COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2017/1336

of 11 July 2017

appointing two members and an alternate 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 the proposal of the German Government,

Whereas:

(1)	On 26 January 2015, 5 February 2015 and 23 June 2015, the Council adopted Decisions (EU) 2015/116 (1), 2015/190 (2) and 2015/994 (3) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020.

(2)	Two members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Ms Uta-Maria KUDER and Mr Detlef MÜLLER.

(3)	An alternate member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Andreas TEXTER,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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 2020:

(a)

as members:

—	Ms Katy HOFFMEISTER, Justizministerin des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,

—	Mr Tilo GUNDLACK, Mitglied des Landtages Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,

and

(b)

as an alternate member:

—	Mr Jochen SCHULTE, Mitglied des Landtages Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 11 July 2017.

For the Council

The President

T. TÕNISTE

(1) Council Decision (EU) 2015/116 of 26 January 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 20, 27.1.2015, p. 42).

(2) Council Decision (EU) 2015/190 of 5 February 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 31, 7.2.2015, p. 25).

(3) Council Decision (EU) 2015/994 of 23 June 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 159, 25.6.2015, p. 70).