L 1838 Official Journal of the European Union 2.7.2013 DECISIONS COUNCIL DECISION of 1 July 2013 appointing the Croatian members and the Croatian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2013/342[EV) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, and in particular Article 24 thereof, Having regard to the proposal made by the Government of the Republic of Croatia, Whereas: (1)~ On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (') and 2010/29/EU (3 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015. (2)  Following the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, the Committee of the Regions should be enlarged by the appointment of nine members and nine alternate members representing regional and local bodies in Croatia who either hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an elected assembly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The following persons are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the period from 1 July 2013 to 25 January 2015: (a) as members: — Ms Snjezana BUZINEC, Mayor of the Municipality of Jakovlje — Mr Nikola DOBROSLAVIC, Prefect of Dubrovnik-Neretva County — Mr Bruno HRANIC, Mayor of the Municipality of Vidovec — Mr Ivan JAKOVCIC, Member of the Assembly of Istria County () OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22. () OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11. — Mr Danijel MARUSIC, Prefect of Brod-Posavina County — Mr Vojko OBERSNEL, Mayor of the City of Rijeka — Ms Jelena PAVICIC VUKICEVIC, Member of the Assembly of the City of Zagreb — Mr Predrag STROMAR, Prefect of Varazdin County (b) as alternate members: — Mr Martin BARICEVIC, Mayor of the Municipality of Jasenice — Ms Viviana BENUSSI, Deputy Prefect of Istria County — Mr Miroslav CACIJA, Member of the Bjelovar-Bilogora County Assembly — Ms Blanka GLAVICA-JECMENICA, Member of the Council of Municipality Marusevec — Mr Andrija RUDIC, Mayor of the City of Kutina — Mr Tulio DEMETLIKA, Mayor of the City of Labin — Ms Josipa RIMAC, Mayor of the City of Knin — Mr Zeliko SABO, Mayor of the City of Vukovar — Ms Ivana POSAVEC KRIVEC, Member of the Assembly of Zagreb County. Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. Done at Brussels, 1 July 2013. For the Council The President L. LINKEVICIUS