Date: 2023-07-27Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Decision (EU) 2023/1550 of 25 July 2023 appointing an alternate member, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, of the Committee of the Regions
**Summary:**
Council Decision (EU) 2023/1550, adopted on July 25, 2023, appoints Mr. Wolfram Leibe, Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Trier (Lord Mayor of the City of Trier), as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions. This appointment, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, fills a vacancy created by the end of Mr. Peter Kurz's national mandate, effective August 3, 2023. Mr. Leibe's term will run from September 1, 2023, until the end of the current term of office for members of the Committee of the Regions, which is January 25, 2025. The 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. Mr. Leibe, as a representative of a local body holding a local authority electoral mandate, fulfills the requirements outlined in Article 300(3) of the Treaty. The decision entered into force on July 25, 2023.
Key Entities Referenced
Committee of the Regions: An advisory body of the European Union composed of representatives of regional and local authorities.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union, outlining its organization, powers, and functions.
Federal Republic of Germany: The country that proposed the alternate member to the Committee of the Regions.
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.
Peter KURZ: The alternate member whose seat on the Committee of the Regions became vacant.
Wolfram LEIBE: The proposed alternate member of the Committee of the Regions, representative of a local body, Oberbrgermeister der Stadt Trier Lord Mayor of the City of Trier.
Brussels: The city where the Council Decision was done.
L 188/40 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.7.2023
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2023/1550
of 25 July 2023
appointing an alternate member, proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany, 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 German 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) An alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions will become vacant as from 3 August 2023, following
the end of the national mandate on the basis of which Mr Peter KURZ was appointed.
(4) The German Government has proposed Mr Wolfram LEIBE, representative of a local body who holds a local
authority electoral mandate, Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Trier (Lord Mayor of the City of Trier), as an alternate
member of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 1 September 2023until the end of the current term
of office on 25 January 2025,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Mr Wolfram LEIBE, representative of a local body who holds an electoral mandate, Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Trier (Lord
Mayor of the City of Trier), is hereby appointed as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions from
1 September 2023until 25 January 2025.
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).27.7.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/41
Done at Brussels, 25 July 2023.
For the Council
The President
L. PLANAS PUCHADES