Council Decision of 13 July 2026 appointing one member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
Date: 2026-07-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Chemicals Agency, appointment of members, decision-making body (EU)








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C/2026/4226


3.8.2026







            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 13 July 2026
         
appointing one member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
(C/2026/4226)


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), 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 (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 of a member of the Management Board is four years and may be renewed once.












(4)


By Council Decision (EU) 2023/992 (2), the Council appointed 16 members of the Management Board.












(5)


The member of the Management Board nominated by Germany was appointed for a period of four years ending on 31 May 2027, but will retire on 31 August 2026.












(6)


Germany has nominated a suitably qualified candidate to replace the retiring member of the Management Board. That candidate should therefore be appointed member of the Management Board with effect from 1 September 2026,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following person shall be appointed member of the Management Board for a first term running from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2030:






—


Dr Oliver EBERHARDT, German.






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 13 July 2026.


For the Council


The President

M. HEYDON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1907/oj.

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2023/992 of 16 May 2023 appointing 16 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (OJ L 135, 23.5.2023, p. 116, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/992/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/4226/oj
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