No L 25/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 2.2.95 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 23 January 1995 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (95/15/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 198a thereof, Having regard to the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, and in particular Articles 24 and 160 thereof as they result " from the Decision of the Council of the European Union of 1 January 1995 adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union, and in particular Articles 15 and 34 thereof, Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 January 1994 appointing the members of the Committee of the Regions ('), Having regard to the proposals of the Austnan, Finnish and Swedish Governments, Whereas following the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union, a further 33 members and 33 alternate members, representing regional and local bodies in the new Member States, should be appointed to the Committee of the Regions; () OJ No L 31, 4. 1. 1994, p. 29. Whereas the Committee must consist of representatives of regional and local bodies, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the period 23 January 1995 to 25 January 1998 : — as members, the persons listed by Member State in Annex I hereto, — as alternate members, the persons listed by Member State in Annex II hereto. Done at Brussels, 23 January 1995. For the Council The President A. JUPPE