Council Decision (EU) 2024/2517

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 17(3) and (5) and Article 17(7), second subparagraph, thereof,Having regard to European Council Decision 2013/272/EU of 22 May 2013 concerning the number of members of the European Commission^note,Whereas:

(1)The mandate of the Commission appointed by European Council Decision (EU) 2019/1989^note comes to an end on 31 October 2024.

(2)A new Commission, consisting of one national of each Member State, including its President and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, should be appointed until 31 October 2029.

(3)By Decision (EU) 2024/1862^note, the European Council proposed Ms Ursula VON DER LEYEN to the European Parliament as candidate for President of the Commission, and the European Parliament elected her as President of the Commission at its Plenary Session of 18 July 2024.

(4)By Decision (EU) 2024/2086^note, the European Council, with the agreement of the President-elect of the Commission, appointed Ms Kaja KALLAS as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

(5)The Council, by common accord with the President-elect of the Commission, should adopt the list of the other persons whom it proposes for appointment as Members of the Commission until 31 October 2029.

(6)By letter of 19 September 2024, the President-elect of the Commission has notified her accord in accordance with Article 17(7), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on European Union (TEU).

(7)In accordance with Article 17(7), third subparagraph, TEU, the President, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the other Members of the Commission are subject as a body to a vote of consent by the European Parliament,

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