Document ID: 32022D0620
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>13.4.2022&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 115/73</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/620
of 7 April 2022
appointing a member, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, of the Committee of the Regions
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2019/852 of 21 May 2019 determining the composition of the Committee of the Regions ( 1 ) ,
Having regard to the proposal of the German Government,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Pursuant to Article&#160;300(3) of the Treaty, the Committee of the Regions is to consist of representatives of regional and local bodies who either hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an elected assembly.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>On 10&#160;December 2019, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2019/2157&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a>, appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26&#160;January 2020 to 25&#160;January 2025.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>A member&#8217;s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Mark WEINMEISTER.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>The German government has proposed Mr Uwe BECKER, representative of a regional body who is politically accountable to an elected assembly,<span>Staatssekret&#228;r f&#252;r Europaangelegenheiten, politische Verantwortung gegen&#252;ber dem Hessischen Landtag</span> (State Secretary for European Affairs, politically accountable to the Parliament of the Federal State of Hesse), as a member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25&#160;January 2025,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Mr Uwe BECKER, representative of a regional body who is politically accountable to an elected assembly, Staatssekretär für Europaangelegenheiten, politische Verantwortung gegenüber dem Hessischen Landtag (State Secretary for European Affairs, politically accountable to the Parliament of the Federal State of Hesse), is hereby appointed as a member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Luxembourg, 7 April 2022.
For the Council
The President
J. DENORMANDIE
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( 1 ) OJ L 139, 27.5.2019, p. 13 .
( 2 ) Council Decision (EU) 2019/2157 of 10 December 2019 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 ( OJ L 327, 17.12.2019, p. 78 ).
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