Council Decision

of 16 July 2012

appointing a Spanish member and a Spanish alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

(2012/406/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 of the Spanish Government,

Whereas:

(1)
On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU1 and 2010/29/EU2 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2)

A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Francisco ÁLVAREZ-CASCOS FERNÁNDEZ. An alternate member’s seat has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr José PORTILLA GONZALEZ,

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 member:

    • Mr Javier FERNÁNDEZ FERNÁNDEZ, Presidente del Principado de Asturias;

    and

  2. (b)

    as alternate member:

    • Mr Guillermo MARTÍNEZ SUÁREZ, Consejero de la Presidencia del Principado de Asturias.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 July 2012.

For the Council

The President

S. Aletraris