(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)

Two alternate members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the national mandates on the basis of which Mr Manuel Alejandro CARDENETE FLORES and Ms María SÁNCHEZ RUIZ were proposed for appointment.

(4)

The Spanish Government has proposed the following representatives of regional bodies who hold a regional authority electoral mandate or who are politically accountable to an elected assembly as alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025: Ms Ana Belén ÁLVAREZ FERNÁNDEZ, Consejera de Economía y Hacienda del Gobierno de Cantabria (Regional Minister for Economy and Finance, Government of Cantabria), and Mr José Enrique MILLO ROCHER, Secretario General de Acción Exterior, Unión Europea y Cooperación, Junta de Andalucía (Secretary General for External Action, European Union and Cooperation, Government of Andalusia),

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Ms Ana Belén ÁLVAREZ FERNÁNDEZ, Consejera de Economía y Hacienda del Gobierno de Cantabria (Regional Minister for Economy and Finance, Government of Cantabria),

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Mr José Enrique MILLO ROCHER, Secretario General de Acción Exterior, Unión Europea y Cooperación, Junta de Andalucía (Secretary General for External Action, European Union and Cooperation, Government of Andalusia).