# L_2020122EN.01000101.xml

| 20.4.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 122/1 |
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20.4.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 122/1

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COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/539

of 15 April 2020

replacing the President of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 255 thereof,

Having regard to the initiative of the President of the Court of Justice of 6 March 2020,

Whereas:

| (1) | Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a panel was set up in order to give an opinion on candidates’ suitability to perform the duties of Judge and of Advocate-General of the Court of Justice and of the General Court before the Governments of the Member States make the appointments (the ‘panel’). |
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(1)

Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a panel was set up in order to give an opinion on candidates’ suitability to perform the duties of Judge and of Advocate-General of the Court of Justice and of the General Court before the Governments of the Member States make the appointments (the ‘panel’).

| (2) | By Decision (EU, Euratom) 2017/2262 (1), the Council appointed the seven members of the panel for a period of four years, ending on 28 February 2022. |
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(2)

By Decision (EU, Euratom) 2017/2262 (1), the Council appointed the seven members of the panel for a period of four years, ending on 28 February 2022.

| (3) | By letter of 27 February 2020, Mr Christiaan TIMMERMANS, President of the panel, informed the President of the Council of his resignation. |
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(3)

By letter of 27 February 2020, Mr Christiaan TIMMERMANS, President of the panel, informed the President of the Council of his resignation.

| (4) | By letter of 6 March 2020, the President of the Court of Justice proposed the appointment of Mr Allan ROSAS to replace Mr Christiaan TIMMERMANS as President of the panel for the remainder of his term, in accordance with point 3 of the operating rules of the panel as set out in the Annex to Council Decision 2010/124/EU (2), |
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(4)

By letter of 6 March 2020, the President of the Court of Justice proposed the appointment of Mr Allan ROSAS to replace Mr Christiaan TIMMERMANS as President of the panel for the remainder of his term, in accordance with point 3 of the operating rules of the panel as set out in the Annex to Council Decision 2010/124/EU (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Mr Allan ROSAS is hereby appointed President of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union for a period ending on 28 February 2022.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 April 2020.

For the Council

The President

G. GRLIĆ RADMAN

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(1)  Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2017/2262 of 4 December 2017 appointing the members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ L 324, 8.12.2017, p. 50).

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(2)  Council Decision 2010/124/EU of 25 February 2010 relating to the operating rules of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ L 50, 27.2.2010, p. 18).

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