COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2023/841

of 19 April 2023

appointing the Commission representatives to the Management Board and the Budget Committee of the European Union Intellectual Property Office

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to the Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (1), and in particular Articles 154(1) and 171(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Management Board and the Budget Committee shall be each composed of one representative of each Member State, two representatives of the Commission and one representative of the European Parliament, and their respective alternates.

(2) By Decision C(2016) 3228, the Commission appointed its representatives and their respective alternates to the Administrative Board and the Budget Committee of the Office.

(3) The Commission has decided to transfer responsibility for one alternate from the Unit ‘Financial Rules 2 and Programme Management’ to the Unit ‘Internal Policies’, responsible for decentralised agencies, within the Directorate-General for Budget.

(4) This Decision replaces Decision C(2016) 3228 final which is therefore repealed;

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. The representatives of the Commission on the Management Board and the Budget Committee of the Office shall be the following persons:

(a) the Deputy Director-General of DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs responsible for intellectual property and its enforcement, including the fight against counterfeiting;

(b) the Director in DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs responsible for intellectual property and its enforcement, including the fight against counterfeiting.

2. The alternates shall be the following persons:

(a) the Head of Unit in DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs responsible for intellectual property and its enforcement, including the fight against counterfeiting;

(b) the Head of Unit responsible for decentralised agencies in DG Budget.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply to the persons occupying, including on a temporary basis, the positions referred to in Article 1 at the date of adoption of this Decision, or to any successor of those persons in those positions.

Article 3

The Director-General of DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs shall inform the Chairperson of the Management Board, the Chairperson of the Budget Committee and the Executive Director of the Office of the names of the persons referred to in Article 1.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

Article 5

Decision C(2016) 3228 final is repealed.

Done at Brussels, 19 April 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)

OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1