CELEX: 32009D0879
Language: en
Date: 2009-12-01 00:00:00
Title: European Council Decision of 1 December 2009 electing the President of the European Council

2.12.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 315/48
            
         
      EUROPEAN COUNCIL DECISION
   
   of 1 December 2009
   electing the President of the European Council
   (2009/879/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the European Union, and in particular Article 15(5) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               The Treaty of Lisbon institutes the new office of President of the European Council.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The President of the European Council should be elected,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Mr Herman VAN ROMPUY is hereby elected President of the European Council for the period from 1 December 2009 until 31 May 2012.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall be notified to Mr Herman VAN ROMPUY by the Secretary-General of the Council.
   It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      Done at Brussels, 1 December 2009.
      
         
            For the European Council
         
         
            The President
         
         F. REINFELDT