Document ID: 32023D0804(01)
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>4.8.2023&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>C 275/18</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 July 2023
appointing the Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office
(2023/C 275/07)
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 158(2) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>The term of office of the current Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ends on 30&#160;September 2023. It is therefore necessary to appoint a new Executive Director of the EUIPO.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>By letter of 6&#160;June 2023, the Management Board of the EUIPO submitted to the Council a list of candidates for the post of Executive Director of the&#160;EUIPO,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. Mr João Nuno MAROCO AMARAL NEGRÃO is hereby appointed as Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office for a term of five years.
2. The five-year term referred to in paragraph 1 shall commence on 1 October 2023.
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, 25 July 2023.
For the Council
The President
L. PLANAS PUCHADES
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( 1 ) OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1 .
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