having regard to Council Decision 2009/552/EC, Euratom of 16 July 2009 appointing a new Member of the Commission of the European Communities(2),

19.8.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 224/41 ---|---|---|--- * * * Monday 14 September 2009 Approval of the appointment of Karel De Gucht as a member of the Commission P7_TA(2009)0005 European Parliament decision of 14 September 2009 approving the appointment of Mr Karel De Gucht as a Member of the Commission 2010/C 224 E/14 The European Parliament, having regard to Article 214(2), third subparagraph, and Article 215 of the EC Treaty, having regard to point 4 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (1), having regard to the resignation of Louis Michel as a Member of the Commission, tendered on 5 July 2009, having regard to the nomination by the Government of Belgium of Karel De Gucht for appointment as a Member of the Commission, having regard to Council Decision 2009/552/EC, Euratom of 16 July 2009 appointing a new Member of the Commission of the European Communities (2), having regard to the decision of the Conference of Presidents of 9 July 2009 concerning the procedure to be applied for the replacement of Commissioners, having regard to the exchange of views between the Commissioner-designate and its committee responsible held on 1 September 2009, having regard to Rule 106 and Annex XVII, point 2, second paragraph, of its Rules of Procedure, 1. | Approves the appointment of Karel De Gucht as a Member of the Commission for the remainder of the Commission's term of office, until 31 October 2009; ---|--- 2. | Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States. ---|--- * * * (1) OJ C 117 E, 18.5.2006, p. 123. (2) OJ L 185, 17.7.2009, p. 23. * * *