**Summary:**
Council Decision (EU) 2022/1678, adopted on 26 September 2022, appoints Mr. Tine Radinja, Mayor of Škofja Loka, and Mr. Tomaž Rožen, Mayor of Ravne na Koroškem, as members of the Committee of the Regions. These appointments, proposed by the Republic of Slovenia, fill vacancies created by the end of the national mandates of Mr. Uroš Brežan and Mr. Aleksander Jevšek. The appointments are effective from 26 September 2022 and will last for the remainder of the current term of office, which concludes on 25 January 2025. This decision is based on Article 305 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Council Decision (EU) 2019/852, which determines the composition of the Committee of the Regions. The appointees are representatives of local bodies holding a local authority electoral mandate.
Key Entities Referenced
Committee of the Regions: An advisory body of the European Union composed of representatives of regional and local authorities.
Republic of Slovenia: The member state of the European Union that proposed the members to the Committee of the Regions.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union, cited as the legal basis for the Council Decision.
Council Decision EU 2019/852: A previous Council Decision determining the composition of the Committee of the Regions.
Council Decision EU 2019/2157: Council Decision appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025.
Tine RADINJA: Representative of local bodies and Mayor of kofja Loka, appointed as a member of the Committee of the Regions.
Toma ROEN: Representative of local bodies and Mayor of Ravne na Korokem, appointed as a member of the Committee of the Regions.
kofja Loka: A municipality in Slovenia. Tine Radinja is the mayor.
L 252/70 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.9.2022
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/1678
of 26 September 2022
appointing two members, proposed by the Republic of Slovenia, 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 Council Decision (EU) 2019/852 of 21 May 2019determining the composition of the Committee of the
Regions(1),
Having regard to the proposals of the Slovenian Government,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 300(3) of the Treaty, the Committee of the Regions is to consist of representatives of regional and
local bodies who either hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an
elected assembly.
(2) On 10 December 2019, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2019/2157(2), appointing the members and alternate
members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020to 25 January 2025.
(3) Two members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the national
mandate on the basis of which Mr Uroš BREŽAN and Mr Aleksander JEVŠEK were proposed for appointment.
(4) The Slovenian Government has proposed the following representatives of local bodies who hold a local authority
electoral mandate as members of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office,
which runs until 25 January 2025: Mr Tine RADINJA, župan Škofje Loke (Mayor of Škofja Loka), and Mr Tomaž
ROŽEN, župan Raven na Koroškem (Mayor of Ravne na Koroškem),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following representatives of local bodies who hold an electoral mandate are hereby appointed as members of the
Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025:
— Mr Tine RADINJA, župan Škofje Loke (Mayor of Škofja Loka),
— Mr Tomaž ROŽEN, župan Raven na Koroškem (Mayor of Ravne na Koroškem).
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
(1) OJ L 139, 27.5.2019, p. 13.
(2) Council Decision (EU) 2019/2157 of 10 December 2019 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the
Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 327, 17.12.2019, p. 78).30.9.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 252/71
Done at Brussels, 26 September 2022.
For the Council
The President
Z. NEKULA