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The Bureau of the Congress Verification of New Members The Bureau of the Congress CG/BUR21(2018)421 18 October 2018 Verification of new members’ credentials Co-rapporteurs:2 Michail ANGELOPOULOS, Greece (L, EPP/CCE) Eunice CAMPBELL-CLARK, United Kingdom (R, SOC) Preliminary draft resolution .......................................................................................................................... 2 Summary The rapporteurs review the credentials of the new members in the light of the current criteria of the Congress Charter and Rules and Procedures. Document submitted for approval to the Bureau of the Congress on 5 November 2018 1 This document is classified confidential until it has been examined by the Bureau of the Congress. 2 L: Chamber of Local Authorities / R: Chamber of Regions EPP/CCE: European People’s Party Group in the Congress SOC: Socialist Group ILDG: Independent and Liberal Democrat Group ECR: European Conservatives and Reformists Group NR: Members not belonging to a political group of the Congress Tel ► +33 (0)3 8841 2110 Fax ► +33 (0)3 8841 2719 [email protected] CG/BUR21(2018)42 PRELIMINARY DRAFT RESOLUTION 1. In compliance with the Congress’ Charter and Rules and Procedures, the countries listed hereafter have changed the composition of their delegation due to either the loss of mandate or the resignation of some members of the delegation: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. 2. At present there are 3 representative seats and 15 substitute seats vacant out of a total of 648 seats. The countries concerned – Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Switzerland – are invited to complete their delegation. 3. The rapporteurs on the verification of credentials propose that the Congress approve the credentials of the members of the national delegations appended to this resolution. Date d’export/export date :18/10/2018 CURRENTANDPROPOSEDDELEGATIONMEMBERS/MEMBRESACTUELSETPROPOSÉS AUSTRIA/AUTRICHE-Seats/Sièges:6 CHAMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES /CHAMBRE DES POUVOIRS LOCAUX Representative/Représentant Mr /M.Franz Xaver GRUBER PPE/CCE-EPP/CCE ÖVP-AustrianPeople'sParty Member of the City Government of Innsbruck Mrs /Mme Silvia HUBER SOC SPÖ-SocialDemocraticParty Vice-Mayor of Wels Mrs /Mme Pauline STERRER PPE/CCE-EPP/CCE ÖVP-AustrianPeople'sParty MayorofRüstorf Substitute/Suppléant Mr /M.Andreas RABL GILD-ILDG FPÖ-FreedomPartyofAustria Mayor of Wels Mrs /Mme Waltraud SCHWAMMER PPE/CCE-EPP/CCE ÖVP-AustrianPeople'sParty Maayor of Dechantskirchen Mr /M.Hannes WENINGER SOC SPÖ-SocialDemocraticParty Councillor,Giesshübl CHAMBEROFREGIONS/CHAMBREDESRÉGIONS Representative/Représentant Mrs /Mme Sonja LEDL-ROSSMAN PPE/CCE-EPP/CCE ÖVP-AustrianPeople'sParty President of theRegional Parliament of Tirol Mrs /Mme Gudrun MOSLER-TOERNSTROEM SOC SPÖ-SocialDemocraticParty Former Vice-President of the State Parliament of Salzburg Mr /M.HaraldSONDEREGGER PPE/CCE-EPP/CCE ÖVP-AustrianPeople´sParty President of theVorarlberg Parliament Substitute/Suppléant Mr /M.Martin EICHTINGER PPE/CCE-EPP/CCE ÖVP-AustrianPeople'sParty Member of the Regional Parliament of Lower Austria Mr /M.Peter FLORIANSCHUETZ SOC SPÖ-SocialDemocraticParty Member of the State Parliament of Vienna Mr /M.Reinhart ROHR SOC SPÖ-SocialDemocraticParty President of theCarinthia Parliament DelegationChair/Présidentdedélégation Mr /M.HaraldSONDEREGGER (Working Language:English /Anglais) President of theVorarlberg Parliament Tel :+43557451130000 Fax :+43557451130095 E-mail :[email protected] 1/29 TheCongressofLocalandRegionalAuthoritiesoftheCouncilofEurope/LeCongrèsdespouvoirslocauxetrégionauxduConseildel’Europe F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex –Tél:+33 (0)3 88 41 21 10 –Fax :+33 (0)3 88 41 37 47 –[email protected] –www.coe.int/congress DeputyHeadofDelegation/Vice-Présidentdedélégation Mrs / Mme Silvia HUBER (Working Language : English / Anglais) Vice-Mayor of Wels Tel : +4372422354300 Fax : E-mail : [email protected] DelegationSecretary/Secrétairededélégation Mrs / Mme Daniela FRAISS (Working Language : English / Anglais) Tel : +32 2 282 0680 Fax : E-mail : [email protected] Mr / M. Andreas GREITER (Working Language : English / Anglais) Tel : +43 512 508 2341 Fax : (43) 512 508 2345 E-mail : [email protected] 2 / 29 TheCongressofLocalandRegionalAuthoritiesoftheCouncilofEurope/LeCongrèsdespouvoirslocauxetrégionauxduConseildel’Europe F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex –Tél:+33(0)3 88 41 21 10 –Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41 37 47 –[email protected] –www.coe.int/congress BELGIUM/BELGIQUE-Seats/Sièges:7 CHAMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES /CHAMBRE DES POUVOIRS LOCAUX Representative/Représentant Mr /M.Marc COOLS GILD-ILDG MR-MouvementRéformateur First Deputy Mayor, Uccle Président,AssociationdelaVilleetdesCommunesdelaRégionBruxelles-Capitale Mrs /Mme Francoise DASPREMONT NI-NR PS -Parti socialiste ConseillèremunicipaleetéchevinedeCharleroi Mr /M.Luc MARTENS PPE/CCE-EPP/CCE CD&V -Christen-Democratisch &Vlaams Conseiller communal de Roeselaere Substitute/Suppléant Mr /M.Jean-Paul BASTIN PPE/CCE-EPP/CCE CDH-CentreDémocrateHumaniste Bourgmestre de Malmedy Mrs /Mme Frida BREPOELS NI-NR N-VA -Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie Bourgmestre de Bilzen Mrs /Mme Christine PIRONNET NI-NR MR-MouvementRéformateur ConseillèremunicipaledeVerviers Mr /M.-ZZSUP CPL (BELGIUM) NI-NR CHAMBEROFREGIONS/CHAMBREDESRÉGIONS Representative/Représentant Mrs /Mme Carla DEJONGHE GILD-ILDG Open VLD -Open Flemish Liberal Democrats DéputéedelarégiondeBruxelles-Capitale Mr /M.Karl-HeinzLAMBERTZ SOC PS -Parti socialiste Senator der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft Mrs /Mme Sophie PECRIAUX SOC PS -Parti socialiste Députée,Parlementwallon Mr /M.Karim VAN OVERMEIRE NI-NR N-VA -Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie Député,Parlementflamand Substitute/Suppléant Mr /M.HendrikDAEMS GILD-ILDG Open Vld -Open VLD-Open Flemish Liberal Democrats Député,Parlementflamand Mrs /Mme Isabelle MOINNET PPE/CCE-EPP/CCE CDH-CentreDémocrateHumaniste Députée,ParlementdeWallonie Mr /M.Johan VERSTREKEN PPE/CCE-EPP/CCE CD&V -Christen-Democratisch &Vlaams Député,Parlementflamand DelegationChair/Présidentdedélégation Mr /M.Karim VAN OVERMEIRE (Working Language :English /Anglais) Député,Parlementflamand Tel :+32475472679 Fax : E-mail :[email protected] DeputyHeadofDelegation/Vice-Présidentdedélégation Mr /M.Jean-Paul BASTIN (WorkingLanguage:French/Français) Bourgmestre de Malmedy Tel :+32476960283 Fax : E-mail :[email protected] 3/29 TheCongressofLocalandRegionalAuthoritiesoftheCouncilofEurope/LeCongrèsdespouvoirslocauxetrégionauxduConseildel’Europe F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex –Tél:+33 (0)3 88 41 21 10 –Fax :+33 (0)3 88 41 37 47 –[email protected] –www.coe.int/congress DelegationSecretary/Secrétairededélégation Mrs / Mme Corinne FRANCOIS (WorkingLanguage:French/Français) Tel : +3222385147 Fax : E-mail : [email protected] 4 / 29 TheCongressofLocalandRegionalAuthoritiesoftheCouncilofEurope/LeCongrèsdespouvoirslocauxetrégionauxduConseildel’Europe F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex –Tél:+33(0)3 88 41 21 10 –Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41 37 47 –[email protected] –www.coe.int/congress DENMARK/DANEMARK-Seats/Sièges:5 CHAMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES /CHAMBRE DES POUVOIRS LOCAUX Representative/Représentant Mr /M.Per Bodker ANDERSEN SOC S-Social Democrats City Councillor, Municipality of Kolding Ms /Mlle Kirstine BILLE SOC SF -Socialistisk Folkeparti City Councillor of Copenhaguen Mr /M.Erik FLYVHOLM GILD-ILDG V-Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti Mayor of Lemvig Substitute/Suppléant Mr /M.Jens Christian GJESING SOC S-Social Democrats City CouncillorofHaderslev Mrs /Mme Karen MELCHIOR NI-NR City Councillor of Copenhaguen CHAMBEROFREGIONS/CHAMBREDESRÉGIONS Representative/Représentant Mr /M.FreddyBLAK SOC S-Social Democrats Member of the Regional Council of the Region Zealand Mrs /Mme Randi MONDORF GILD-ILDG V-Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti Regional Council member of the Hovedstaden Region Substitute/Suppléant Mr /M.Peter FREDERIKSEN GILD-ILDG V-Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti Regional Councillor of the Capital Region Mrs /Mme Tina Juul KJELLBERG SOC S-Social Democrats Regional Councillor of the North Denmark Mr /M.Karsten Uno PETERSEN SOC S-Social Democrats Regional Councillor of the South Denmark Region DelegationChair/Présidentdedélégation Mrs /Mme Randi MONDORF (Working Language:English /Anglais) Regional Council member of the Hovedstaden Region Tel :+4560768825 Fax :+4535298300 E-mail :[email protected] DeputyHeadofDelegation/Vice-Présidentdedélégation Mr /M.Per Bodker ANDERSEN (Working Language:English /Anglais) City Councillor, Municipality of Kolding Tel :+4533703477 Fax : E-mail :[email protected] 5/29 TheCongressofLocalandRegionalAuthoritiesoftheCouncilofEurope/LeCongrèsdespouvoirslocauxetrégionauxduConseildel’Europe F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex –Tél:+33 (0)3 88 41 21 10 –Fax :+33 (0)3 88 41 37 47 –[email protected] –www.coe.int/congress DelegationSecretary/Secrétairededélégation Mr / M. 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