Council Decision (EU) 2024/1678 of 30 May 2024 appointing two alternate members, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2024-05-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Germany, appointment of members, member of the Committee of the Regions








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2024/1678


14.6.2024







            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/1678
         
of 30 May 2024
         
appointing 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 alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the resignation of Mr Josef FREY and the end of the national mandate on the basis of which Ms Heike SCHARFENBERGER was proposed for appointment.












(4)


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 Niklas NÜSSLE, Mitglied des Landtages von Baden-Württemberg (Member of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg), and Mr Gregory SCHOLZ, Mitglied des Landtages von Rheinland-Pfalz (Member of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate),





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:




Article 1

The following representatives of regional bodies who hold an electoral mandate are hereby appointed as alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025:






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Mr Niklas NÜSSLE, Mitglied des Landtages von Baden-Württemberg (Member of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg),










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Mr Gregory SCHOLZ, Mitglied des Landtages von Rheinland-Pfalz (Member of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate).







Article 2

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




Done at Brussels, 30 May 2024.


For the Council


The President

T. VAN DER STRAETEN
            





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

(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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2019/2157/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1678/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)