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United Kingdom

Council Decision (EU) 2020/1468

taken by common accord with the President of the Commission

of 12 October 2020

appointing a Member of the European Commission

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 246 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament^f1,

Whereas:

(1)

On 28 November 2019, the European Council adopted Decision (EU) 2019/1989^f2 appointing the European Commission for the period until 31 October 2024.

(2)

In a letter dated 27 August 2020, Ms Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the Commission, informed the Council that Mr Phil HOGAN had resigned from his post as a Member of the Commission.

(3)

In accordance with the second paragraph of Article 246 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a vacancy caused by resignation is to be filled for the remainder of the Member’s term of office by a new Member of the same nationality.

(4)

A new Member of the Commission should therefore be appointed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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Footnotes

f1: Opinion of 7 October 2020 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
f2: European Council Decision (EU) 2019/1989 of 28 November 2019 appointing the European Commission (OJ L 308, 29.11.2019, p. 100).