COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 September 2018

appointing the Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office

(2018/C 338/04)

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(2) thereof,

Whereas on 8 June 2018, a list of candidates to the post of the 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 Christian L.L.G. ARCHAMBEAU, born in Vielsalm (Belgium) on 11 April 1960, is hereby appointed the 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 day of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 18 September 2018.

For the Council

The President

G. BLÜMEL

(1)

OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1