Legal provisions of COM(2019)56 - EU position as regards the election of the Secretary General of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail for the period from 2019 to 2021

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dossier COM(2019)56 - EU position as regards the election of the Secretary General of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage ...
document COM(2019)56 EN
date February  1, 2019

Contents

Article 1

(1)The position to be taken on the Union's behalf at the 14th session of the General Assembly of OTIF shall be to vote for the candidate who:

(a)is citizen of the Union, has been proposed by a Member State, meets all requirements set out in the annex to the call for applications for the election of the Secretary General of OTIF for the period from 8 April 2019 to 31 December 2021 (document SG-18106 of 5 October 2018), and

(b)best meets the following criteria:

–knowledge of the European Union institutional framework and of the Union's rail acquis and policies;

–the criteria set out in points 4, 5 6, 8 and 9 of the annex to the call for applications;

–the criteria figuring below the enumeration set out in the annex to the call of applications, of the person being a dynamic team-player, forward-looking, approachable and decisive, with a track record of working with other cultures and having the ability to develop political, legal, institutional and financial concepts.

(2)The Member States shall cast their vote in accordance with paragraph 1.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States and the Commission.