Council Decision (EU) 2025/1959 of 18 September 2025 appointing an alternate member, proposed by the Portuguese Republic, of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2025-09-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Portugal, appointment of members, member of the Committee of the Regions








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2025/1959


24.9.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/1959
         
of 18 September 2025
         
appointing an alternate member, 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 proposal 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 10 December 2024, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2025/71 (2), appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2025 to 25 January 2030.












(3)


An alternate 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 Rogério DE ANDRADE GOUVEIA was proposed for appointment.












(4)


The Portuguese Government has proposed Mr Duarte Nuno Nunes de Freitas, representative of a regional body who holds a regional authority electoral mandate, Secretário Regional das Finanças do Governo Regional da Madeira (Regional Secretary of Finance of the Regional Government of Madeira), as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2030.





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Mr Duarte Nuno Nunes de Freitas, representative of a regional body who holds a regional authority electoral mandate, Secretário Regional das Finanças do Governo Regional da Madeira (Regional Secretary of Finance of the Regional Government of Madeira), is hereby appointed as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2030.


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




Done at Brussels, 18 September 2025.


For the Council


The President

L. AAGAARD
            





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

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2025/71 of 10 December 2024 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2025 to 25 January 2030 (OJ L, 2025/71, 16.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/71/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1959/oj
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