COUNCIL DECISION

of 26 September 2019

appointing the Deputy Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office

(2019/C 325/01)

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 158(6) thereof,

Whereas on 4 June 2019 a list of candidates for the post of Deputy Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (‘the Office’) was submitted to the Council by the Management Board of the Office,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. Mr Andrea DI CARLO, born in Rome (Italy) on 9 September 1970, is hereby appointed as Deputy Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (‘the Office’) for a term of five years.

2. The date on which the five-year term referred to in paragraph 1 commences shall be determined by the Management Board of the Office.

Article 2

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

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 26 September 2019.

For the Council

The President

T. HARAKKA

(1)

OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1