The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the second paragraph of Article 246 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–  having regard to 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 Kristalina Georgieva as a Member of the Commission,

–  having regard to the Council's letter of 29 May 2017, whereby the Council consulted Parliament on a decision, to be taken by common accord with the President of the Commission, on the appointment of Mariya Gabriel as a Member of the Commission (C8-0166/2017),

–  having regard to the hearing of Mariya Gabriel on 20 June 2017, led by the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on Culture and Education, with the association of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and to the statement of evaluation drawn up following that hearing;

–  having regard to Rule 118 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,

1.  Approves the appointment of Mariya Gabriel as a Member of the Commission for the remainder of the Commission’s term of office until 31 October 2019;

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.