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2019/0801(NLE) European Central Bank: appointment of a member of the Executive Board

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ECON GUALTIERI Roberto (icon: S&D S&D)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 283-p2

Events

2019/03/27
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2019/03/27
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: European Council Decision (EU) 2019/508 appointing a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.

CONTENT: the term of office of Mr Peter PRAET, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, expires on 31 May 2019. A new member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank is therefore be appointed.

Pursuant to this Decision, Mr Philip R. LANE is hereby appointed a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank for a term of office of eight years with effect from 1 June 2019.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 22.3.2019.

2019/03/14
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2019/03/14
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament decided, by 284 votes to 182, with 84 abstentions, to give a favourable opinion on the Council's recommendation to appoint Philip R. Lane as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.

By letter of 14 February 2019, the Council consulted the European Parliament on the nomination of Philip R. Lane as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank for an eight-year term of office, with effect from 1 June 2019.

Parliament regretted that the European Parliament and the European Council had not taken seriously its repeated requests to remedy the lack of gender balance in the ECB's Executive Board and demanded that it be respected in the next nomination. It called on all bodies and institutions of the Union and the Member States to implement concrete measures to ensure gender balance.

Documents
2019/03/11
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2019/03/05
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2019/03/01
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted the report by Roberto GUALTIERI (S&D, IT) on the Council recommendation on the appointment of a Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.

By letter of 14 February 2019, the European Council consulted Parliament on the nomination of Mr Philip R. Lane as Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank for a term of office of eight years, with effect from 1 June 2019.

The committee then proceeded to evaluate the credentials of the nominee. The committee subsequently held a hearing with the nominee on 26 February 2019, at which he made an opening statement and then responded to questions from the members of the committee.

On this basis, the committee recommended that the European Parliament d eliver a favourable opinion on the Council recommendation to appoint Philip R. LANE (IE) as Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.

It is important to note that despite the numerous requests made by the European Parliament to the Council to readdress the lack of gender balance within the ECB Executive Board, this has not been taken seriously. The committee called for this request to be respected for the next nomination.

Documents
2019/02/26
   EP - Vote in committee
2019/02/19
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2019/02/11
   CSL - Legislative proposal
Documents
2019/02/11
   EP - GUALTIERI Roberto (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in ECON
2019/02/10
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Documents

Documents

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  • PURPOSE: appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.
  • NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: European Council Decision (EU) 2019/508 appointing a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.
  • CONTENT: the term of office of Mr Peter PRAET, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, expires on 31 May 2019. A new member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank is therefore be appointed.
  • Pursuant to this Decision, Mr Philip R. LANE is hereby appointed a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank for a term of office of eight years with effect from 1 June 2019.
  • ENTRY INTO FORCE: 22.3.2019.
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  • date: 2019-02-11T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=5940%2F19&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 05940/2019 type: Legislative proposal body: CSL
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  • date: 2019-02-11T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=5940%2F19&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 05940/2019
  • date: 2019-02-26T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2019-03-01T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A8-2019-0144&language=EN title: A8-0144/2019 summary: The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted the report by Roberto GUALTIERI (S&D, IT) on the Council recommendation on the appointment of a Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank. By letter of 14 February 2019, the European Council consulted Parliament on the nomination of Mr Philip R. Lane as Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank for a term of office of eight years, with effect from 1 June 2019. The committee then proceeded to evaluate the credentials of the nominee. The committee subsequently held a hearing with the nominee on 26 February 2019, at which he made an opening statement and then responded to questions from the members of the committee. On this basis, the committee recommended that the European Parliament d eliver a favourable opinion on the Council recommendation to appoint Philip R. LANE (IE) as Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank. It is important to note that despite the numerous requests made by the European Parliament to the Council to readdress the lack of gender balance within the ECB Executive Board, this has not been taken seriously. The committee called for this request to be respected for the next nomination.
  • date: 2019-03-11T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2019-03-14T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2019-0213 title: T8-0213/2019 summary: The European Parliament decided, by 284 votes to 182, with 84 abstentions, to give a favourable opinion on the Council's recommendation to appoint Philip R. Lane as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank. By letter of 14 February 2019, the Council consulted the European Parliament on the nomination of Philip R. Lane as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank for an eight-year term of office, with effect from 1 June 2019. Parliament regretted that the European Parliament and the European Council had not taken seriously its repeated requests to remedy the lack of gender balance in the ECB's Executive Board and demanded that it be respected in the next nomination. It called on all bodies and institutions of the Union and the Member States to implement concrete measures to ensure gender balance.
  • date: 2019-03-27T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: title: Decision 2019/508 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32019D0508 title: OJ L 085 27.03.2019, p. 0018 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2019:085:TOC
procedure
reference
2019/0801(NLE)
title
European Central Bank: appointment of a member of the Executive Board
subject
type
NLE - Non-legislative enactments
subtype
Consultation of Parliament
legal_basis
Treaty on the Functioning of the EU TFEU 283-p2
stage_reached
Awaiting final decision
dossier_of_the_committee
ECON/8/15586
final