CELEX: 32019D1393
Language: en
Date: 2019-09-10 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (EU) 2019/1393 taken by common accord with the President-elect of the Commission, of 10 September 2019 adopting the list of the other persons whom the Council proposes for appointment as Members of the Commission

10.9.2019   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  LI 233/1
               
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/1393
         taken by common accord with the President-elect of the Commission,
         of 10 September 2019
         adopting the list of the other persons whom the Council proposes for appointment as Members of the Commission
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 17(3) and (5) and the second subparagraph of Article 17(7) thereof,
         Having regard to European Council Decision 2013/272/EU of 22 May 2013 concerning the number of members of the European Commission (1),
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     The mandate of the Commission appointed by European Council Decision 2014/749/EU (2) comes to an end on 31 October 2019.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     A new Commission, consisting of one national of each Member State, including its President and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, should be appointed until 31 October 2024.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     The European Council nominated Ms Ursula VON DER LEYEN as the person put forward to the European Parliament as President of the Commission, and the European Parliament elected her as President of the Commission at its Plenary Session of 16 July 2019.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     The Council should adopt by common accord with the President-elect of the Commission the list of the other persons whom it proposes for appointment as Members of the Commission until 31 October 2024.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     On 5 August 2019, the European Council, in agreement with the President-elect of the Commission, appointed Mr Josep BORRELL FONTELLES as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in accordance with Article 18(1) TEU.
                  
               
                     (6)
                  
                  
                     On 23 August 2019, the Council received a letter from the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union stating that:
                     ‘As the United Kingdom will be leaving the European Union on 31 October 2019, the Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons on 25 July that we would not nominate a UK Commissioner for the new Commission, and that this was not intended to stop the EU appointing a new Commission.
                     I am writing formally to confirm that, in accordance with the Prime Minister's statement, the United Kingdom will not be nominating a candidate for the 2019-2024 College of Commissioners’.
                  
               
                     (7)
                  
                  
                     In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 17(7) TEU, the President-elect of the Commission has notified her accord.
                  
               
                     (8)
                  
                  
                     In accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 17(7) TEU, the President, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the other Members of the Commission are subject as a body to a vote of consent by the European Parliament,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            By common accord with Ms Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President-elect of the Commission, the Council hereby proposes the following persons for appointment as Members of the Commission until 31 October 2024:
            
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Helena DALLI
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Valdis DOMBROVSKIS
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Elisa FERREIRA
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Mariya GABRIEL
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Paolo GENTILONI
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Sylvie GOULARD
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Johannes HAHN
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Phil HOGAN
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Ylva JOHANSSON
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Věra JOUROVÁ
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Stella KYRIAKIDES
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Janez LENARČIČ
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Rovana PLUMB
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Didier REYNDERS
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Margaritis SCHINAS
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Nicolas SCHMIT
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Kadri SIMSON
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Dubravka ŠUICA
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Frans TIMMERMANS
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr László TRÓCSÁNYI
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Jutta URPILAINEN
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Ms Margrethe VESTAGER
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI,
                     
                  in addition to:
            
                         
                     
                     
                        Mr Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, appointed High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
                     
                  
         
            Article 2
            This Decision shall be forwarded to the European Parliament.
         
         
            Article 3
            This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
         
         
            Done at Brussels, 10 September 2019.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               T. TUPPURAINEN
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 98.
         
            (2)  European Council Decision 2014/749/EU of 23 October 2014 appointing the European Commission (OJ L 311, 31.10.2014, p. 36).