2014/684/EU: Council Decision of 25 September 2014 appointing nine Greek members and twelve Greek alternate members of the Committee of the Regions

30.9.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 284/49
COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 September 2014
appointing nine Greek members and twelve Greek alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2014/684/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 GreekGovernment,
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 9 April 2010, by Council Decision 2010/217/EU (3) Mr Dimitrios MARAVELIAS was appointed alternate member until 25 January 2015. On 21 March 2011, by Council Decision 2011/191/EU (4) Mr Ioannis BOUTARIS, Mr Dimitrios KALOGEROPOULOS, Mr Georgios KOTRONIAS, Mr Nikolaos PAPANDREOU, Mr Ioannis SGOUROS and Mr Grigorios ZAFEIROPOULOS were appointed members, and Mr Pavlos ALTINIS, Mr Athanasios GIAKALIS, Mr Aristeidis GIANNAKIDIS, Mr Dimitrios DRAKOS, Mr Polydoros LAMPRINOUDIS, Mr Christos LAPPAS, Mr Ioannis MACHAIRIDIS and Mr Dimitrios BIRMPAS were appointed as alternate members until 25 January 2015. On 29 October 2012, by Council Decision 2012/676/EU (5), Mr Spyridon SPYRIDON was appointed member and Mr Dimitrios PETROVITS was appointed alternate member until 25 January 2015.
(2) Nine members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Ioannis BOUTARIS, Mr Theodoros GKOTSOPOULOS, Mr Dimitrios KALOGEROPOULOS, Mr Georgios KOTRONIAS, Mr Nikolaos PAPANDREOU, Mr Ioannis SGOUROS, Mr Konstantinos SIMITSIS, Mr Spyridon SPYRIDON and Mr Grigorios ZAFEIROPOULOS.
(3) Twelve alternate members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Pavlos ALTINIS, Mr Dimitrios BIRMPAS, Mr Dimitrios DRAKOS, Mr Athanasios GIAKALIS, Mr Aristeidis GIANNAKIDIS, Mr Ioannis KOURAKIS, Mr Polydoros LAMPRINOUDIS, Mr Christos LAPPAS, Mr Ioannis MACHAIRIDIS, Mr Dimitrios MARAVELIAS, Mr Dimitrios PETROVITS and Mr Dimitrios PREVEZANOS,