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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2024/919 21.3.2024
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/919
of 18 March 2024
appointing a member, proposed by the Republic of Finland, 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 Finnish 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 Mikkel NÄKKÄLÄJÄRVI was proposed for appointment.
(4) The Finnish Government has proposed Mr Pekka KOMU, a representative of a local body who holds a local authority
electoral mandate, Valtuutettu, Lahden kaupunginvaltuusto (Member of Lahti City Council), 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 Pekka KOMU, a representative of a local body who holds an electoral mandate, Valtuutettu, Lahden kaupunginvaltuusto
(Member of Lahti City Council), 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, 18 March 2024.
For the Council
The President
J. BORRELL FONTELLES
(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).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/919/oj 1/1