Council Decision (EU) 2016/554
of 5 April 2016
appointing nine members, proposed by the Republic of France 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 French Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 26 January 2015, 5 February 2015 and 23 June 2015, the Council adopted Decisions (EU) 2015/116, (EU) 2015/190 and (EU) 2015/994 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020.
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).
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).
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).
(2) Six members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Claude GEWERC, Ms Annabelle JAEGER, Mr Charles MARZIANI, Mr Pierrick MASSIOT, Mr René SOUCHON and Mr Bernard SOULAGE.
(3) Three members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the mandates on the basis of which Mr François DECOSTER (Conseiller régional du Nord-Pas-de-Calais), Mr Pascal MANGIN (Conseiller régional d'Alsace) and Mr Stéphan ROSSIGNOL (Conseiller régional du Languedoc-Roussilon) were proposed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following are hereby appointed as members to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2020:
Mme Isabelle BOUDINEAU, Vice-présidente du Conseil régional Aquitaine-Poitou-Charente-Limousin,
Mme Martine CALDEROLI-LOTZ, Conseillère régionale du Conseil régional Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine,
M. Christophe CLERGEAU, Conseiller régional du Conseil régional Pays-de-la-Loire,
M. François DECOSTER, Vice-président du Conseil régional Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie (change of mandate),
Mme Mélanie FORTIER, Conseillère régionale du Conseil régional Centre-Val-de-Loire,
M. Pascal MANGIN, Conseiller régional du Conseil régional Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine (change of mandate),
Mme Marie-Antoinette MAUPERTUIS, Conseillère exécutive de la Collectivité territoriale de Corse,
M. Stéphan ROSSIGNOL, Conseiller régional du Conseil régional Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées (change of mandate),
M. Thierry SOLERE, Conseiller régional du Conseil régional Ile-de-France.
Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 5 April 2016.
For the Council
The President
A.G. Koenders