Council Decision of 18 May 2010 appointing the members and alternate members of the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality

27.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 137/22
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 May 2010
appointing the members and alternate members of the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality
2010/C 137/08
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 of 20 December 2006 on establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 provides, inter alia, that the Council should appoint 18 members, as well as alternates, of the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality for a period of three years.
(2) Eighteen Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Spain, France, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and United Kingdom) are due to nominate members and alternate members for the period from 1 June 2010 to 31 May 2013.
(3) The Governments of all the above-mentioned Member States have submitted to the Council lists of candidates,