**Summary:**
Council Decision (EU) 2022/1679, adopted on September 26, 2022, appoints Mr. Kasper Egede Glyng, a City Council member from Hedensted Municipality in Denmark, as a member of the Committee of the Regions. This appointment fills a vacant seat resulting from the resignation of Mr. Peter Snderby Westphal Srensen. Mr. Glyng, a representative of a local body holding a local authority electoral mandate, will serve for the remainder of the current term of office, which expires on January 25, 2025. The decision, based on Article 305 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Council Decision (EU) 2019/852, entered into force on the date of its adoption. The Council President, Z. Nekula, signed the decision in Brussels.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: The political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Council of the European Union: A component of the EU's legislative branch, comprising ministers from member states.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union, defining its scope and operation.
Committee of the Regions: An EU advisory body composed of local and regional representatives.
Kingdom of Denmark: A sovereign state in Northern Europe and a member of the European Union, which proposed the appointment of members to the Committee of the Regions.
Council Decision EU 2019/852: A Council Decision determining the composition of the Committee of the Regions.
Kasper Egede GLYNG: A representative of a local body, Byrdsmedlem, Hedensted Kommune City Council member, Hedensted Municipality, appointed as a member of the Committee of the Regions.
Hedensted Municipality, Denmark: A local body in Denmark where Kasper Egede GLYNG holds a local authority electoral mandate.
L 252/72 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.9.2022
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/1679
of 26 September 2022
appointing a member, proposed by the Kingdom of Denmark, of the Committee of the Regions
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 Council Decision (EU) 2019/852 of 21 May 2019determining the composition of the Committee of the
Regions(1),
Having regard to the proposal of the Danish Government,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 300(3) of the Treaty, the Committee of the Regions is to consist of representatives of regional and
local bodies who either hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an
elected assembly.
(2) On 18 July 2022, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2022/1257(2), appointing five members and seven alternate
members, proposed by the Kingdom of Denmark, of the Committee of the Regions.
(3) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Peter
Sønderby Westphal SØRENSEN.
(4) The Danish Government has proposed Mr Kasper Egede GLYNGØ, representative of a local body who holds a local
authority electoral mandate, Byrådsmedlem, Hedensted Kommune (City Council member, Hedensted Municipality), as a
member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until
25 January 2025,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Mr Kasper Egede GLYNGØ, representative of a local body who holds an electoral mandate, Byrådsmedlem, Hedensted
Kommune (City Council member, Hedensted Municipality), is hereby appointed as a member of the Committee of the
Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 26 September 2022.
For the Council
The President
Z. NEKULA
(1) OJ L 139, 27.5.2019, p. 13.
(2) Council Decision (EU) 2022/1257 of 18 July 2022 appointing five members and seven alternate members, proposed by the Kingdom
of Denmark, of the Committee of the Regions (OJ L 191, 20.7.2022, p. 63).