CELEX: 32016D0552
Language: en
Date: 2016-04-05 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (EU) 2016/552 of 5 April 2016 appointing a member, proposed by the Kingdom of Denmark of the Committee of the Regions

9.4.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 95/12
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/552
   of 5 April 2016
   appointing a member, proposed by the Kingdom of Denmark 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 Danish 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.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               A member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Thomas KASTRUP-LARSEN,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The following is hereby appointed as a 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 Erik NIELSEN, Mayor of Rødovre Municipality.
            
         Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
   
      Done at Brussels, 5 April 2016.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         A.G. KOENDERS
      
   
   
      (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).