COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 May 2021

appointing twelve members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency

(2021/C 185/02)

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 one representative from each Member State as a member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (‘the Management Board’).

(2) The members of the Management Board are to be appointed on the basis of their relevant experience and expertise in the fields of chemical safety or the regulation of chemicals, and on the basis that relevant expertise in the fields of general, financial and legal matters is available amongst the board members.

(3) The term of office is four years and may be renewed once.

(4) By Decision of 7 June 2007 (2), the Council appointed 27 members of the Management Board.

(5) The current members of the Management Board nominated by Czechia, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Austria, Slovenia, Finland, and Sweden, were appointed for a period that ends on 31 May 2021.

(6) The Council received nominations from all the Member States concerned,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following persons shall be appointed members of the Management Board for a second term running from 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2025 (name, nationality, date of birth):

— Ms Tatjana KOLESNIKOVA, Czech, 24 November 1969,

— Mr Óscar Valentín GONZÁLEZ SÁNCHEZ, Spanish, 8 March 1972,

— Mr Paul KRAJNIK, Austrian, 20 January 1964,

— Mr Alojz GRABNER, Slovenian, 23 July 1965,

— Ms Hanna Maria KORHONEN, Finnish, 8 August 1964.

Article 2

The following persons shall be appointed members of the Management Board for a first term running from 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2025 (name, nationality, date of birth):

— Mr Stephen Patrick CURRAN, Irish, 24 July 1962,

— Ms Karine BOQUET, French, 21 July 1973,

— Dr Pasqualino ROSSI, Italian, 16 May 1962,

— Mr Jérôme FAÉ, Luxembourg, 25 November 1989,

— Dr Szilvia DEIM, Hungarian, 21 November 1971,

— Mr Kees HOPPENER, Dutch, 15 July 1960,

— Mr Per ÄNGQUIST, Swedish, 21 May 1969.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 6 May 2021.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

(1)

OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1

(2) Council Decision of 7 June 2007 appointing 27 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (

OJ C 134, 16.6.2007, p. 6