Council Decision
of 24 April 2012
appointing seven French members and 11 French alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/217/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 French Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 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 2015.
OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.
OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
(2) Seven members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the mandates of Ms Claude du GRANRUT, Mr Alain LE VERN, Mr Daniel PERCHERON, Mr Jean PRORIOL, Mr Camille de ROCCA SERRA, Mr Alain ROUSSET and Mr Ange SANTINI.
(3) Eleven alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the mandates of Mr Jacques AUXIETTE, Mr Jean-Paul BACHY, Ms Martine CALDEROLI-LOTZ, Ms Anne-Marie COMPARINI, Mr Jean-Jacques FRITZ, Mr Claude GEWERC, Ms Arlette GROSSKOST, Mr Antoine KARAM, Mr Martin MALVY, Mr Michel NEUGNOT and Ms Élisabeth THÉVENON-DURANTIN,
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:
(a) as members:
Mr François DECOSTER, Conseiller régional du Nord Pas de Calais,
Mr Jean-Paul DENANOT, Conseiller régional du Limousin,
Mr Claude GEWERC, Conseiller régional de Picardie,
Ms Annabelle JAEGER, Conseillère régionale de Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur,
Mr Pascal MANGIN, Conseiller régional d’Alsace,
Mr Didier ROBERT, Conseiller régional de la Réunion,
Mr Stéphan ROSSIGNOL, Conseiller régional du Languedoc Roussillon;
and
(b) as alternate members:
Mr Laurent BEAUVAIS, Conseiller régional de Basse-Normandie,
Ms Caroline CAYEUX, Conseillère régionale de Picardie,
Ms Nathalie COLIN-OESTERLE, Conseillère régionale de Lorraine,
Mr Mathieu DARNAUD, Conseiller régional de Rhône-Alpes,
Ms Marie-Marguerite DUFAY, Conseillère régionale de Franche-Comté,
Mr Nicolas FLORIAN, Conseiller régional d’Aquitaine,
Ms Peggy KANÇAL, Conseillère régionale d’Aquitaine,
Mr Alain LE VERN, Conseiller régional de Haute-Normandie,
Mr Victorin LUREL, Conseiller régional de Guadeloupe,
Mr Daniel PERCHERON, Conseiller régional du Nord Pas-de-Calais,
Mr Christophe ROSSIGNOL, Conseiller régional du Centre.
Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Done at Luxembourg, 24 April 2012.
For the Council
The President
N. Wammen