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European Union Brussels, 24 October 2019 (OR. en)

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COVER NOTE From: General Secretariat of the Council To: Delegations Subject: Committee of the Regions - Letter from - appointment of a member

Delegations will find attached a translation of a letter dated 10 October 2019 from Mr Michael CLAUß, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union, addressed to Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union.

Encl.: IM 10705 2019

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Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union Brussels

Rue Jacques de Lalaing/Jacques de Lalaingstraat 8-14, 1040 Brussels

To the Michael Clauß Secretary-General of the Council Ambassador of the European Union Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Dr Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen Germany Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175 to the European Union 1048 Brussels

SUBJECT: Nomination of members to the Committee of the Regions for the sixth term of office

Brussels, 10 October 2019 Dear Sir,

I would kindly ask you to initiate the appointment procedure laid down in Article 305 TFEU for the following new nomination to the Committee of the Regions (CoR).

The Land of -Anhalt has nominated Mr Andreas Dittmann, Bürgermeister der Stadt Zerbst, as a new full member of the CoR for the remainder of the sixth term of office. This new nomination was necessitated by the death of the predecessor, Mr Tilman Tögel.

The Federal Government hereby proposes that Mr Andreas Dittmann be appointed as a full member of the CoR for its sixth term of office.

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Conference of the Heads of Government of the German Länder 2018/2019 Free and Hanseatic City of

Senate Chancellery, Rathausmarkt 1, 20095 Hamburg

Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Heiko Maas Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11013

26 September 2019

New nomination of a representative of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt to the Committee of the Regions (CoR) of the European Union for the remainder of the sixth term of office (2015-2020)

Dear Sir,

In a letter dated 9 September 2019, the Minister-President of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt, Dr , informed me in my capacity as current chair of the Conference of Ministers-President that the Land of Saxony-Anhalt has nominated Mr Andreas Dittmann as a member of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union.

This new nomination was necessitated by the death of the predecessor, Mr Tilman Tögel.

Please find enclosed the nomination with the nominee’s personal details, which I am submitting to you in accordance with Article 2 of the agreement on posting members and alternates to the CoR with the request that it be forwarded to the Council.

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Dr Peter Tschentscher First Mayor

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Nomination of German members to the Committee of the Regions for its sixth term of office

Land of Saxony-Anhalt

Member State: Germany Land: Saxony-Anhalt

Member for the Land of Saxony-Anhalt:

Mr/Ms: Mr First name and surname: Andreas Dittmann Mandate: Bürgermeister der Stadt Zerbst/Anhalt Type of mandate: Post with political accountability to an elected assembly Period of the mandate: Sixth term of office Postal address: OMISSIS OMISSIS Telephone number: OMISSIS Fax number: OMISSIS Email: OMISSIS Date of birth: OMISSIS

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