15.4.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 105/5 COUNCIL DECISION of 7 April 2008 appointing ten Polish members and fifteen Polish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2008/302[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 of the Polish Government, Whereas: (1) On 24 January 2006 the Council adopted Decision 2006/116[EC (') appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010. Ten members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the expiry of the mandates of Mr BOCHENSKI, Mr CIACH, Mr CZARSKI, Mr CZERNECKI, Mr MAKAREWICZ, Mr RAKOCZY, Ms RONOWICZ, Mr RYNSKI, Mr SEPIOL and Mr TEODORCZYK. Fourteen alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the expiry of the mandates of Mr ACHRAMOWICZ, Mr FOGLER, Mr GRZESIEK, Mr KARALUS, Ms KEMPINSKA, Mr KRZYWICKI, Mr KRZY- ZEWSKI, Mr KUBAT, Mr NAWARA, Mr OLSZEWSKI, Mr OSOWSKI, Mr PRUSZKOWSKI, Mr SLOWINSKI and Mr TRAMS. One alternate member's seat becomes vacant following the appointment of Mr WRONA as a member, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2010: (a) as members: Adam JARUBAS, marszalek wojewddztwa S$wigtokr- zyskiego, Lech JAWORSKI, radny m.st. Warszawy, Marek NAWARA, marszalek wojewddztwa malo- polskiego (change of mandate), Jacek PROTAS, marszalek wojewddztwa warminsko- mazurskiego, () O] L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75. (b) — J6zef SEBESTA, marszalek wojewddztwa opolskiego, — Stanistaw SZWABSKI, przewodniczacy Rady Miasta Gdyni, — Krzysztof =~ SZYMANSKI,  marszalek ~ wojewddztwa lubuskiego, — Marek TRAMS, radny powiatu polkowickiego (change of mandate), — Ludwik WEGRZYN, radny powiatu bocheniskiego (change of mandate), — Tadeusz WRONA, prezydent Czgstochowy (change of mandate), and as alternate members: — Adam BANASZAK, radny Sejmiku Wojewddztwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego, — Jan BRONS, burmistrz Olesnicy, — Lech DYMARSKI, przewodniczgcy Sejmiku Wojewddztwa Wielkopolskiego, — Jan DZIUBINSKI, prezydent Tarnobrzega, — Robert GODEK, starosta powiatu strzyzowskiego, — Michat KARALUS, radny powiatu pleszewskiego (change of mandate), — Marzena KEMPINSKA, radna powiatu $wieckiego (change of mandate), — Jozef KOTYS, radny Sejmiku Wojewodztwa Opolskiego, — Tadeusz KOWALCZYK, przewodniczacy Sejmiku Woje- wodztwa Swigtokrzyskiego, — Andrzej MATUSIEWICZ, przewdoniczacy Sejmiku Woje- wodztwa Podkarpackiego, — Norbert OBRYCKI, marszalek wojew6dztwa zachodnio- pomorskiego,