**Summary:**
Council Decision (EU) 2022/1680, adopted on 26 September 2022, appoints Mr. Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela as a member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term, which expires on 25 January 2025. This appointment fills a vacancy created by the end of Mr. Alberto Núñez Feijóo's national mandate. Mr. Rueda Valenzuela, Presidente de la Junta de Galicia (President of the Regional Government of Galicia), is a representative of a regional body holding a regional authority electoral mandate, as required by Article 300(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The decision enters into force on the date of its adoption. The legal basis for this decision includes Article 305 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Council Decision (EU) 2019/852.
Key Entities Referenced
Council Decision EU 2022/1680: Council Decision EU 2022/1680 of 26 September 2022 appointing a member of the Committee of the Regions.
Committee of the Regions: A European Union advisory body composed of representatives of regional and local authorities.
Kingdom of Spain: The nation-state that proposed a member for appointment to the Committee of the Regions.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: A primary treaty of the European Union.
Council Decision EU 2019/852: 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.
Alfonso RUEDA VALENZUELA: Representative of a regional body, Presidente de la Junta de Galicia (President of the Regional Government of Galicia), appointed as a member of the Committee of the Regions.
Galicia: Autonomous community of Spain.
30.9.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 252/73
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/1680
of 26 September 2022
appointing a member, proposed by the Kingdom of Spain, 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 proposal of the Spanish 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) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the national mandate on
the basis of which Mr Alberto NÚÑEZ FEIJÓO was proposed for appointment.
(4) The Spanish Government has proposed Mr Alfonso RUEDA VALENZUELA, representative of a regional body who
holds a regional authority electoral mandate, Presidente de la Junta de Galicia (President of the Regional Government
of Galicia), as a member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which
runs until 25 January 2025,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Mr Alfonso RUEDA VALENZUELA, representative of a regional body who holds an electoral mandate, Presidente de la Junta
de Galicia (President of the Regional Government of Galicia), is hereby appointed as a member of the Committee of the
Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 26 September 2022.
For the Council
The President
Z. NEKULA
(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).