CELEX: 32022D0286
Language: en
Date: 2022-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (EU) 2022/286 of 22 February 2022 appointing a member, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, of the Committee of the Regions

24.2.2022   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 43/62
               
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/286
         of 22 February 2022
         appointing a member, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, 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 German 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 2019, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2019/2157 (2), appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Michael SCHNEIDER.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     The German Government has proposed Mr Sven SCHULZE, representative of a regional or local body who is politically accountable to an elected assembly, Minister für Wirtschaft, Tourismus, Landwirtschaft und Forsten des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt (Minister for Economic Affairs, Tourism, Agriculture and Forestry of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt), as a member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            Mr Sven SCHULZE, representative of a regional or local body who is politically accountable to an elected assembly, Minister für Wirtschaft, Tourismus, Landwirtschaft und Forsten des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt (Minister for Economic Affairs, Tourism, Agriculture and Forestry of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt) 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 2025.
         
         
            Article 2
            This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
         
         
            Done at Brussels, 22 February 2022.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               C. BEAUNE
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 139, 27.5.2019, p. 13.
         
            (2)  Council Decision (EU) 2019/2157 of 10 December 2019 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 327, 17.12.2019, p. 78).