COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/666

of 12 April 2022

appointing two members and five alternate members, proposed by the Portuguese Republic, 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 Portuguese 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 20 January 2020, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2020/102 (2), appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025.

(3) Two members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the national mandate on the basis of which Mr Fernando Medina Maciel ALMEIDA CORREIA and Mr José Maria DA CUNHA COSTA were proposed for appointment.

(4) Four alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the national mandate on the basis of which Mr Pedro Miguel AMARO DE BETTENCOURT CALADO, Mr Rui Miguel DA SILVA ANDRÉ, Mr Luís Manuel DOS SANTOS CORREIA and Mr Paulo Jorge FRAZÃO BATISTA DOS SANTOS were proposed for appointment.

(5) An alternate member’s seat will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Luís Miguel CORREIA ANTUNES as a member of the Committee of the Regions.

(6) The Portuguese Government has proposed the following representatives of local bodies who hold a local authority electoral mandate as members of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025: Mr Luís Miguel CORREIA ANTUNES, Presidente da Câmara Municipal da Lousã (Mayor of Lousã), and Mr José Manuel PEREIRA RIBEIRO, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Valongo (Mayor of Valongo).

(7) The Portuguese Government has proposed the following representatives of regional or local bodies who hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate as alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025: Mr Pedro Alexandre ANTUNES FAUSTINO PIMPÃO DOS SANTOS, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Pombal (Mayor of Pombal), Mr Rogério Conceição BACALHAU COELHO, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Faro (Mayor of Faro), Mr Gonçalo Nuno BÉRTOLO GORDALINA LOPES, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Leiria (Mayor of Leiria), Mr Rogério DE ANDRADE GOUVEIA, Secretário Regional das Finanças do Governo Regional da Madeira (Finance Regional Secretary of Regional Government of Madeira), and Mr Luís Carlos PITEIRA DIAS, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Vendas Novas (Mayor of Vendas Novas),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following representatives of regional or local bodies who hold an electoral mandate 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 members: — Mr Luís Miguel CORREIA ANTUNES, Presidente da Câmara Municipal da Lousã (Mayor of Lousã), — Mr José Manuel PEREIRA RIBEIRO, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Valongo (Mayor of Valongo), and (b) as alternate members: — Mr Pedro Alexandre ANTUNES FAUSTINO PIMPÃO DOS SANTOS, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Pombal (Mayor of Pombal), — Mr Rogério Conceição BACALHAU COELHO, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Faro (Mayor of Faro), — Mr Gonçalo Nuno BÉRTOLO GORDALINA LOPES, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Leiria (Mayor of Leiria), — Mr Rogério DE ANDRADE GOUVEIA, Secretário Regional das Finanças do Governo Regional da Madeira (Finance Regional Secretary of Regional Government of Madeira), — Mr Luís Carlos PITEIRA DIAS, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Vendas Novas (Mayor of Vendas Novas).

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

Done at Luxembourg, 12 April 2022. For the Council The President C. BEAUNE

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

(2) 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 (OJ L 20, 24.1.2020, p. 2).