Council Decision

of 27 July 2009

appointing one member to the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency

2009/C 178/10

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency [1], and in particular Article 79 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 provides that the Council should appoint as Members to the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency one representative from each Member State.

(2) By Decision of 7 June 2007 [2] the Council appointed 27 members to the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency.

(3) The Netherlands government has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Dutch representative on the Management Board and has submitted a nomination for a new representative, who should be appointed for a period which runs until 31 May 2013,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Mr Johannes Karel Barend Henri KWISTHOUT of Dutch nationality, born on 6 June 1964, shall be appointed to the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency in place of Dr Arnoldus Wilhelmus VAN DER WIELEN for the period from 1 August 2009 to 31 May 2013.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 27 July 2009.

For the Council

The President

C. Bildt

[1] OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

[2] OJ C 134, 16.6.2007, p. 6.

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