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| 16.12.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 320/4 |
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16.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 320/4

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COUNCIL DECISION

COUNCIL DECISION

of 27 November 2008

appointing three members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency

(2008/C 320/02)

THE COUNCIL 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) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency (1), and in particular Article 79 thereof,

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Whereas:

| (1) | Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 provides that the Council should appoint as Members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency one representative from each Member State. |
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(1)

Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 provides that the Council should appoint as Members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency one representative from each Member State.

| (2) | By Decision of 7 June 2007 (2), the Council appointed 27 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency. |
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By Decision of 7 June 2007 (2), the Council appointed 27 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency.

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| (3) | The Finnish Government has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Finnish representative on the Management Board and has submitted a nomination for a new representative, who should be appointed for a period which runs until 31 May 2013. |
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The Finnish Government has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Finnish representative on the Management Board and has submitted a nomination for a new representative, who should be appointed for a period which runs until 31 May 2013.

| (4) | The Latvian Government has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Latvian representative on the Management Board and has submitted a nomination for a new representative, who should be appointed for a period which runs until 31 May 2011. |
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The Latvian Government has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Latvian representative on the Management Board and has submitted a nomination for a new representative, who should be appointed for a period which runs until 31 May 2011.

| (5) | The Portuguese Government has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Portuguese representative on the Management Board and has submitted a nomination for a new representative, who should be appointed for a period which runs until 31 May 2011, |
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The Portuguese Government has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Portuguese representative on the Management Board and has submitted a nomination for a new representative, who should be appointed for a period which runs until 31 May 2011,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Ms Pirkko KIVELÄ of Finnish nationality, born on 23 October 1953, shall be appointed member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency in place of Mr Jukka MALM for the period from 17 December 2008 to 31 May 2013.

Article 2

Mr Armands PLĀTE of Latvian nationality, born on 27 February 1962, shall be appointed member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency in place of Ms Ilze KIRSTUKA for the period from 17 December 2008 to 31 May 2011.

Article 3

Ms Maria Fernanda SANTIAGO of Portuguese nationality, born on 28 January 1948, shall be appointed member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency in place of Mr António Nuno FERNANDES GONÇALVES HENRIQUES for the period from 17 December 2008 to 31 May 2011.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 27 November 2008.

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

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(2)  OJ C 134, 16.6.2007, p. 6.

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