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COM(2011) 233 final

2011/0100 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on appointing members of the European Social Fund Committee

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. Article 104 of Regulation 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that the Commission shall be assisted by a Committee set up under Article 163 of the Treaty.

2. The provisions relating to the organisation and tasks of this Committee are also laid down in the same Article of this Council Regulation.

3. This Article provides that the Committee shall be composed of one government representative, one representative of the workers' organisations and one representative of the employers' organisations from each Member State. For each Member State, an alternate shall be appointed for each category of representative. The members and alternates are appointed by the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission for a period of three years.

4. The Council decided, on 22 February 2010, to appoint the members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee, on a proposal from the Commission for the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012.

5. Having consulted the Member States, the Commission submits to the Council the present proposal for a Council Decision appointing members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee for the remaining term of office, i.e. until 31 December 2012.

2011/0100 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on appointing members of the European Social Fund Committee

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 163 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No. 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999[1], and in particular Article 104(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, by Decision 2010/C 53/02 of 22 February 2010, has appointed the membership of the European Social Fund Committee[2] (hereinafter – "the Committee") for the period up to 31 December 2012,

(2) In the meantime, the seats of various members have become vacant as a result of resignations,

(3) Pending nomination of a representative and/or an alternate member for one of the categories referred to in Article 104(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 by Ireland and Spain, already nominated representatives and alternate members for the Committee should nevertheless be appointed for the remaining term of office, i.e. until 31 December 2012,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The persons listed in the Annex are hereby appointed members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee for the remaining term of office, i.e. until 31 December 2012.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President

ANNEX

List of members and alternate members

Member State | Representing | Member | Name |

Belgium | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Mr Louis VERVLOET Ms Viviane DE BEULE Ms Sonja KOHNENMERGEN Mr Werner ABELSHAUSEN Mr Hervé DECUYPER Ms Vera DOS SANTOS COSTA |

Bulgaria | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Zornitza RUSSINOVA Ms Monika DIMITROVA Mr Boyko NEDYALKOV Mr Dimitar BRANKOV Mr Plamen DIMITROV Mr Dimitar MANOLOV |

Czech Republic | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Iva ŠOLCOVÁ Ms. Táňa PERGLOVÁ Ms Soňa VAN DEELENOVÁ Mr Miloslav ŠOLC Mr. Pavel JANÍČKO Ms. Hana MÁLKOVÁ |

Denmark | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Pernille VON LILLIENSKJOLD Mr Steen FREDERIKSEN Mr Henning GADE Ms Berit TOFT FIHL Mr Preben FOLDBERG Mr Jens KROGSTRUP |

Germany | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Mr Arnold HEMMANN Ms Inken KLASSEN Ms Julia KAUTE Mr Jürgen WUTTKE Ms Inge KAUFMANN Mr Hermann NEHLS |

Estonia | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Mr Margus HAIDAK Ms Merlin TATRIK Ms Kristina TÄHT Ms Eve PÄÄRENDSON Ms Kaja TOOMSALU Ms Mare VIIES |

Ireland | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Mr Vincent LANDERS Mr. Tom WHELAN Ms Kara McGANN Ms Heidi LOUGHEED Ms Sheila NUNAN |

Greece | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Mr Christos DIKOS Ms Konstantina MICHOPOYLOY Mr Lambros PAPAIOANNOU Ms Ekaterini DASKALAKI Mr Dimitros TSOUKALAS Mr Vasilios PAPADOGAMVROS |

Spain | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Mr Carlos TORTUERO MARTÍN Mr David GARCIA LÓPEZ Ms Cristina REGALADO MARTÍN Ms Ana MICÓ MAESTRE Ms Ana HERMOSO CANOURA |

France | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Corinne VAILLANT Mr Laurent SENN Mr Christophe CORIOU Ms Natacha MARQUET Ms Cécile COTTEREAU Mr Alain ALPHON-LAYRE |

