CELEX: 32014D0311
Language: en
Date: 2014-05-26 00:00:00
Title: 2014/311/EU: Council Decision of 26 May 2014 appointing two Belgian members and a Belgian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

3.6.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 164/44
            
         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 26 May 2014
   appointing two Belgian members and a Belgian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
   
      (2014/311/EU)
   
   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 Belgian Government,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015. On 26 November 2012, by Council Decision 2012/736/EU (3), Mr Alain HUTCHINSON was appointed as member until 25 January 2015 following the end of the term of office of Mr Charles PICQUÉ and Mr Charles PICQUÉ was appointed as alternate member. On 28 January 2013, by Council Decision 2013/68/EU (4), Mr Jean-Luc VANRAES was appointed member until 25 January 2015 following the end of the term of office of Mr Jos CHABERT.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Two members' seats on the Committee of the Regions are vacant following the end of the electoral mandates on the basis of which Mr Jean-Luc VANRAES and Mr Alain HUTCHINSON were appointed. An alternate member's seat is vacant following the end of the electoral mandate on the basis of which Mr Charles PICQUÉ was appointed,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions with effect from 26 May 2014 for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
   
               a)
            
            
               as members:
               
                           —
                        
                        
                           Mr Jean-Luc VANRAES, Gemeenteraadslid in Ukkel
                           
                        
                     
                           —
                        
                        
                           Mr Alain HUTCHINSON, Conseiller communal à Saint-Gilles
                           
                        
                     and
            
         
               b)
            
            
               as alternate member:
               
                           —
                        
                        
                           Mr Charles PICQUÉ, Bourgmestre de la commune de Saint-Gilles.
                        
                     
         Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
   
      Done at Brussels, 26 May 2014.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         Ch. VASILAKOS
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.
   
      (2)  OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
   
      (3)  OJ L 329, 29.11.2012, p. 18.
   
      (4)  OJ L 32, 1.2.2013, p. 16.