European Parliament decision of 23 October 2018 on the proposal for the appointment of the Deputy Managing Director of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (N8-0101/2018 — C8-0424/2018 — 2018/0904(NLE))
Date: 2018-10-23
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: European Fund for Strategic Investments, appointment of members, managing director








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16.10.2020   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 345/121






P8_TA(2018)0396
Appointment of the Deputy Managing Director of the EFSI
European Parliament decision of 23 October 2018 on the proposal for the appointment of the Deputy Managing Director of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (N8-0101/2018 — C8-0424/2018 — 2018/0904(NLE))
(Consent)
(2020/C 345/31)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the proposal of the Steering Board of the European Fund for Strategic Investments of 19 July 2018 for the re-appointment of its Deputy Managing Director (C8-0424/2018),










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having regard to Article 7(6) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013 — the European Fund for Strategic Investments (1),










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having regard to Rule 122a of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the joint deliberations of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs under Rule 55 of the Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0312/2018),










A.


whereas Article 7(6) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 provides that the Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director of the EFSI are to be appointed by the EIB for a fixed term of three years, renewable once, after approval by the European Parliament following an open and transparent selection process in line with EIB procedures, during which the European Parliament shall be kept duly informed in a timely manner at all stages;










B.


whereas, on 19 July 2018, the Steering Board of the EFSI adopted a proposal for the re-appointment of the Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director of the EFSI and transmitted this proposal to the European Parliament;










C.


whereas, on 25 September 2018, the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs held a hearing with Iliyana Tsanova, the proposed candidate for the function of Deputy Managing Director of the EFSI, at which she made an opening statement and then responded to questions from the members of the Committees;












1.


Gives its consent to the appointment of Iliyana Tsanova as the Deputy Managing Director of the European Fund for Strategic Investments;












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Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission, the European Investment Bank and the governments of the Member States.






(1)  OJ L 169, 1.7.2015, p. 1.