L 250/22 Official Journal of the European Union 2.10.2003 COUNCIL DECISION of 22 September 2003 appointing a member of the Committee of the Regions (2003/685/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 a Decision appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions ('). (2)  The seat of a member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Frangois-Xavier DE DONNEA, of which the Council was notified on 17 June 2003, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article Mr Daniel DUCARME, Minister-President of the Brussels Capital Regional Government, with responsibility for Local Authorities, Regional Planning, Monuments and Sites, Urban Regeneration and Scientific Research, is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Francois-Xavier DE DONNEA for the remainder of his term of office, which ends on 25 January 2006. Done at Brussels, 22 September 2003. For the Council The President F. FRATTINI () OJ L 24, 26.1.2002, p. 38.