Council Decision of 6 May 2014 appointing one member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency

15.5.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 145/2
COUNCIL DECISION
of 6 May 2014
appointing one member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency
2014/C 145/02
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 as members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (‘the Management Board’) one representative from each Member State.
(2) By its Decision of 17 May 2011 (2), the Council appointed 15 members of the Management Board.
(3) The Government of Denmark has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Danish representative on the Management Board and has submitted a nomination for a new representative, who should be appointed for a period which runs until 31 May 2015,