COUNCIL DECISION

of 8 December 2023

appointing three members and three alternates to the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators

(C/2023/1525)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/942 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (1), and in particular Article 18 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) 2019/942 provides that the Council is to appoint five members and their alternates to the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (‘the Administrative Board’).

(2) Regulation (EU) 2019/942 provides that a member of the Administrative Board is not to be a member of the Board of Regulators of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators and that the members of the Administrative Board are to act independently and objectively in the interest of the Union as a whole.

(3) In view of the expiry of the term of office of three members and two alternates of the Administrative Board appointed by the Council, new appointments should be made to replace them.

(4) As one candidate currently acting as an alternate is reappointed as an alternate member for a period of four years, another alternate should be appointed to replace that alternate member for the remainder of her current term of office,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following persons are hereby appointed as members to the Administrative Board for a period of four years from 28 January 2024:

— Mr Bogdan Marius CHIRIŢOIU, Romania,

— Mr Tomasz DĄBROWSKI, Poland,

— Ms Karoline NARODOSLAWSKY, Austria.

Article 2

The following persons are hereby appointed as alternates to the Administrative Board for a period of four years from 28 January 2024:

— Ms Kristina ČELIĆ, Croatia,

— Ms Karin LUNNING, Sweden.

Article 3

The following person is hereby appointed as an alternate to the Administrative Board for a period of two years from 28 January 2024:

— Mr Boris MAKŠIJAN, Croatia.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 8 December 2023.

For the Council

The President

N. CALVIÑO SANTAMARÍA

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OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 22

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1525/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)