# Official Journal C 72I/2020

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 635 March 2020 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 072I

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 635 March 2020

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| Contents | page |
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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Council |
| 2020/C 72 I/01 | Council Decision of 27 February 2020 appointing a chairperson of a Board of Appeal and extending the term of office of a chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office | 1 |

Contents

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

2020/C 72 I/01

Council Decision of 27 February 2020 appointing a chairperson of a Board of Appeal and extending the term of office of a chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

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Official Journal of the European Union

CI 72/1

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 27 February 2020

appointing a chairperson of a Board of Appeal and extending the term of office of a chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office

(2020/C 72 I/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (1), and in particular Article 166(1) and (3) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 22 November 2019, a list of candidates for the post of chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) was submitted to the Council by the Management Board of the EUIPO. |
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On 22 November 2019, a list of candidates for the post of chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) was submitted to the Council by the Management Board of the EUIPO.

| (2) | On 19 November 2019, the Management Board of the EUIPO decided to propose to the Council the extension of the term of office of Mr Detlef SCHENNEN as chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the EUIPO for an additional period of five years, as from 1 November 2020, |
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On 19 November 2019, the Management Board of the EUIPO decided to propose to the Council the extension of the term of office of Mr Detlef SCHENNEN as chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the EUIPO for an additional period of five years, as from 1 November 2020,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.   Ms Virginia MELGAR, born in Minas (Uruguay) on 19 July 1959, is hereby appointed chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) for a term of five years.

2.   The date on which the five-year term referred to in paragraph 1 commences shall be determined by the Management Board of the EUIPO.

Article 2

The term of office of Mr Detlef SCHENNEN as chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the EUIPO is hereby extended from 1 November 2020 to 31 October 2025.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 27 February 2020.

For the Council

The President

D. HORVAT

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(1)  OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1.

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