EN Official Journal of the European Union C 27/3

COUNCIL DECISION

of 23 January 2018

appointing four members and five alternates to the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators

(2018/C 27/04)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 713/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 713/2009 provides that the Council is to appoint five members and their alternates to the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (‘the Administrative Board’).

(2) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 713/2009, a member of the Administrative Board cannot be a member of the Board of Regulators and the members of the Administrative Board are to act independently and objectively in the public interest.

(3) By Decision of 22 December 2009 (2), the Council appointed three members and three alternates to the Administrative Board for six years, and two members and two alternates for four years from the date of publication of that Decision. By Decision of 15 November 2013 (3), the Council appointed two members and three alternates to the Administrative Board for a period of four years from 28 January 2014. By Decision of 15 January 2016 (4), the Council appointed three members and two alternates to the Administrative Board for a period of four years from 28 January 2016. In addition, the Council appointed one alternate to the Administrative Board for a period of two years from 28 January 2016.

(4) In view of the expiry of the four years mandates of two members and two alternates, the expiry of the two years mandate of one alternate as well as the resignation of one member from his four-year mandate, three members and three alternates should be appointed to replace them. Furthermore, in view of the fact that one candidate currently acting on a mandate as alternate should be appointed as a member for a period of four years, another alternate should be appointed to fulfil that mandate for the rest of the term.

(5) In addition, in view of the resignation by Mr Georgios SHAMMAS from Cyprus and Mr Martin HANSEN from Denmark from their four-year mandates as member and alternate respectively, in accordance with the Joint Declaration made by Cyprus and Denmark in Coreper on 2 December 2015, Mr Martin HANSEN should be appointed as a member to the Administrative Board for a period of two years from 28 January 2018 and Mr Georgios SHAMMAS should be appointed as an alternate to the Administrative Board for a period of two years from 28 January 2018,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following persons shall be appointed as members to the Administrative Board for a period of four years from 28 January 2018:

— Mr Jochen PENKER, Austria,

— Mr Jurijs SPIRIDONOVS, Latvia.

Article 2

The following persons shall be appointed as members to the Administrative Board for a period of two years from 28 January 2018:

— Mr Michel THIOLLIÈRE, France,

— Mr Martin HANSEN, Denmark.

Article 3

The following persons shall be appointed as alternate members to the Administrative Board for a period of four years from 28 January 2018:

— Mr Pál KOVÁCS, Hungary,

— Mr Paweł PIKUS, Poland,

— Mr Diego VÁZQUEZ TEIJEIRA, Spain.

Article 4

The following persons shall be appointed as alternate members to the Administrative Board for a period of two years from 28 January 2018:

— Mr Ľubomír KUCHTA, Slovakia,

— Mr Georgios SHAMMAS, Cyprus.

Article 5

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

Done at Brussels, 23 January 2018. For the Council The President V. GORANOV

(1) OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 1.

(2) Council Decision of 22 December 2009 appointing five members and five alternates of the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (OJ C 21, 28.1.2010, p. 1).

(3) Council Decision of 15 November 2013 appointing two members and three alternates of the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (OJ C 337, 19.11.2013, p. 8).

(4) Council Decision of 15 January 2016 appointing three members and three alternates of the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (OJ C 19, 20.1.2016, p. 6).