# Commission Decision of 28 June 2007 setting up the Expert Group on Radio Frequency Identification (2007/467/EC), Article 4: Membership — Appointment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The group shall be composed of up to 35 members.
2. The Director-General of DG ‘Information Society and Media’ or his/her representative shall appoint the members and observers of the group from specialists with competence in the areas referred to in Articles 2 and 3.1 and on the proposal of organisations that have been invited to recommend experts. Alternate members for the members of the group shall be appointed in equal numbers and on the same conditions as the members. An alternate member shall automatically replace the member who is absent or indisposed.
3. Members shall be appointed to ensure a balanced representation of the various stakeholders and, more specifically, will include representatives from the following areas:
(a) Civil society:
(i) the end-user communities that are subjected to RFID systems (citizens, consumers, patients, employees);
(ii) privacy organisations.
(b) Interested parties:
(i) users from different application sectors (for example, logistics, automotive, aerospace, health, retail, pharmaceuticals);
(ii) parties that are actively involved in setting up RFID systems (such as RFID chip producers, designers and manufacturers of packaged tags and readers, software and systems integrators, service providers, and privacy and security solution providers);
(iii) standardisation bodies.
4. The following public authorities shall be invited to participate in the group's deliberations as observers:
(a) Representatives of the Member States assuming Presidency of the EU over the course of the Expert Group term of office;
(b) Representatives of data protection authorities.
5. The following experts shall be invited to participate in the group's deliberations as observers:
(a) Academic researchers and practitioners;
(b) Technology experts, in particular with regard to the next generation of networked RFIDs (‘Internet of Things’);
(c) Legal experts who shall provide advice on existing legislation.
6. Members of the group are appointed for a two-year renewable term of office. They shall remain in office until such time as they are replaced or their term of office ends.
7. Members 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 paragraphs three to five of this Article or Article 287 of the Treaty may be replaced for the remaining period of their term of office.
8. The names of the organisations mentioned in paragraph 2 of this article are published on the Internet site of the DG ‘Information Society and Media’. Data on members are collected, processed and published in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/467/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-467/article-4
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.