CELEX: 32012D0151
Language: en
Date: 2012-03-01 00:00:00
Title: 2012/151/EU: European Council Decision of 1 March 2012 electing the President of the European Council

16.3.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 77/17
            
         EUROPEAN COUNCIL DECISION
   of 1 March 2012
   electing the President of the European Council
   (2012/151/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 15(5) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               On 1 December 2009, by European Council Decision 2009/879/EU (1), Mr Herman VAN ROMPUY was elected President of the European Council for the period from 1 December 2009 until 31 May 2012.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               In accordance with the Treaty, the holder of the office of President of the European Council may be re-elected once,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Mr Herman VAN ROMPUY is hereby re-elected President of the European Council for the period from 1 June 2012 until 30 November 2014.
   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 March 2012.
      
         
            For the European Council
         
         
            The President
         
         H. VAN ROMPUY
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 315, 2.12.2009, p. 48.