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| 23.5.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 135/116 |
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23.5.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 135/116

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COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2023/992

of 16 May 2023

appointing 16 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (1), and in particular Article 79 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 provides that the Council is to appoint one representative from each Member State as a member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (the ‘Management Board’). |
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(1)

Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 provides that the Council is to appoint one representative from each Member State as a member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (the ‘Management Board’).

| (2) | The members of the Management Board are to be appointed on the basis of their relevant experience and expertise in the fields of chemical safety or the regulation of chemicals, and on the basis that relevant expertise in the fields of general, financial and legal matters is available amongst board members. |
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(2)

The members of the Management Board are to be appointed on the basis of their relevant experience and expertise in the fields of chemical safety or the regulation of chemicals, and on the basis that relevant expertise in the fields of general, financial and legal matters is available amongst board members.

| (3) | The term of office is four years and may be renewed once. |
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(3)

The term of office is four years and may be renewed once.

| (4) | By its Decisions of 27 May 2019 (2) and of 6 May 2021 (3), the Council appointed 15 and 12 members of the Management Board respectively. |
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(4)

By its Decisions of 27 May 2019 (2) and of 6 May 2021 (3), the Council appointed 15 and 12 members of the Management Board respectively.

| (5) | The members of the Management Board nominated by Germany, Cyprus, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Slovakia, Portugal, Latvia, Estonia, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland and France were appointed for a period ending on 31 May 2027. |
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(5)

The members of the Management Board nominated by Germany, Cyprus, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Slovakia, Portugal, Latvia, Estonia, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland and France were appointed for a period ending on 31 May 2027.

| (6) | The Council has received nominations from all the Member States concerned, |
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(6)

The Council has received nominations from all the Member States concerned,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following persons shall be appointed members of the Management Board for a second term running from 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2027 (name, nationality, date of birth):

| — | Ms Ingrid BORG, Maltese, (*1); |
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Ms Ingrid BORG, Maltese, (*1);

| — | Ms Claudia-Sorina DUMITRU, Romanian, (*1); |
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Ms Claudia-Sorina DUMITRU, Romanian, (*1);

| — | Mrs Tasoula KYPRIANIDOU – LEONTIDOU, Cypriot, (*1); |
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Mrs Tasoula KYPRIANIDOU – LEONTIDOU, Cypriot, (*1);

| — | Ms Anna Katarzyna LEWANDOWSKA, Polish, (*1); |
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Ms Anna Katarzyna LEWANDOWSKA, Polish, (*1);

| — | Ms Donata PIPIRAITĖ-VALIŠKIENĖ, Lithuanian, (*1); |
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Ms Donata PIPIRAITĖ-VALIŠKIENĖ, Lithuanian, (*1);

| — | Mrs Teodora VALKOVA, Bulgarian, (*1); |
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Mrs Teodora VALKOVA, Bulgarian, (*1);

| — | Dr Axel Otto VORWERK, German, (*1); |
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Dr Axel Otto VORWERK, German, (*1);

| — | Ms Sofia ZISI, Greek, (*1). |
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Ms Sofia ZISI, Greek, (*1).

Article 2

The following persons shall be appointed members of the Management Board for a first term running from 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2027 (name, nationality, date of birth):

| — | Mrs Catheline Irène DANTINNE, Belgian, (*1); |
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Mrs Catheline Irène DANTINNE, Belgian, (*1);

| — | Ms Kristīne KAZEROVSKA, Latvian, (*1); |
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Ms Kristīne KAZEROVSKA, Latvian, (*1);

| — | Ms Agnès LEFRANC, French, (*1); |
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Ms Agnès LEFRANC, French, (*1);

| — | Ms Dília Maria LIMA JARDIM, Portuguese, (*1); |
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Ms Dília Maria LIMA JARDIM, Portuguese, (*1);

| — | Ms Annemari LINNO, Estonian, (*1); |
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Ms Annemari LINNO, Estonian, (*1);

| — | Ms Yvonne Marie MULLOOLY, Irish, (*1); |
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Ms Yvonne Marie MULLOOLY, Irish, (*1);

| — | Mrs Charlotta Amalia WALLENSTEIN, Danish, (*1); |
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Mrs Charlotta Amalia WALLENSTEIN, Danish, (*1);

| — | Ms Katarína ZGALINOVIČOVÁ, Slovak, (*1). |
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Ms Katarína ZGALINOVIČOVÁ, Slovak, (*1).

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2023.

For the Council

The President

E. SVANTESSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

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(2)  Council Decision of 27 May 2019 appointing 15 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (OJ C 185, 29.5.2019, p. 4).

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(3)  Council Decision of 6 May 2021 appointing twelve members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (OJ C 185, 12.5.2021, p. 4).

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