PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION giving consent to the appointment of the Commission
4.2.2010
Conference of Presidents
B7‑0090/2010/rev.
European Parliament decision giving consent to the appointment of the Commission
The European Parliament,
– having regard to Article 17(7) of the EU Treaty and Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty,
– having regard to Decision 2009/532/EC[1] of the Council, meeting in the composition of Heads of State and Government, of 9 July 2009 nominating Mr José Manuel Durão Barroso as President of the Commission,
– having regard to the 'Political Guidelines for the next Commission' presented by the President-elect of the Commission on 3 September 2009,
– having regard to its decision of 16 September 2009[2] electing Mr Durão Barroso as President of the Commission,
– having regard to European Council Decision 2009/950/EU of 4 December 2009, taken with the agreement of the President of the Commission, appointing the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy[3],
– having regard to Council Decision 2010/41/EU, Euratom of 22 January 2010, taken by common accord with the President-elect of the Commission, adopting the list of the other persons whom the Council proposes for appointment as Members of the Commission[4],
– having regard to the hearings of the Commissioners-designate before the parliamentary committees responsible, held from 11 January to 3 February 2010, and to the committees' evaluations of the Commissioners-designate after the hearings,
– having regard to the evaluations conducted at the meetings of the Conference of Presidents of 21 January and 4 February 2010,
– having regard to the statement made in plenary sitting by the President-elect of the Commission on 9 February 2010,
– having regard to Rule 106 of and Annex XVII to its Rules of Procedure,
1. Gives its consent to the appointment of the President, the Vice-President for External Relations (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) and the other Members of the Commission, as a body, for the term of office running to 31 October 2014;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the European Council and the Council of Ministers.
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