# C_2019195EN.01000601.xml

| 11.6.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 195/6 |
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11.6.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 195/6

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 June 2019

extending the term of office of a Deputy Executive Director of Europol

(2019/C 195/04)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA (1), and in particular paragraphs 3 to 5 of Article 54 thereof,

Acting as the authority vested with the power to appoint the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Directors of Europol,

Having regard to the proposal of the Management Board of Europol of 3 May 2018,

Whereas:

| (1) | Mr Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS was appointed as Deputy Executive Director of Europol by Council Act of 12 March 2015 (2). The term of office of Mr Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS is due to expire on 31 July 2019. |
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(1)

Mr Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS was appointed as Deputy Executive Director of Europol by Council Act of 12 March 2015 (2). The term of office of Mr Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS is due to expire on 31 July 2019.

| (2) | The Deputy Executive Directors of Europol are appointed for a four-year period, extendable once in accordance with Article 54(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/794. |
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(2)

The Deputy Executive Directors of Europol are appointed for a four-year period, extendable once in accordance with Article 54(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/794.

| (3) | The decision of the Management Board of Europol of 1 May 2017 sets out the procedure for the extension of the term of office of Deputy Executive Directors of Europol. |
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(3)

The decision of the Management Board of Europol of 1 May 2017 sets out the procedure for the extension of the term of office of Deputy Executive Directors of Europol.

| (4) | The Management Board informed the European Parliament on 14 May 2018 that it intended to propose to the Council that Mr Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS’s term of office be extended. |
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(4)

The Management Board informed the European Parliament on 14 May 2018 that it intended to propose to the Council that Mr Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS’s term of office be extended.

| (5) | The Management Board presented the Council with an opinion proposing that the term of office of Deputy Executive Director of Europol, Mr Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS, be extended and that his grade be reclassified as grade AD14. |
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(5)

The Management Board presented the Council with an opinion proposing that the term of office of Deputy Executive Director of Europol, Mr Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS, be extended and that his grade be reclassified as grade AD14.

| (6) | On the basis of the proposal submitted by the Management Board, the Council wishes to extend the term of office of Mr Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS as Deputy Executive Director of Europol, |
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(6)

On the basis of the proposal submitted by the Management Board, the Council wishes to extend the term of office of Mr Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS as Deputy Executive Director of Europol,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The term of office of Mr Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS as Deputy Executive Director of Europol is extended from 1 August 2019 to 31 July 2023 at grade AD 14.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 6 June 2019.

For the Council

The President

A. BIRCHALL

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(1)  OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53.

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(2)  Council Act of 12 March 2015 appointing a Deputy Director of Europol (OJ C 88, 14.3.2015, p. 1).

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