On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC(1)appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions.

25.2.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 52/40 ---|---|---|--- * * * 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/EC (1) 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: Sole Article The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions: 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; ---|--- 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. Done at Brussels, 17 February 2005. For the Council The President J.-C. JUNCKER * * * (1) OJ L 24, 26.1.2002, p. 38. * * *