# L_2015278EN.01002601.xml

| 23.10.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 278/26 |
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23.10.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 278/26

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DECISION No 1/2015 OF THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS

of 12 October 2015

appointing a member to the Executive Board of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) [2015/1909]

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 3(5) of Annex III thereto,

Having regard to Decision No 5/2013 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 7 November 2013 on the Statutes of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (4), and in particular Article 5(4) of the Annex thereto;

Whereas:

| (1) | Article 5(4) of the Statutes of the CTA provides that the members of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) Executive Board shall be appointed by the Committee of Ambassadors in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Committee for a period of up to five years, subject to a mid-term review. |
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(1)

Article 5(4) of the Statutes of the CTA provides that the members of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) Executive Board shall be appointed by the Committee of Ambassadors in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Committee for a period of up to five years, subject to a mid-term review.

| (2) | In accordance with Decision No 4/2013 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 7 November 2013 appointing members to the Executive Board of the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (5), the term of office of a member of the Executive Board will expire on 6 November 2015, |
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(2)

In accordance with Decision No 4/2013 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 7 November 2013 appointing members to the Executive Board of the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (5), the term of office of a member of the Executive Board will expire on 6 November 2015,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The term of office of Prof. Eric TOLLENS is extended for a period of 1 year, ending on 6 November 2016.

The composition of the CTA Executive Board is therefore as follows:

| | Prof. Eric TOLLENS,
  whose term of office expires on 6 November 2016, and |
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Prof. Eric TOLLENS,

whose term of office expires on 6 November 2016, and

| | Prof. Baba Y. ABUBAKAR |
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Prof. Baba Y. ABUBAKAR

| | Prof. Augusto Manuel CORREIA |
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Prof. Augusto Manuel CORREIA

| | Ms Helena JOHANSSON |
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Ms Helena JOHANSSON

| | Dr Faustin R. KAMUZORA |
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Dr Faustin R. KAMUZORA

| | Prof. Clement K. SANKAT,
  whose term of office expires on 6 November 2018. |
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Prof. Clement K. SANKAT,

whose term of office expires on 6 November 2018.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 12 October 2015.

For the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors

The Chairman

C. BRAUN

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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 309, 19.11.2013, p. 50.

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(5)  
  OJ L 309, 19.11.2013, p. 49.

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