23.7.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L 193/29 I (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 24 June 2005 appointing two German members and two German alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2005/570/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 22 January 2002 the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC (!) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2002 to 25 January 2006. (2)  Two members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following expiry of the mandates of Mr Stanislaw TILLICH and Ms Ulrike RODUST and two alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following expiry of the mandates of Mr Volker SCHIMPFF and Ms Heide SIMONIS, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Atrticle 1 The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the term of office still to run, namely until 25 January 2006: (a) as members: Mr Uwe DORING Minister fur Justiz, Arbeit und Europa des Landes Schleswig-Holstein to replace Ms Ulrike RODUST; Mr Hermann WINKLER Sichsischer Staatsminister und Chef der Staatskanzlei, Mitglied des Sichsischen Landtages to replace Mr Stanislaw TILLICH; () O] L 24, 26.1.2002, p. 38.