The European Parliament approves Tonio Borg’s appointment as a Member of the Commission and tells its President to send the decision to the Council, the Commission, and Member State governments.
16.12.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 419/211 ---|---|---|--- * * * P7_TA(2012)0432 Appointment of a new Commissioner European Parliament decision of 21 November 2012 approving the appointment of Tonio Borg as a Member of the Commission (2015/C 419/41) The European Parliament, — | having regard to the second paragraph of Article 246 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, ---|--- — | having regard to point 6 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (1), ---|--- — | having regard to the resignation of John Dalli as a Member of the Commission, tendered on 16 October 2012, ---|--- — | having regard to the Council's letter of 25 October 2012, whereby the Council consulted Parliament on a decision, to be taken by common accord with the President of the Commission, on the appointment of Tonio Borg as a Member of the Commission, ---|--- — | having regard to the hearing of Tonio Borg on 13 November 2012, led by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety with the association of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, and to the statement of evaluation drawn up following that hearing; ---|--- — | having regard to Rule 106 of, and Annex XVII to, its Rules of Procedure, ---|--- | 1. | Approves the appointment of Tonio Borg as a Member of the Commission for the remainder of the Commission’s term of office until 31 October 2014; ---|---|--- | 2. | Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States. ---|---|--- * * * (1) OJ L 304, 20.11.2010, p. 47. * * *