REPORT on the proposal for the appointment of the Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

26.2.2016 - (C8‑0023/2016 – 2016/0902(NLE))

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur: Roberto Gualtieri
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PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

on the proposal for the appointment of the Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

(C8‑0023/2016 – 2016/0902(NLE))

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the proposal of the Board of Supervisors of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) of 3 February 2016 for the appointment of the Executive Director of the EIOPA for a five-year term (C8-0023/2016),

–  having regard to Article 51(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/79/EC[1],

–  having regard to its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0045/2016),

A.  whereas the term of office of EIOPA’s current Executive Director ends on 31 March 2016;

B.  whereas, on 28 January 2016, the Board of Supervisors of the EIOPA, following an open selection procedure, proposed to appoint Fausto Parente as Executive Director for a term of office of five years, in accordance with Article 51(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010;

C.  whereas, on 23 February 2016, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs held a hearing with Fausto Parente, at which he made an opening statement and then responded to questions from the members of the Committee;

1.  Approves the appointment of Fausto Parente as Executive Director of the EIOPA;

2.  Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission, the EIOPA and the governments of the Member States.

RESULT OF FINAL VOTE IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Date adopted	22.2.2016
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	47 1 8
Members present for the final vote	Gerolf Annemans, Burkhard Balz, Hugues Bayet, Udo Bullmann, Esther de Lange, Fabio De Masi, Markus Ferber, Jonás Fernández, Elisa Ferreira, Sven Giegold, Neena Gill, Sylvie Goulard, Roberto Gualtieri, Gunnar Hökmark, Danuta Maria Hübner, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Petr Ježek, Othmar Karas, Georgios Kyrtsos, Alain Lamassoure, Philippe Lamberts, Werner Langen, Sander Loones, Olle Ludvigsson, Ivana Maletić, Fulvio Martusciello, Marisa Matias, Costas Mavrides, Bernard Monot, Stanisław Ożóg, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Dariusz Rosati, Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner, Alfred Sant, Molly Scott Cato, Peter Simon, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Kay Swinburne, Paul Tang, Ernest Urtasun, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Miguel Viegas, Jakob von Weizsäcker, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Marco Zanni
Substitutes present for the final vote	Enrique Calvet Chambon, Richard Corbett, Isabella De Monte, Frank Engel, Ashley Fox, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Barbara Kappel, Emmanuel Maurel
Substitutes under Rule 200(2) present for the final vote	Laura Agea

• [1]  OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 48.