Document ID: 32023D1549
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>27.7.2023&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 188/38</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2023/1549
of 10 July 2023
on the appointment of a Deputy Executive Director of Europol
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA ( 1 ) , and in particular Articles 54 and 55 thereof,
Acting as the authority vested with the power to appoint the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Directors of Europol,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>The term of office of one of the current Deputy Executive Directors of Europol ends on 31&#160;July 2023. It is therefore necessary to appoint a new Deputy Executive Director of Europol.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The decision of the Management Board of Europol of 1&#160;May 2017 establishes the rules for the selection, extension of the term of office and removal from office of the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Directors of Europol.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>One of the posts for a Deputy Executive Director of Europol has been deemed to be vacant pursuant to Article&#160;3(1), point (b), of the decision of the Management Board of Europol of 1&#160;May 2017 since 1&#160;November 2022. A vacancy notice for the post of a Deputy Executive Director of Europol was published in the<span>Official Journal of the European Union</span> on 31&#160;October 2022&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>In accordance with Article&#160;54(2) of Regulation (EU)&#160;2016/794, a shortlist of candidates has been drawn up by a selection committee set up by the Management Board (the &#8216;Selection Committee&#8217;). The Selection Committee prepared a duly reasoned report and submitted it to the Management Board on 13&#160;March 2023.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>On the basis of the report of the Selection Committee and in accordance with Regulation (EU)&#160;2016/794 and the decision of the Management Board of 1&#160;May 2017, the Management Board issued a reasoned opinion on 22&#160;March 2023 on the appointment of a new Deputy Executive Director of Europol, in which it proposed a shortlist of three candidates suitable for the post to the Council.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(6)</p></td><td><p>On 24&#160;April 2023, the Council selected Mr &#536;tefan-Andrei LIN&#538;&#258; as the new Deputy Executive Director of Europol and informed the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affaires Committee of the European Parliament (&#8216;LIBE Committee&#8217;), which is the competent committee for the purposes of Article&#160;54(2), fourth subparagraph, of Regulation (EU)&#160;2016/794, about that selection.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(7)</p></td><td><p>On 23&#160;May 2023, Mr &#536;tefan-Andrei LIN&#538;&#258; appeared before the LIBE Committee. On 1&#160;June 2023, the LIBE Committee gave its opinion in accordance with Article&#160;54(2), fourth subparagraph, of Regulation (EU)&#160;2016/794,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Mr Ștefan-Andrei LINȚĂ is hereby appointed as Deputy Executive Director of Europol for the period from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2027 at grade AD 14.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 10 July 2023.
For the Council
The President
P. NAVARRO RÍOS
<note>
( 1 ) OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53 .
( 2 ) OJ C 417 A, 31.10.2022, p. 1 .
</note>