Document ID: 32020D1116(01)
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>16.11.2020&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>C 391/1</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 November 2020
appointing the President of the Boards of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office
(2020/C 391/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 166(1) thereof,
Whereas:
On 8 June 2020, the Council received from the Management Board of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) a list of candidates proposed for the post of President of the Boards of Appeal of the EUIPO,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. Mr João Nuno MAROCO AMARAL NEGRÃO, born in Lisbon (Portugal) on 2 November 1970, is hereby appointed President of the Boards of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) for a term of five years.
2. The date on which the five-year term referred to in paragraph 1 commences shall be determined by the Management Board of the EUIPO.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Done at Brussels, 10 November 2020.
For the Council
The President
M. ROTH
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( 1 ) OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1 .
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