Document ID: 32021D0929(01)
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>29.9.2021&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>CI 393/1</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL DECISION
of 28 September 2021
appointing a chairperson of a Board of Appeal and extending the term of office of a chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office
(2021/C 393 I/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) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>On&#160;4&#160;June&#160;2021, the Management Board of the European&#160;Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) submitted a list of candidates for the post of chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the EUIPO to the Council.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>On&#160;1&#160;June&#160;2021, the Management Board of the EUIPO decided to propose to the Council the extension of the term of office of Mr Sven ST&#220;RMANN as chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the EUIPO for an additional period of five years from&#160;1&#160;August&#160;2022,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. Ms Nina Maria KORJUS, born in Joensuu (Finland) on 30 June 1971, is hereby appointed chairperson of a Board 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
The term of office of Mr Sven STÜRMANN as chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the EUIPO is hereby extended for a five-year period starting on 1 August 2022 and ending on 31 July 2027.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Done at Brussels, 28 September 2021.
For the Council
The President
S. KUSTEC
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( 1 ) OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1 .
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