Council Decision

of 18 January 2011

appointing one Austrian member and two Austrian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions

(2011/39/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 from the Austrian Government,

Whereas:

(1)
On 22 December 2009 and 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU and 2010/29/EU appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 20151.
(2)

A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Franz VOVES.

(3)

Two alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Hermann SCHÜTZENHÖFER and Mr Walter PRIOR,

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 2015:

  1. (a)

    as a member:

    • Herr Landesrat Dr Christian BUCHMANN, Landesrat in der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung;

    and

  2. (b)

    as alternate members:

    • Frau Landesrätin Mag. Elisabeth GROSSMANN, Landesrätin in der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung,

    • Herr Klubobmann Christian ILLEDITS, Abgeordneter zum Burgenländischen Landtag; Klubobmann der SPÖ-Fraktion.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 18 January 2011.

For the Council

The President

Gy. Matolcsy