COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/102

of 20 January 2020

appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 300(3) and 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 made by each Member State,

Whereas:

(1) Article 300(3) of the Treaty provides that 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) Article 305 of the Treaty provides for the members of the Committee of the Regions and an equal number of alternate members to be appointed by the Council for a term of five years in accordance with the proposals made by each Member State.

(3) As the term of office of the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions is due to expire on 25 January 2020, new members and alternate members should be appointed.

(4) On 10 December 2019, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2019/2157 (2). That Decision appointed, for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025, the members and alternate members proposed by the Czech, Danish, Estonian, Cypriot, Latvian, Luxembourg, Dutch, Austrian, Romanian, Slovenian, Slovak and Swedish Governments. Decision (EU) 2019/2157 also appointed for the same period 3 members proposed by the Belgian Government, 21 members and 20 alternate members proposed by the German Government, 16 members and 16 alternate members proposed by the Spanish Government, 8 members and 8 alternate members proposed by the Irish Government, 10 members and 14 alternate members proposed by the Italian Government, 4 members and 4 alternate members proposed by the Maltese Government and 8 members and 8 alternate members proposed by the Finnish Government. Members and alternate members whose nominations had not been communicated to the Council before 15 November 2019 could not be included in Decision (EU) 2019/2157.

(5) By 20 December 2019, further lists were submitted to the Council, namely the list of members and alternate members proposed by the Greek, French, Croatian, Lithuanian, Hungarian and Portuguese Governments, as well as the list containing 4 members and 4 alternate members proposed by the Belgian Government, the list containing one member proposed by the Bulgarian Government, the list containing one member and one alternate member proposed by the Irish Government, the list containing one member and one alternate member proposed by the Spanish Government, the list containing 14 members and 10 alternate members proposed by the Italian Government and the list containing 21 members and 20 alternate members proposed by the Polish Government. Those members and alternate members should be appointed for the same period, from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025, as the members and alternate members appointed by Decision (EU) 2019/2157.

(6) That appointment will be followed at a later stage by the appointment of the other members and alternate members whose nominations have not been communicated to the Council before 20 December 2019,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025: — as members, the persons listed by Member State in Annex I; — as alternate members, the persons listed by Member State in Annex II.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 January 2020. For the Council The President J. BORRELL FONTELLES

(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).