COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/914

of 18 March 2024

appointing a member proposed by the Kingdom of Spain

,

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 Spanish 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 Adrián BARBÓN RODRÍGUEZ.

(4) The Spanish Government has proposed Mr Guillermo PELÁEZ ÁLVAREZ, representative of a regional body who is politically accountable to an elected assembly,

Consejero de Hacienda y Fondos Europeos, Gobierno del Principado de Asturias

(Regional Minister for Finance and European Funds, Government of the Principality of Asturias), 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 Guillermo PELÁEZ ÁLVAREZ, representative of a regional body who is politically accountable to an elected assembly,

Consejero de Hacienda y Fondos Europeos, Gobierno del Principado de Asturias

(Regional Minister for Finance and European Funds, Government of the Principality of Asturias), 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, 18 March 2024.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

(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

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/914/oj

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