Document ID: 32023D1550
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>27.7.2023&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 188/40</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2023/1550
of 25 July 2023
appointing an alternate 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)&#160;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>An alternate member&#8217;s seat on the Committee of the Regions will become vacant as from 3&#160;August 2023, following the end of the national mandate on the basis of which Mr Peter KURZ was appointed.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>The German Government has proposed Mr Wolfram LEIBE, representative of a local body who holds a local authority electoral mandate,<span>Oberb&#252;rgermeister der Stadt Trier</span> (Lord Mayor of the City of Trier), as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 1&#160;September 2023 until the end of the current term of office on 25&#160;January 2025,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Mr Wolfram LEIBE, representative of a local body who holds an electoral mandate, Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Trier (Lord Mayor of the City of Trier), is hereby appointed as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions from 1 September 2023 until 25 January 2025.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 25 July 2023.
For the Council
The President
L. PLANAS PUCHADES
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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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