EN Official Journal of the European Union L 27/121

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2017/165

of 27 January 2017

appointing a member and twelve alternate members, proposed by the Republic of France 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 the proposal of the French Government,

Whereas:

(1) On 26 January 2015, 5 February 2015 and 23 June 2015, the Council adopted Decisions (EU) 2015/116 (1), (EU) 2015/190 (2) and (EU) 2015/994 (3) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020.

(2) One member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Laurent BEAUVAIS.

(3) Eleven alternate members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Ms Josette BOREL-LINCERTIN, Ms Nathalie COLIN-OESTERLE, Ms Marie-Marguerite DUFAY, Mr Daniel DUGLERY, Mr Nicolas FLORIAN, Ms Karine GLOANEC-MAURIN, Mr Hervé HOCQUARD, Mr Jean-Louis JOSEPH, Mr Daniel PERCHERON, Mr Christophe ROSSIGNOL and Mr Michel VAUZELLE.

(4) One alternate member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the mandate on the basis of which Mr Guillaume CROS (Conseiller régional de Midi-Pyrénées) was proposed,

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 2020:

(a) as a member: — Mr Gérard LAHELLEC, Vice-président du Conseil régional de Bretagne;

(b) as alternate members: — Mr Patrick AYACHE, Vice-président du Conseil régional de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, — Mr Frank CECCONI, Conseiller régional du Conseil régional d'Ile de France, — Ms Yolaine COSTES, Vice-présidente du Conseil régional de La Réunion, — Mr Guillaume CROS, Vice-président du Conseil régional d'Occitanie (change of mandate), — Mr Harold HUWART, Vice-président du Conseil régional du Centre-Val de Loire, — Ms Valérie LETARD, Vice-présidente du Conseil régional des Hauts-de-France, — Ms Marie-Luce PENCHARD, Vice-présidente du Conseil régional de Guadeloupe, — Mr Jean-Jack QUEYRANNE, Conseiller régional du Conseil régional d'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, — Ms Agnès RAMPAL, Conseillère régionale du Conseil régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, — Mr Gilles SIMEONI, Président du Conseil exécutif de la Collectivité territoriale de Corse, — Ms Sandra TORRES, Conseillère régionale du Conseil régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, — Mr Patrice VOIR, Conseiller régional du Conseil régional d'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 27 January 2017. For the Council The President E. SCICLUNA

(1) Council Decision (EU) 2015/116 of 26 January 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 20, 27.1.2015, p. 42).

(2) Council Decision (EU) 2015/190 of 5 February 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 31, 7.2.2015, p. 25).

(3) Council Decision (EU) 2015/994 of 23 June 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 159, 25.6.2015, p. 70).