COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 February 2019

appointing eight members of the European Statistical Advisory Committee

(2019/C 63/05)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Decision No 234/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing the European Statistical Advisory Committee and repealing Council Decision 91/116/EEC (1), and in particular Article 4(1)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The European Statistical Advisory Committee comprises 24 members.

(2) According to Article 4(1) of the Decision No 234/2008/EC, 12 members shall be appointed by the Commission after it has consulted the European Parliament and the Council. Four out of the abovementioned 12 members have been appointed for 5-year terms by Commission Decision 2016/C12/02, and their respective mandates come to an end in 2020.

(3) Member States have provided the Commission with a list of candidates with well-established qualifications in the field of statistics.

(4) In the appointment of these eight members, the Commission has endeavoured to ensure that they represent, in equal measure, users, respondents and other stakeholders in Union statistics (including the scientific community, the social partners and civil society).

(5) A reserve list is established to be used in case of resignations or the unexpected unavailability of the appointed members. In selecting members from the reserve list the Commission shall endeavour to maintain the balance between user groups,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The persons named in the Annex are hereby appointed as members of the European Statistical Advisory Committee for a term of 5 years starting from 9 May 2019.

Article 2

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

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 14 February 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1)

OJ L 73, 15.3.2008, p. 13

ANNEX

Axel BÖRSCH-SUPAN,

Maria João CASANOVA DE ARAÚJO E SÁ VALENTE ROSA,

Audronė JAKAITIENĖ,

Sune KARLSSON,

András MÁTH,

Marie BOHATÁ,

Peter VAN DER HEIJDEN,

Tõnu KOLLO.

Reserve list:

Marcel DAS,

Domantas JASILIONIS.