Tuesday 9 February 2010
Appointment of the Commission

P7_TA(2010)0010

European Parliament decision of 9 February 2010 giving consent to the appointment of the Commission

2010/C 341 E/17

The European Parliament,

having regard to Article 17(7) of the EU Treaty and Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty,

having regard to Council Decision 2009/532/EC (1), meeting in the composition of Heads of State or 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, taken with the agreement of the President of the Commission, of 4 December 2009 appointing the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (3),

having regard to Council Decision 2010/41/EU, Euratom, taken by common accord with the President-elect of the Commission, of 22 January 2010 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)  OJ L 179, 10.7.2009, p. 61.

(2)  Minutes of that date, P7_PV(2009)09-16, Item 7.1.

(3)  OJ L 328, 15.12.2009, p. 69.

(4)  OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 5.