MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the appointment of the Executive Director of the European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority)

22.3.2011

pursuant to Rule 120 of the Rules of Procedure

Sharon Bowles                       on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

B7‑0200/2011

Motion for a European Parliament resolution on the appointment of the Executive Director of the European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the letter of 28 February 2011 from the European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority),

–   having regard to Article 51(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority)[1],

–   having regard to the fact that, at its meeting of 17 March 2011, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs heard the candidate selected by the Board of Supervisors of the European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority),

–   having regard to Rule 120 of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas Verena Ross fulfils the criteria set out in Article 51(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010),

1.  Approves the appointment of Verena Ross as Executive Director of the European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority);

2.  Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority).

• [1]  OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 84.