Italy | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Matilde MANCINI Ms Alessandra TOMAI Mr Claudio GENTILI Ms Silvia CIUFFINI Mr Luigi VELTRO Ms Giulia TAVERNESE |

Cyprus | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Mr Alexandros ALEXANDROU Ms Antzela DROUSSIOTOU Mr Emilios MICHAEL Ms Maria STYLIANOU Mr Nicos GREGORIOU Mr Andreas MATSAS |

Latvia | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Kristīne ANCANE Ms Elīna DRĀZNIECE Ms Inese SPEPIŅA Ms Ilona KIUKUCĀNE Ms Linda ROMELE Ms Liene LIEKNA |

Lithuania | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Mr Ramūnas DILBA Ms Nijolė MACKEVIČIENĖ Mr Vaidotas LEVICKIS Mr Mykolas ALELIŪNAS Ms Irena PETRAITIENĖ Ms Janina ŠVEDIENĖ |

Luxembourg | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Patrice FURLANI Mr Daniel CODELLO Mr Romain LANNERS Mr François ENGELS Ms Carole BIVER Mr Nico CLEMENT |

Hungary | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Renáta TÓTH Ms Katalin SZATMÁRI Ms Terézia BOROSNÉ BARTHA Mr László KRIZSÁN Ms Erzsébet HANTI Mr László KOZÁK |

Malta | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Jeanette BUSUTTIL Ms Loredana D'ARRIGO Mr Paul ABELA Mr Pierre FAVA Mr Robert BORG Mr William PORTELLI |

Netherlands | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Alieke KOOPMAN Ms Paula LOEKEMEIJER Mr André VAN DER LEEST Mr C. SCHOENMAKERS Ms I.D.C.M. COENEN Mr W.J.F. MUIS |

Austria | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Petra DRAXL Ms Ulrike REBHANDL Ms Anna Katharina HUBER Mr Wolfgang TRITREMMEL Mr Franz FRIEHS Ms Silvia HOFBAUER |

Poland | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Mr Paweł CHORĄŻY Ms Dorota BORTNOWSKA Mr Norbert PRUSZANOWSKI Mr Marek RADECKI Ms Agata BARANOWSKA-GRYCUK Ms Grażyna RÓŻANEK |

Portugal | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Rosa Maria SIMÕES DA SILVA Ms Maria DO CARMO ABREU Ms Clara GUERREÍRO Ms Adília LISBOA Mr António Luís FERRERA CORREIA Mr Tiago M.P. SIMÕES DA CUNHA |

Romania | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Anca-Cristina ZEVEDEI Ms Elena Carmen DOBROTA Mr Ovidiu NICOLESCU Mr Dragoş MIHALACHE Ms Mariana KNIESNER Ms Carmen IONESCU |

Slovenia | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Jasminka DEDIĆ Ms Darja ZORKO Ms Grit ACKERMANN Ms Janja MEGLI Č Ms Staša PERNAT LESJAK Ms Andreja POJE |

Slovakia | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Zuzana POLÁČKOVÁ Mr Roderik KLINDA Mr Daniel HRDINA Mr Martin HOŠTÁK Ms Naile PROKEŠOVÁ Mr Milan BUŠO |

Finland | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Lippe KOIVUNEVA Ms Sirpa LILJESTRÖM Ms Riitta WÄRN Mr Mikko RÄSÄNEN Ms Auli KORHONEN Mr Lauri KORKEAOJA |

Sweden | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Ann-Christine GULLESJÖ Mr Håkan FORSBERG Mr Gunnar ANDERZON Mr Farbod REZANIA Ms Filis SIGALA Ms Charlotta KRAFFT |

United Kingdom | Government Government Employers Employers Trade Union Trade Union | Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Alternate | Ms Wendy VIOLENTANO Mr Ken LAMBERT Mr Martin MORTON Mr Guy BAILEY Mr Alan MANNING Mr Joe FEARNEHOUGH |

[1] OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.

[2] OJ C 53, 3.3.2010, p. 2.