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Council Decision of 17 February 2005 appointing six Belgian members and eight Belgian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2005/159/EC)

EU Decision 2005/159 · Adopted 17 February 2005 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Decision

of 17 February 2005

appointing six Belgian members and eight Belgian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions

(2005/159/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Belgian Government,

Whereas:

(1)

On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/ECf1 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions.

(2)

One seat as a member and one seat as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the resignation of Mr Frans RAMON, member, notified to the Council on 8 September 2004 and of Mr Jos BEX, alternate member, notified to the Council on 3 February 2005, and five seats as members and seven seats as alternate members of the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the expiry of the mandates of Mr Paul VAN GREMBERGEN (BE), Mr Bart SOMERS (BE), Mr Stefaan PLATTEAU (BE), Mr Xavier DESGAIN (BE) and Mr Hervé HASQUIN (BE), members, and of Mr Jacques TIMMERMANS (BE), Mr André DENYS, Ms Josée VERCAMMEN, Mr Serge KUBLA, Mr Rudy DEMOTTE, Mr Jean-Marc NOLLET and Mr Bernd GENTGES, alternate members, notified to the Council on 24 January 2005,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 24, 26.1.2002, p. 38.

Contents

  1. Sole ArticleArticle Sole Article
  2. Signature

Sole Article

The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions:

  1. a))

    as members:

    • Mr Yves LETERME

      Minister-President van de Vlaamse Regering en Vlaams Minister van Institutionele Hervormingen, Landbouw, Zeevisserij en Plattelandsbeleid

      to replace Mr Frans RAMON

    • Mr Bart SOMERS

      Vlaams Volksvertegenwoordiger

      (on the basis of his new mandate as a member of the Flemish Parliament)

    • Ms Fientje MOERMAN

      Vice-Minister-President van de Vlaamse Regering en Vlaams Minister van Economie, Ondernemen, Wetenschap, Innovatie en Buitenlandse Handel

      to replace Mr Stefaan PLATTEAU

    • Mr Geert BOURGEOIS

      Vlaams Minister van Bestuurzaken, Buitenlands Beleid, Media en Tourisme

      to replace Mr Paul VAN GREMBERGEN

    • Mr Michel LEBRUN

      Député wallon

      to replace Mr Xavier DESGAIN

    • Mr Jean-François ISTASSE

      Président du Parlement de la Communauté française

      to replace Mr Hervé HASQUIN;

  2. b))

    as alternate members:

    • Mr Johan SAUWENS

      Vlaams Volksvertegenwoordiger

      to replace Mr André DENYS

    • Mr Bart CARON

      Vlaams Volksvertegenwoordiger

      to replace Mr Jacques TIMMERMANS

    • Mr Stefaan PLATTEAU

      Burgemeester,

      to replace Ms Josée VERCAMMEN

    • Ms Marie-Dominique SIMONET

      Ministre de la Recherche, des Technologies nouvelles et des relations extérieures du Gouvernement wallon

      to replace Mr Serge KUBLA

    • Mr Maurice BAYENET

      Député au Parlement de la Communauté française

      to replace Mr Jean-Marc NOLLET

    • Mr Béa DIALLO

      Député au Parlement de la Communauté française

      to replace Mr Rudy DEMOTTE

    • Mr Claude DESAMA

      Bourgmestre de Verviers

      to replace Mr Bernd GENTGES

    • Mr Jan ROEGIERS

      Vlaams Volksvertegenwoordiger

      to replace Mr Jos BEX

for the remainder of their term of office, which runs until 25 January 2006.

Signature

Done at Brussels, 17 February 2005.

For the Council

The President

J.-C. Juncker