CELEX: 52008DP0505
Language: en
Date: 2008-10-22 00:00:00
Title: Approving the appointment of Baroness Ashton as a Member of the CommissionEuropean Parliament decision of 22 October 2008 approving the appointment of Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, as a Member of the Commissio

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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               CE 15/137
            
         Wednesday 22 October 2008Approving the appointment of Baroness Ashton as a Member of the Commission
   P6_TA(2008)0505
   European Parliament decision of 22 October 2008 approving the appointment of Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, as a Member of the Commission
   2010/C 15 E/41
   
      The European Parliament,
   having regard to Article 214(2), third subparagraph, and Article 215 of the EC Treaty,
   having regard to Article 4 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (1),
   having regard to the resignation of Mr Peter Mandelson as a Member of the Commission, tendered on 3 October 2008,
   having regard to the nomination by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, as a Member of the Commission,
   having regard to the Council Decision 2008/779/EC, Euratom of 6 October 2008 appointing a new Member of the Commission of the European Communities (2),
   having regard to the hearing of the Commissioner-designate before its committee responsible held on 20 October 2008,
   having regard to Rule 99 of its Rules of Procedure,
   
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               Approves the appointment of Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, as a Member of the Commission for the remainder of the Commission's term of office until 31 October 2009;
            
         
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               Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 117 E, 18.5.2006, p. 123.
   
      (2)  OJ L 267, 8.10.2008, p. 31.