Council Decision

of 18 January 2010

appointing two members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency

2010/C 16/03

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

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 of 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 of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency.

(3) By Decision of 15 November 2007 [3] the Council, at the request of the Belgian Government, replaced the Belgian representative on the Management Board.

(4) The Belgian Government has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Belgian 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 2011.

(5) The United Kingdom Government has informed the Council of its intention to replace the United Kingdom 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 2011,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Mr Helmut DE VOS of Belgian nationality, born on 25 February 1978, shall be appointed member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency in place of Mr Marc LEEMANS for the period from 23 January 2010 to 31 May 2011.

Article 2

Mr Arwyn DAVIES of British nationality, born on 17 January 1957, shall be appointed member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency in place of Mr John ROBERTS for the period from 23 January 2010 to 31 May 2011.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 18 January 2010.

For the Council

The President

E. Espinosa

[1] OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1. Corrected version in OJ L 136, 29.5.2007, p. 3.

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

[3] OJ C 280, 23.11.2007, p. 2.

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