EN Official Journal of the European Union C 155/1

COUNCIL DECISION

of 11 May 2017

appointing 12 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency

(2017/C 155/01)

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) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency (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’).

(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 the board members.

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

(4) By Decision of 7 June 2007 (2) the Council appointed 27 Members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency.

(5) The present Members of the Management Board nominated by Czech Republic, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Austria, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden, were all appointed for periods that ends on 31 May 2017.

(6) The Council has received nominations from all of 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 2017 to 31 May 2021 (name, nationality, date of birth):

— Ms Sharon McGUINNESS, Irish, 13 July 1965,

— Mr Paul RASQUE, Luxembourgish, 8 July 1981,

— Ms Krisztina BIRÓ, Hungarian, 5 April 1971,

— Mr Hans Albert MEIJER, Dutch, 19 September 1964.

Article 2

The following persons shall be appointed Members of the Management Board for a first term running from 1 June 2017 to 31 May 2021 (name, nationality, date of birth):

— Ms Taťjana KOLESNIKOVÁ, Czech, 24 November 1969,

— Mr Óscar Valentín GONZÁLEZ SÁNCHEZ, Spanish, 8 March 1972,

— Ms Marie-Laure METAYER, French, 6 April 1968,

— Ms Francesca GIANNOTTI, Italian, 20 December 1971,

— Mr Paul KRAJNIK, Austrian, 20 January 1964,

— Mr Alojz GRABNER, Slovenian, 23 July 1965,

— Ms Hanna Maria KORHONEN, Finnish, 8 August 1964,

— Ms Lisa Jenny Kristina ANFÄLT, Swedish, 29 January 1974.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 11 May 2017. For the Council The President R. GALDES

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

(2) Council Decision of 7 June 2007 appointing 27 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (OJ C 134, 16.6.2007, p. 6).