DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL

of 25 February 2010

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council establishes a European Asylum Support Office.

(2) It is necessary to determine the seat of the European Asylum Support Office,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

The European Asylum Support Office shall have its seat at Valletta Harbour.

This Decision shall enter into force on 18 June 2010.

This Decision shall be published in the

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2010.

For the Council

The President

A. PÉREZ RUBALCABA

(1)

OJ L 132, 29.5.2010, p. 11