{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-178/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-178/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/178",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 27 February 2006 setting up a High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries (This text annuls and replaces the text published in Official Journal L 46 of 16 February 2006, p. 32) (2006/178/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-178",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Composition — Appointment",
  "text": "1. The Director General of DG ‘Information Society and Media’ or by his/her representative, is in charge of appointing the members of the group. They shall be appointed as high level experts with competence on digital libraries.\n2. The group shall be composed of up to 20 members.\n3. The following provisions shall apply:\nMembers are appointed in a personal capacity as high level experts on digital libraries and are required to advise the Commission independently of any outside influence.\nMembers will be appointed to ensure, as far as possible, an adequate balance in terms of:\nrange of competencies;\ngeographical origin;\ngender.\nThe Group will include experts from the following categories:\nmemory organisations (libraries, archives, museums);\nauthors, publishers and content providers;\nICT industry (e.g. search engines, technology providers);\nscientific and research organisations, academia.\nMembers may not designate an alternate to replace them.\nMembers are appointed for a two year renewable mandate. They shall remain in office until such time as they are replaced or their mandate ends.\nMembers who are no longer able to contribute effectively to the group’s deliberations, who resign or who do not respect the conditions set out in the first or fifth indent of this paragraph or Article 287 of the Treaty establishing the European Community may be replaced for the remaining period of their mandate.\nMembers shall each year sign an undertaking to act in the public interest and a declaration indicating the absence or existence of any interest which may undermine their objectivity.\nThe names of members are published on the Internet site of the DG ‘Information Society and Media’. The names of members are collected, processed and published in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/178/article/3",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}