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| 29.9.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 395/118 |
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29.9.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 395/118

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P9_TA(2020)0250

Approval of the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as a Member of the European Commission

European Parliament decision of 7 October 2020 on the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as a Member of the Commission (C9-0295/2020 — 2020/0803(NLE))

(2021/C 395/21)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Article 246, second paragraph, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |
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having regard to Article 246, second paragraph, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, |
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having regard to Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

| — | having regard to point 6 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (1), |
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having regard to point 6 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (1),

| — | having regard to the resignation of Phil Hogan as a Member of the Commission, |
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having regard to the resignation of Phil Hogan as a Member of the Commission,

| — | having regard to the Council's letter of 14 September 2020, whereby the Council consulted Parliament on a decision, to be taken by common accord with the President of the Commission, on the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as a Member of the Commission (C9-0295/2020), |
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having regard to the Council's letter of 14 September 2020, whereby the Council consulted Parliament on a decision, to be taken by common accord with the President of the Commission, on the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as a Member of the Commission (C9-0295/2020),

| — | having regard to the letter of the President of the Commission of 14 September 2020, |
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having regard to the letter of the President of the Commission of 14 September 2020,

| — | having regard to the hearing of Mairead McGuinness on 2 October 2020, led by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and to the evaluation letter drawn up following that hearing, |
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having regard to the hearing of Mairead McGuinness on 2 October 2020, led by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and to the evaluation letter drawn up following that hearing,

| — | having regard to the examination by the Conference of Committee Chairs at its meeting on 5 October 2020, and the examination by the Conference of Presidents at its meeting on 6 October 2020, |
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having regard to the examination by the Conference of Committee Chairs at its meeting on 5 October 2020, and the examination by the Conference of Presidents at its meeting on 6 October 2020,

| — | having regard to Rule 125 of, and Annex VII to, its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 125 of, and Annex VII to, its Rules of Procedure,

| 1. | Approves the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as a Member of the Commission for the remainder of the Commission’s term of office until 31 October 2024; |
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| 2. | Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States. |
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(1)  OJ L 304, 20.11.2010, p. 47.

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