L 26318 Official Journal of the European Union 7.10.2011 COUNCIL DECISION of 3 October 2011 appointing eight Spanish members and 10 Spanish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2011/661/EU) 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 proposal of the Spanish Government, 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. Eight members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Francesc ANTICH I OLIVER, Mr Marcelino IGLESIAS RICOU, Mr Vicente ALVAREZ ARECES, Ms Dolores GOROSTIAGA SAIZ, Mr José Maria BARREDA FONTES, Mr Guillermo FERNANDEZ VARA, Mr Miguel SANZ SESMA and Mr Francisco CAMPS ORTIZ. Ten alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Alberto GARCIA CERVINO, Ms Lucfa MARTIN DOMINGUEZ, Mr Juan Antonio MORALES RODRIGUEZ, Ms Elsa CASAS CABELLO, Ms Esther MONTERRUBIO VILLAR, Mr Javier VELASCO MANCEBO, Ms Luisa ARAU]O CHAMORRO, Mr Antonio GONZALEZ TEROL, Mr Alberto CATALAN HIGUERAS and Mr Rafael RIPOLL NAVARRO, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 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 2015: (a) as members: (") ¢ — Ms Luisa Fernanda RUDI UBEDA, Presidenta del Gobierno de Aragon — Mr Francisco ALVAREZ-CASCOS FERNANDEZ, Presidente del Principado de Asturias — Mr José Ramén BAUZA DIAZ, Presidente del Gobierno de las Illes Balears — Mr Juan Ignacio DIEGO PALACIOS, Presidente del Gobierno de Cantabria L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22. L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11. — Ms Dolores de COSPEDAL GARCIA, Presidenta de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha — Mr José Antonio MONAGO TERRAZA, Presidente de la Junta de Extremadura Ms Maria Yolanda BARCINA ANGULO, Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra Mr Alberto FABRA PART, Presidente de la Comunidad Valenciana (b) as alternate members: — Mr Roberto Pablo BERMUDEZ DE CASTRO MUR, Consejero de Presidencia del Gobierno de Aragdn — Mr José PORTILLA GONZALEZ, Viceconsejero de Relaciones Institucionales de la Presidencia del Principado de Asturias Mr Javier GONZALEZ ORTIZ, Consejero de Economia, Hacienda y Seguridad del Gobierno de Canarias Ms Cristina MAZAS PEREZ-OLEAGA, Consejera de Economia, Hacienda y Empleo de la Comunidad Auténoma de Cantabria Mr Timoteo MARTINEZ AGUADO, Viceconsejero de Economia de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha Ms Cristina Elena TENIENTE SANCHEZ, Vicepresidenta y Portavoz de la Junta de Extremadura Mr Borja COROMINAS FISAS, Director General de Asuntos Europeos y Cooperacion con el Estado de la Comunidad de Madrid Ms Carmen Marfa SANDOVAL SANCHEZ, Directora General de la Unién Europea y Relaciones Exteriores de la Region de Murcia Mr Juan Luis SANCHEZ DE MUNIAIN LACASIA, Consejero de Cultura, Turismo y Relaciones Institucionales de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra Ms Marfa Victoria PALAU TARREGA, Directora General de Relaciones con la Union Europea de la Comunidad Valenciana