Council Decision

of 22 December 2009

appointing five members and five alternates of the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators

2010/C 21/01

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 713/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators [1], and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 713/2009 provides that the Council should appoint five members and their alternates of the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators.

(2) A member of the Administrative Board should not be a member of the board of Regulators. The members of the Administrative Board should act independently and objectively in the public interest.

(3) Continuity in the functioning of the Administrative Board should be ensured. To this end, the members appointed on the first occasion should not terminate their term of office simultaneously. Therefore, three members and three alternates should be appointed for six years, and two members and two alternates should be appointed for four years,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following persons shall be appointed members of the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for a period of six years from the date of publication of this Decision:

- Guido BORTONI, Italy

- Razvan Eugen NICOLESCU, Romania

- Piotr Grzegorz WO?NIAK, Poland

The following persons shall be appointed members of the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for a period of four years from the date of publication of this Decision:

- Detlef DAUKE, Germany

- Philippe GUILLARD, France

Article 2

The following persons shall be appointed alternate members of the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for a period of six years from the date of publication of this Decision:

- Alfonso GONZALEZ FINAT, Spain

- Kristian M?LLER, Denmark

- William RICKETT, United Kingdom

The following persons shall be appointed alternate members of the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for a period of four years from the date of publication of this Decision:

- Peter GORDOS, Hungary

- Maya HRISTOVA, Bulgaria

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2009.

For the Council

The President

A. Carlgren

[1] OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 1.

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