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Council Decision of 24 January 2012 appointing the Chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (2012/42/EU)

EU Decision 2012/42 · Adopted 24 January 2012 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Decision

of 24 January 2012

appointing the Chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board

(2012/42/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Decision No 235/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing the European Statistical Governance Advisory Boardf1, and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,

Having regard to the approval of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)

On 16 March 2009, the Council adopted Decision 2009/249/ECf2 appointing Mr Johnny ÅKERHOLM as the Chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board for a period of three years from 23 March 2009.

(2)

It is therefore necessary to appoint a new Chairperson to take office upon expiry of the term of office which began on 23 March 2009.

(3)

According to Article 3(3) in Decision No 235/2008/EC, the chairperson shall not be a current member of either a National Statistical Office or the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 73, 15.3.2008, p. 17.

f2

OJ L 74, 20.3.2009, p. 30.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature

1

Mr Thomas WIESER is hereby appointed Chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board, for a period of three years from 23 March 2012.

2

This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Signature

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2012.

For the Council

The President

M. Vestager