CELEX: 32016D1981
Language: en
Date: 2016-11-08 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (EU) 2016/1981 of 8 November 2016 appointing an alternate member, proposed by the Kingdom of Sweden, of the Committee of the Regions

12.11.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 305/29
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/1981
   of 8 November 2016
   appointing an alternate member, proposed by the Kingdom of Sweden, 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 the proposal of the Swedish Government,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               On 26 January 2015, 5 February 2015 and 23 June 2015, the Council adopted Decisions (EU) 2015/116 (1), (EU) 2015/190 (2) and (EU) 2015/994 (3) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020. On 20 July 2015, by Council Decision (EU) 2015/1203 (4), Mr Kenth LÖVGREN was replaced by Ms Ingeborg WIKSTEN as an alternate member.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               An alternate member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Ingeborg WIKSTEN,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The following 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 2020:
   
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               Mr Mohamad HASSAN, Ledamot i kommunfullmäktige, Uppsala kommun.
            
         Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
   
      Done at Brussels, 8 November 2016.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         P. KAŽIMÍR
      
   
   
      (1)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/116 of 26 January 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 20, 27.1.2015, p. 42).
   
      (2)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/190 of 5 February 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 31, 7.2.2015, p. 25).
   
      (3)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/994 of 23 June 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 159, 25.6.2015, p. 70).
   
      (4)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/1203 of 20 July 2015 appointing three Swedish members and six Swedish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (OJ L 195, 23.7.2015, p. 44).