CELEX: 32008D0657
Language: en
Date: 2008-07-24 00:00:00
Title: 2008/657/EC: Council Decision of 24 July 2008 appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

12.8.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 215/3
            
         
      COUNCIL DECISION
   
   of 24 July 2008
   appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
   (2008/657/EC)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal of the German Government,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               On 24 January 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Gerold WUCHERPFENNIG. An alternate member’s seat becomes vacant following the appointment of Mr Klaus ZEH as a member of the Committee of the Regions,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2010:
   
               (a)
            
            
               as member:
               
                           —
                        
                        
                           Mr Klaus ZEH, Minister für Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten und Chef der Staatskanzlei, Mitglied des Thüringer Landtags (change of mandate), and
                        
                     
         
               (b)
            
            
               as alternate member:
               
                           —
                        
                        
                           Mr Fritz SCHRÖTER, Mitglied des Thüringer Landtags.
                        
                     
         Article 2
   This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
   
      Done at Brussels, 24 July 2008.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         B. HORTEFEUX
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75.