Council Decision

of 29 January 2001

appointing two additional members of the Boards of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs)

(2001/C 54/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark(1) and in particular Articles 120 and 131 thereof,

Having regard to the candidatures presented by the Administrative Board of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs) on 19 December 2000,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

David Thomas KEELING, born in Leek, United Kingdom on 25 November 1951 and Carlo Alexandre Werner RUSCONI, born in Geneva, Switzerland on 10 November 1956, are hereby appointed additional members of the Boards of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs) for a period of five years.

Article 2

The date on which the five-year period referred to in Article 1 will commence shall be determined by the Administrative Board of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs).

Done at Brussels, 29 January 2001.

For the Council

The President

M. Winberg

(1) OJ L 11, 14.1.1994, p. 1.