COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2019

extending the term of office of the Chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office

(2019/C 73/03)

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 166(3) thereof,

Whereas on 20 November 2018, the Management Board of the European Union Intellectual Property Office decided to propose to the Council of the European Union the extension of the term of office of Mr Gordon HUMPHREYS as Chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office for a period of five years, as from 1 September 2019,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The term of office of Mr Gordon HUMPHREYS as Chairperson of a Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office is hereby extended from 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2024.

Article 2

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

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2019.

For the Council

The President

N. BĂDĂLĂU

(1)

OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1