Commission Decision of 14 January 2016 appointing four members of the European Statistical Advisory Committee 2016/C 12/02
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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, and in particular Article 4(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The European Statistical Advisory Committee (ESAC) comprises 24 members.
(2) According to Article 4(1)(a) of Decision No 234/2008/EC, 12 members should be appointed by the Commission.
(3) Member States provided the Commission with a list of candidates with well-established qualifications in the field of statistics.
(4) By Commission Decision No 2014/C 138/02, the Commission appointed eight members of the ESAC and established a reserve list to be used in case of resignation or unexpected unavailability of an appointed member.
(5) The Commission should appoint the remaining four members, after having duly consulted the European Parliament and the Council.
(6) In the appointment of these four members, the Commission has endeavoured to ensure that they represent in equal measure, users, respondents and other stakeholders in European statistics.
(7) The Commission should update the reserve list to be used in case of resignations or unexpected unavailability of the appointed members,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following persons shall be appointed as members of the European Statistical Advisory Committee for a term of five years starting from 1 January 2016:
Ms Ariane KÖNIG
Mr David HAND
Ms Biruta SLOKA
Mr Claudiu HERTELIU.
Article 2
The following persons shall be included in the reserve list:
Mr Ian Philip CASSAR
Mr Marcel RÉMON
Mr Eskil WADENSJÖ
Mr Jan FISCHER.
Article 3
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 January 2016. For the Commission Marianne Thyssen Member of the Commission