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COUNCIL DECISION

OF 7 DECEMBER 1981

APPOINTING A MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

( 81/1001/EURATOM , EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 193 TO 195 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 165 TO 167 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE CONVENTION ON CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS COMMON TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE COUNCIL DECISION OF 19 SEPTEMBER 1978 APPOINTING THE MEMBERS OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1982 ,

WHEREAS A MEMBER ' S SEAT ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE HAS BECOME VACANT FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF MR KNUD CHRISTENSEN , WHICH WAS NOTIFIED TO THE COUNCIL ON 29 OCTOBER 1981 ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED ON 16 NOVEMBER 1981 ,

HAVING OBTAINED THE OPINION OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

SOLE ARTICLE

MR BENT NIELSEN IS HEREBY APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE IN PLACE OF MR CHRISTENSEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LATTER ' S TERM OF OFFICE , WHICH RUNS UNTIL 18 SEPTEMBER 1982 .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 7 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

CARRINGTON