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14.12.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
330/23
DECISIONS
COUNCIL DECISION
of 1 December 2011
on the practical and procedural arrangements for the appointment by the Council of four members
of the European panel for the European Union action for the European Heritage Label
(2011/831/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Article 1
Union,
The Council shall decide on the appointment of four members
of the European panel in accordance with the practical and
Having regard to Decision No 1194/2011/EU of the European
procedural arrangements laid down in Article 2.
Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 estab
lishing a European Union action for the European Heritage
Label ( 1 ), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Article 2
1. Member
States
shall
be
invited
to
make
submissions
of
Whereas:
candidates to become members of the European panel. The
participation of Member States in the process shall be voluntary.
Each Member State shall have the right to submit only one
(1) Article
8
of
Decision
No
1194/2011/EU
provides
that
a candidate. In order to ensure a balanced geographical represen
European panel of independent experts (‘European panel’)
tation, Member States which have experts appointed by the
is to be established and that this panel is to include 13
Council for the previous term shall be excluded from partici
members appointed by the European institutions and
pation.
bodies, four of whom are to be appointed for a three-
year term by the Council.
2. Submissions
shall
be
made
in
writing
and
clearly
demon
(2) Each
institution
and
body
should
seek
to
ensure
that
the strate that a given candidate is an independent expert with
competences of the members of the European panel it
substantial experience and expertise in the fields relevant to
appoints are as complementary as possible.
the objectives of the action, and is committed to work on the
European panel, in line with the requirements laid down in part
1 of the Annex. Those submissions shall also contain a duly
(3) At the time of submitting candidates to become
signed declaration as set out in part 2 of the Annex.
members of the European panel, Member States which
already have one or more experts in that panel who were
appointed by an institution or body other than the
3. The
submissions
shall
specify,
for
each
candidate,
one
Council, are encouraged to take into account enhancing
main category of expertise from among the following:
geographical and gender balance within the European
panel when deciding on their participation in the process.
— European history and cultures,
(4) It
is
appropriate
for
the
Council
to
decide
on
the
practical and procedural arrangements for the
— education and youth,
appointment of its four members of the European panel.
(5) These
arrangements
should
be
fair,
easy
to
implement, — cultural management, including the heritage dimension,
non-discriminatory, transparent, and should seek to
ensure that the members appointed to the European
panel duly fulfil their obligations.
— communication and tourism.
(6) These
arrangements
should
be
adapted,
if
necessary,
in 4. A
draw
shall
be
organised
from
among
the
submissions
the light of the results of the evaluations of the action for
acknowledged by the relevant preparatory body of the Council
the European Heritage Label provided for in Article 18 of
with a view to selecting one candidate in each of the four
Decision No 1194/2011/EU,
categories referred to in paragraph 3. The first name drawn
for each category shall be considered as selected. This
( 1 ) OJ L 303, 22.11.2011, p. 1.
selection shall subsequently be approved by the Council.

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5. If
there
are
no
candidates
in
one
or
more
categories,
one
Article 3
or more additional candidates shall be drawn from the
categories in which there are most candidates. If there is only
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication
one candidate in a given category, that candidate is deemed to
in the Official Journal of the European Union.
be selected without a draw.
6. If
a
member
of
the
European
panel
is
not
able
to
fulfil
his Done at Brussels, 1 December 2011.
or her mandate, the Member State that appointed that member
shall appoint a replacement as soon as possible. This
For the Council
appointment shall fulfil the requirements laid down in parts 1
and 2 of the Annex and apply for the remainder of the term of
The President
office of that member.
W. KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ
ANNEX
LIST OF REQUIREMENTS TO BE FULFILLED BY THE CANDIDATES
PART 1
EACH WRITTEN SUBMISSION SHALL CONTAIN:
— a description of the candidate’s education, working experience and outstanding achievements relevant to the objectives
of the action and the criteria to be met by the sites,
— a choice of a specific category of expertise accompanied by an explanation of that choice.
PART 2
EACH SUBMISSION SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN DECLARATION:
‘I am aware:
— of the duties entailed in the position and able to devote an appropriate number of working days per year to
work for the European panel,
— that membership of the European panel is not an honorary position and that I will be paid a fee for this work as
well as travel and accommodation costs by the Commission,
— that the duties require independence and that I will need to sign a declaration every year confirming that I have
no actual or potential conflict of interest, in line with Article 8(5) of Decision No 1194/2011/EU.’.

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