COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2023/227

of 30 January 2023

appointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by the Kingdom of Spain, 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 proposals of the Spanish Government,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 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.

(2) On 15 November 2021, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2021/2013 (2), appointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by the Kingdom of Spain, of the Committee of the Regions.

(3) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the national mandate on the basis of which Ms Victòria ALSINA I BURGUÉS was proposed for appointment.

(4) An alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the national mandate on the basis of which Mr Gerard Martí FIGUERAS I ALBA was proposed for appointment.

(5) The Spanish Government has proposed Ms Meritxell SERRET I ALEU, representative of a regional body who holds a regional authority electoral mandate, Consejera de Acción Exterior y Unión Europea, Gobierno de la Generalitat de Cataluña (Regional Minister for Foreign Action and European Union, Government of Catalonia), as a member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025.

(6) The Spanish Government has proposed Mr Miquel ROYO VIDAL, representative of a regional body who is politically accountable to an elected assembly, Secretario de Acción Exterior del Gobierno, Gobierno de la Generalitat de Cataluña (Secretary for the Government’s Foreign Action, Government of Catalonia), as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following representatives of regional bodies who hold an electoral mandate or who are politically accountable to an elected assembly are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025: (a) as a member: — Ms Meritxell SERRET I ALEU, Consejera de Acción Exterior y Unión Europea, Gobierno de la Generalitat de Cataluña (Regional Minister for Foreign Action and European Union, Government of Catalonia), and (b) as an alternate member: — Mr Miquel ROYO VIDAL, Secretario de Acción Exterior del Gobierno, Gobierno de la Generalitat de Cataluña (Secretary for the Government’s Foreign Action, Government of Catalonia).

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2023. For the Council The President P. KULLGREN

(1) OJ L 139, 27.5.2019, p. 13.

(2) Council Decision (EU) 2021/2013 of 15 November 2021 appointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by the Kingdom of Spain, of the Committee of the Regions (OJ L 410, 18.11.2021, p. 178).