COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2023/2151

taken by common accord with the President of the Commission

of 9 October 2023

appointing a Member of the European Commission

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 246 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) On 28 November 2019, the European Council adopted Decision (EU) 2019/1989 (2) appointing the European Commission for the period until 31 October 2024.

(2) In a letter dated 22 August 2023, Ms Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the Commission, informed the Council that Mr Frans TIMMERMANS had resigned from his post as a Member of the Commission.

(3) In accordance with the second paragraph of Article 246 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a vacancy caused by resignation is to be filled for the remainder of the Member’s term of office by a new Member of the same nationality.

(4) A new Member of the Commission should therefore be appointed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

By common accord with Ms Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the Commission, the Council appoints Mr Wopke HOEKSTRA as Member of the Commission for the remainder of the term of office, which runs until 31 October 2024.

Article 2

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

Done at Luxembourg, 9 October 2023.

For the Council

The President

Y. DÍAZ PÉREZ

(1) Opinion of 5 October 2023 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) European Council Decision (EU) 2019/1989 of 28 November 2019 appointing the European Commission (

OJ L 308, 29.11.2019, p. 100

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2151/oj

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