COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/1348

of 18 July 2022

appointing two members and two alternate members, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, 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 German 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 10 December 2019, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2019/2157 (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 Ms Helma KUHN-THEIS and Ms Isolde RIES were proposed for appointment.

(4) Two 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 Roland THEIS and Mr Reiner ZIMMER were proposed for appointment.

(5) The German 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: Ms Helma KUHN-THEIS, Mitglied des Gemeinderates von Weiskirchen (Member of Weiskirchen Municipal Council), and Ms Isolde RIES, Bürgermeisterin des Saarbrücker Bezirks West (Mayor of West Saarbrücken District).

(6) The German Government has proposed the following representatives of regional bodies who hold a regional 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 Damhat SISAMCI, Mitglied des Landtages des Saarlandes (Member of Saarland Regional Parliament), and Mr Roland THEIS, Mitglied des Landtages des Saarlandes (Member of Saarland Regional Parliament),

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: — Ms Helma KUHN-THEIS, Mitglied des Gemeinderates von Weiskirchen (Member of Weiskirchen Municipal Council) (change of mandate), — Ms Isolde RIES, Bürgermeisterin des Saarbrücker Bezirks West (Mayor of West Saarbrücken District) (change of mandate), and (b) as alternate members: — Mr Damhat SISAMCI, Mitglied des Landtages des Saarlandes (Member of Saarland Regional Parliament), — Mr Roland THEIS, Mitglied des Landtages des Saarlandes (Member of Saarland Regional Parliament) (change of mandate).

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

Done at Brussels, 18 July 2022. For the Council The President Z. NEKULA

(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).