L 87/12 Official Journal of the European Union 28.3.2007 COUNCIL DECISION of 22 March 2007 appointing two German members and two German alternate members to the Committee of the Regions (2007/187[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 German Government, Whereas: (), On 24 January 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/116EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1). ()  Two members seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the resignation of Mr SINNER and the end of the mandate of Mr HOLTER. One alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions becomes vacant following the appointment of Ms MULLER as a member. A second alternate member’s seat has become vacant following the resignation of Ms BRETSCHNEIDER, 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: — Ms Emilia MULLER to replace Mr SINNER, — Ms Uta-Maria KUDER, Justizministerin des Landes Meck- lenburg-Vorpommern, to replace Mr HOLTER; and (b) as alternate members: — Mr Edmund STOIBER, Ministerprisident des Freistaates Bayern, to replace Ms MULLER, — Mr Detlef MULLER, Mitglied des Landtages von Meck- lenburg-Vorpommern, to replace Ms BRETSCHNEIDER. Atrticle 2 This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption. Done at Brussels, 22 March 2007. For the Council The President W. TIEFENSEE () O] L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75.