COUNCIL DECISION

of 25 July 2023

appointing the Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office

(2023/C 275/07)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (1), and in particular Article 158(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The term of office of the current Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ends on 30 September 2023. It is therefore necessary to appoint a new Executive Director of the EUIPO.

(2) By letter of 6 June 2023, the Management Board of the EUIPO submitted to the Council a list of candidates for the post of Executive Director of the EUIPO,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. Mr João Nuno MAROCO AMARAL NEGRÃO is hereby appointed as Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office for a term of five years.

2. The five-year term referred to in paragraph 1 shall commence on 1 October 2023.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2023.

For the Council

The President

L. PLANAS PUCHADES

(1)

OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1