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| 17.3.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 72/61 |
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17.3.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 72/61

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DECISION No 2/2016 OF THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS

of 7 March 2016

appointing a member of the Executive Board of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) [2016/384]

THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS,

Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1), as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (2) and as amended for the second time in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010 (3), and in particular Article 2(6) of Annex III thereof,

Having regard to Decision No 8/2005 of the ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors of 20 July 2005 on the Statutes and rules of procedure of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) (4), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Article 9 of the Statutes and rules of procedure of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) provides that the Committee of Ambassadors shall appoint the members of the Executive Board, for a maximum period of five years. |
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(1)

Article 9 of the Statutes and rules of procedure of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) provides that the Committee of Ambassadors shall appoint the members of the Executive Board, for a maximum period of five years.

| (2) | The term of office of the three ACP members of the Executive Board of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise, appointed by Decision No 3/2013 of the ACP EU Committee of Ambassadors of 30 July 2013 (5), which was amended by Decision No 2/2014 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors (6), will expire on 6 September 2018, or at the time of closure of the Centre, whichever is earlier. |
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(2)

The term of office of the three ACP members of the Executive Board of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise, appointed by Decision No 3/2013 of the ACP EU Committee of Ambassadors of 30 July 2013 (5), which was amended by Decision No 2/2014 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors (6), will expire on 6 September 2018, or at the time of closure of the Centre, whichever is earlier.

| (3) | One post has become vacant following the resignation of one of the members. |
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(3)

One post has become vacant following the resignation of one of the members.

| (4) | It is therefore necessary to appoint a new member of the Executive Board for the remaining period of the term of office, |
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(4)

It is therefore necessary to appoint a new member of the Executive Board for the remaining period of the term of office,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following person shall be appointed a member of the Executive Board of the CDE in place of Ms Maria MACHAILO-ELLIS:

| — | Mr Lekwalo Leta MOSIENYANE. |
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Mr Lekwalo Leta MOSIENYANE.

Article 2

Without prejudice to any subsequent decisions that the Committee might have to take under its prerogatives, for the remainder of the current term of office — i.e. 6 September 2018, or the time of closure of the Centre, whichever is earlier — the CDE Executive Board shall be composed as follows:

| | Mr Jacek ADAMSKI |
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Mr Jacek ADAMSKI

| | Mr Martin BENKO |
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Mr Martin BENKO

| | Ms Nicole BOLLEN |
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Ms Nicole BOLLEN

| | Mr John Atkins ARUHURI |
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Mr John Atkins ARUHURI

| | Mr Lekwalo Leta MOSIENYANE |
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Mr Lekwalo Leta MOSIENYANE

| | Mr Félix MOUKO. |
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Mr Félix MOUKO.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. It may be revised at any time depending on the situation of the Centre.

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2016.

For the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors

The Chairman

P. DE GOOIJER

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(1)  
  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

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(2)  Agreement amending the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 27).

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(3)  Agreement amending for the second time the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (OJ L 287, 4.11.2010, p. 3).

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(4)  
  OJ L 66, 8.3.2006, p. 16.

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(5)  
  OJ L 263, 5.10.2013, p. 18.

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(6)  Decision No 2/2014 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 5 August 2014 appointing the members of the Executive Board of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) (OJ L 245, 20.8.2014, p. 9).

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