EN Official Journal of the European Union L 263/18

COUNCIL DECISION

of 3 October 2011

appointing eight Spanish members and 10 Spanish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions

(2011/661/EU)

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 the proposal of the Spanish Government,

Whereas:

(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.

(2) Eight members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Francesc ANTICH I OLIVER, Mr Marcelino IGLESIAS RICOU, Mr Vicente ÁLVAREZ ARECES, Ms Dolores GOROSTIAGA SAIZ, Mr José María BARREDA FONTES, Mr Guillermo FERNÁNDEZ VARA, Mr Miguel SANZ SESMA and Mr Francisco CAMPS ORTIZ. Ten alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Alberto GARCÍA CERVIÑO, Ms Lucía MARTÍN DOMÍNGUEZ, Mr Juan Antonio MORALES RODRÍGUEZ, Ms Elsa CASAS CABELLO, Ms Esther MONTERRUBIO VILLAR, Mr Javier VELASCO MANCEBO, Ms Luisa ARAÚJO CHAMORRO, Mr Antonio GONZÁLEZ TEROL, Mr Alberto CATALÁN HIGUERAS and Mr Rafael RIPOLL NAVARRO,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:

(a) as members: — Ms Luisa Fernanda RUDI ÚBEDA, Presidenta del Gobierno de Aragón — Mr Francisco ÁLVAREZ-CASCOS FERNÁNDEZ, Presidente del Principado de Asturias — Mr José Ramón BAUZÁ DÍAZ, Presidente del Gobierno de las Illes Balears — Mr Juan Ignacio DIEGO PALACIOS, Presidente del Gobierno de Cantabria — Ms Dolores de COSPEDAL GARCÍA, Presidenta de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha — Mr José Antonio MONAGO TERRAZA, Presidente de la Junta de Extremadura — Ms María Yolanda BARCINA ANGULO, Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra — Mr Alberto FABRA PART, Presidente de la Comunidad Valenciana and

(b) as alternate members: — Mr Roberto Pablo BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO MUR, Consejero de Presidencia del Gobierno de Aragón — Mr José PORTILLA GONZÁLEZ, Viceconsejero de Relaciones Institucionales de la Presidencia del Principado de Asturias — Mr Javier GONZÁLEZ ORTIZ, Consejero de Economía, Hacienda y Seguridad del Gobierno de Canarias — Ms Cristina MAZAS PÉREZ-OLEAGA, Consejera de Economía, Hacienda y Empleo de la Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria — Mr Timoteo MARTÍNEZ AGUADO, Viceconsejero de Economía de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha — Ms Cristina Elena TENIENTE SÁNCHEZ, Vicepresidenta y Portavoz de la Junta de Extremadura — Mr Borja COROMINAS FISAS, Director General de Asuntos Europeos y Cooperación con el Estado de la Comunidad de Madrid — Ms Carmen María SANDOVAL SÁNCHEZ, Directora General de la Unión Europea y Relaciones Exteriores de la Región de Murcia — Mr Juan Luis SÁNCHEZ DE MUNIÁIN LACASIA, Consejero de Cultura, Turismo y Relaciones Institucionales de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra — Ms María Victoria PALAU TÁRREGA, Directora General de Relaciones con la Unión Europea de la Comunidad Valenciana

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Luxembourg, 3 October 2011. For the Council The President J. FEDAK

(1) OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2) OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.