Council Decision (EU) 2022/1258 of 18 July 2022 appointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2022-07-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Germany, appointment of members, member of the Committee of the Regions








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20.7.2022   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 191/66








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/1258
of 18 July 2022
         
appointing a member and an alternate member, 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)


A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions will become vacant as from 5 September 2022, following the resignation of Mr Bernd LANGE taking effect on 4 September 2022.












(4)


The German Government has proposed Mr Thomas HABERMANN, representative of a local body who holds a local authority electoral mandate, Landrat des Landkreises Rhön-Grabfeld (District Commissioner of Rhön-Grabfeld), as a member of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 5 September 2022 until the end of the current term of office on 25 January 2025.












(5)


An alternate member’s seat will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Thomas HABERMANN as a member of the Committee of the Regions as from 5 September 2022.












(6)


The German Government has proposed Mr Christoph SCHNAUDIGEL, representative of a local body who holds a local authority electoral mandate, Landrat des Landkreises Karlsruhe (District Commissioner of Karlsruhe), as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 5 September 2022 until the end of the current term of office on 25 January 2025,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following representatives of local bodies who hold an electoral mandate are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions from 5 September 2022 until 25 January 2025:






(a)


as a member:






—


Mr Thomas HABERMANN, Landrat des Landkreises Rhön-Grabfeld (District Commissioner of Rhön-Grabfeld);




and










(b)


as an alternate member:






—


Mr Christoph SCHNAUDIGEL, Landrat des Landkreises Karlsruhe (District Commissioner of Karlsruhe).










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).