Date: 2016-10-14Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision No 4/2016 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 30 September 2016 appointing a member to the Executive Board of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) [2016/1820]
Executive Summary:
This decision by the ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors appoints Ms. Frederike Praasterink to the Executive Board of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA). This appointment fills a vacancy expiring on November 6, 2016 and covers the remaining period until the ACPEU Partnership Agreement expires on February 29, 2020. The decision was adopted on September 30, 2016, and entered into force on the same day.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Appointment:**
* Ms. Frederike Praasterink is appointed as a member of the Executive Board of the CTA.
* **Executive Board Composition:**
* The Executive Board of the CTA shall be composed of: Ms. Frederike Praasterink (term expires February 29, 2020), Prof. Baba Y. ABUBAKAR, Prof. Augusto Manuel CORREIA, Ms. Helena JOHANSSON, Dr. Faustin R. KAMUZORA, and Prof. Clement K. SANKAT (terms expire November 6, 2018).
* **Effective Date:**
* The decision enters into force on September 30, 2016.
Impact Analysis:
* **Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) Executive Board:**
* Impact: The board gains a new member, ensuring its continued operation and fulfilling its mandate until the expiry of the ACPEU Partnership Agreement. The composition of the board is defined.
* Action Required: Acknowledge the new member and adjust operations accordingly.
* **Ms. Frederike Praasterink:**
* Impact: She is appointed as a member to the Executive Board of the CTA.
* Action Required: Assume her responsibilities as a member of the Executive Board.
* **ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors:**
* Impact: The Committee exercises its prerogative to appoint members to the CTA Executive Board according to the established procedures.
* Action Required: Note the decision and ensure its implementation.
Key Entities Referenced
ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors: The committee responsible for appointing members to the Executive Board of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA.
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA: An organization whose Executive Board members are appointed by the ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors.
Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, and the European Community and its Member States: The agreement governing the relationship between the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States and the European Community, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000.
Cotonou: The city in Benin where the Partnership Agreement between the ACPEU was originally signed.
Luxembourg: The city in Luxembourg where the Partnership Agreement between the ACPEU was first amended.
Ouagadougou: The city in Burkina Faso where the Partnership Agreement between the ACPEU was amended for the second time.
Frederike PRAASTERINK: The person appointed as a member of the Executive Board of the CTA.
Brussels: The city in Belgium where the decision was made by the ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors.
L 278/50 EN Official Journal of the European Union 14.10.2016
ACTS ADOPTED BY BODIES CREATED BY
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
DECISION No 4/2016 OF THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS
of 30 September 2016
appointing a member to the Executive Board of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural
Cooperation (CTA) [2016/1820]
THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS,
Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June
2000 (1), as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (2) and as amended for the second time in Ouagadougou on
22 June 2010 (3), and in particular Article 3(5) of Annex III thereof,
Having regard to Decision No 5/2013 of the ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors of 7 November 2013 on the Statutes
of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (4), and in particular Article 5(4) of the Annex
thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 5(4) of the Statutes of the CTA provides that the members of the Executive Board of the Technical Centre
for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) shall be appointed by the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors in
accordance with the procedures laid down by the Committee for a period of up to five years, subject to a mid-
term review.
(2) In accordance with Decision No 1/2015 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 12 October 2015
appointing a member to the Executive Board of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
(CTA) (5), the term of office of a member of the Executive Board will expire on 6 November 2016.
(3) In accordance with its Article 95(1), the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement will expire on 29 February 2020. It is
therefore necessary to appoint a new member of the Executive Board for the remaining period before the expiry
of the Agreement,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The following person shall be appointed a member of the Executive Board of the CTA:
— Ms Frederike PRAASTERINK.
Article 2
Without prejudice to any subsequent decisions that the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors might have to take in the
framework of its prerogatives, the Executive Board of the CTA shall be composed as follows:
— Ms Frederike PRAASTERINK,
(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.
(2) Agreement amending the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one
part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (OJ L 209, 11.8.2005,
p. 27).
(3) Agreement amending for the second time the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group
of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, as
first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (OJ L 287, 4.11.2010, p. 3).
(4) OJ L 309, 19.11.2013, p. 50.
(5) OJ L 278, 23.10.2015, p. 26.14.10.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 278/51
whose term of office expires on 29 February 2020, as well as
— Prof. Baba Y. ABUBAKAR,
— Prof. Augusto Manuel CORREIA,
— Ms Helena JOHANSSON,
— Dr Faustin R. KAMUZORA, and
— Prof. Clement K. SANKAT,
whose term of office expires on 6 November 2018.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 30 September 2016.
For the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors
The Chairman
L.M. ISHMAEL