Council Decision (EU) 2024/1477 of 21 May 2024 appointing a member, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2024-05-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Germany, appointment of members, member of the Committee of the Regions








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2024/1477


24.5.2024







            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/1477
         
of 21 May 2024
         
appointing a 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 proposal 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 7 April 2022, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2022/620 (2), appointing a member, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, of the Committee of the Regions.












(3)


A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the national mandate on the basis of which Mr Uwe BECKER was proposed for appointment.












(4)


The German Government has proposed Ms Karin MÜLLER, representative of a regional body who is politically accountable to an elected assembly, Staatssekretärin für Europaangelegenheiten und Entbürokratisierung, politische Verantwortung gegenüber dem Hessischen Landtag (State Secretary for European Affairs and De-bureaucratisation, politically accountable to the Parliament of the State of Hesse), as a member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Ms Karin MÜLLER, representative of a regional body who is politically accountable to an elected assembly, Staatssekretärin für Europaangelegenheiten und Entbürokratisierung, politische Verantwortung gegenüber dem Hessischen Landtag (State Secretary for European Affairs and De-bureaucratisation, politically accountable to the Parliament of the State of Hesse), is hereby appointed as a member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025.


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




Done at Brussels, 21 May 2024.


For the Council


The President

H. LAHBIB
            





(1)  
            OJ L 139, 27.5.2019, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2019/852/oj.

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2022/620 of 7 April 2022 appointing a member, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, of the Committee of the Regions (OJ L 115, 13.4.2022, p. 73, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/620/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1477/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)