Cameron will face EU leaders for the first time since the Brexit vote when he joins talks in Brussels later.
He is expected to urge heads of state and EU institutions to be "constructive" about negotiations over a new relationship between the UK and Europe.
However, he will also reject calls to immediately trigger the formal process for Britain to leave the EU - insisting it is a matter for his successor, who may not be in place before 2 September.
Mr Cameron will join other EU leaders at a working dinner devoted to the consequences of the Brexit vote, which has stunned Europe's political establishment and hit stock markets across the continent.
But he will be excluded from meetings on the second day of the summit, when the other 27 leaders will discuss taking a collective bargaining position with the UK.
A government source said holding the meetings without British representatives did not amount to a snub, adding: "We respect their right to have these discussions."
Earlier, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who may run for the Conservative leadership, has suggested Britain could hold another vote on the leaving the EU.
He says the next Prime Minister should be allowed to "negotiate a deal" with Brussels that the public can have a say on through a second referendum or a general election.
In an article for The Daily Telegraph he said: "We must not invoke Article 50 straight away because that puts a time limit of two years on negotiations, after which we could be thrown out with no deal at all.
"So before setting the clock ticking we need to negotiate a deal and put it to the British people, either in a referendum or through the Conservative manifesto at a fresh general election."
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