
Article 1 
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which ends on 25 January 2010:

((a)) as a member:
Mr Markus SÖDER, Minister of State for Federal and European Affairs in the State Chancellery of Bavaria,
and
((b)) as an alternate member:
Mr Günther BECKSTEIN, First Minister of Bavaria.
Article 2 
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.
For the Council
The President
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