COUNCIL DECISION of 11 February 2014 Appointing Three Danish Members and Five Danish Alternate Members of the Committee of the Regions (2014/79/EU)

L 44/48 EN Official Journal of the European Union 14.2.2014

DECISIONS

COUNCIL DECISION of 11 February 2014 appointing three Danish members and five Danish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2014/79/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (a) as members:

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European — Mr Erik FLYVHOLM, Mayor of Lemvig Municipality, Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof, — Mr Bent HANSEN, Chairman of the Regional Council, Region Having regard to the proposal of the Danish Government, Central Denmark,

Whereas: — Mr Simon Mønsted STRANGE, Member of the City Council of Copenhagen; (1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU ( 1 ) and and 2010/29/EU ( 2 ) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the (b) as alternate members: period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015. — Mr Anker BOYE, Mayor of Odense Municipality, (2) Three members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of — Ms Jane FINDAHL, Councillor, Fredericia Municipality, office of Mr Knud ANDERSEN, Mr Jens Arne HEDEGAARD JENSEN and Mr Henning JENSEN. — Mr Carl HOLST, President of the Regional Council of the Region of Southern Denmark, (3) Three alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Hans — Mr Lars KRARUP, Mayor of Herning, Freddie Holmgaard MADSEN, Ms Tatiana SORENSEN and Mr Ole B. SORENSEN. — Mr Michael ZIEGLER, Mayor of Høje-Taastrup Kommune. (4) Two alternate members’ seats will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Simon Mønsted Article 2 STRANGE and Mr Erik FLYVHOLM as members of the This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. Committee of the Regions,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Done at Brussels, 11 February 2014.

Article 1 For the Council The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which The President runs until 25 January 2015: E. VENIZELOS

( 1 ) OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22. ( 2 ) OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.