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 members: — Mr Panayotis PSOMIADIS, Prefect of Thessaloniki, in place of Mr Christos CHATZOPOULOS, — Mr Georgios PAPASTERGIOU, Prefect of Pieria, in place of Mr Dimitrios STAMATIS, — Mr Nikitas KAKLAMANIS, Mayor of Athens, in place of Ms Theodora BAKOYANNI, — Mr Andreas FOURAS, Mayor of Patras, in place of Mr Andreas KARAVOLAS, — Mr Grigorios ZAFIROPOULOS, Mayor of Chalandri (Athens), in place of Mr Pavlos KAMARAS, — Mr Dimitrios TSINGOUNIS, Mayor of Leonidio (Arcadia) in place of Mr Panayotis TZANIKOS, — Mr Konstantinos TZATZANIS, Counsellor, Prefecture of Piraeus, in place of Mr Konstantinos TZATZANIS, Municipal Counsellor, Piraeus, and, (b) as alternate members: — Mr Konstantinos KONTOYORGOS, Prefect of Evritania, in place of Mr Theodoros GEORGAKIS, — Mr Dimitrios DRAKOS, Prefect of Messinia, in place of Mr Georgios KOUTSOULIS, — Mr Dimitrios KALOGEROPOULOS, Mayor of Aigaleo (Athens), in place of Mr Georgios MACHIMARIS, — Mr Dimitrios PREVEZANOS, Counsellor, Municipality of Skiathos (Magnissia), in place of Mr Ioannis SPARTSIS, — Mr Spyros SPYRIDON, Counsellor, Prefecture of Athens — Piraeus in place of Mr Spyros SPYRIDON Mayor of Poros.
Article 2 
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.