{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-767/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/767",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 16 December 2013 setting up a framework for civil dialogue in matters covered by the common agricultural policy and repealing Decision 2004/391/EC (2013/767/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-767",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Membership appointment",
  "text": "1. The Director-General shall decide on the composition of the groups, on the basis of a call for applications.\n2. The groups shall be composed of at least European-level non-governmental organisations, including representative associations, socioeconomic interest groups, civil society organisations and trade unions that are registered in the Transparency Register. Membership of the groups shall be open to those organisations representing any kind of relevant interest\n3. Taking into account the interest of the civil society in the common agricultural policy the Director-General shall decide on the number of groups and their size. The list of groups shall be published in the Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities (‘the Register’) and on a dedicated website. Director-General shall ensure a balanced representation of all expressed interests referred to in paragraph 2. In particular, he/she shall ensure a balance between economic and non-economic interests.\n4. Member organisations shall be appointed by the Director-General from among organisations that have responded to the call for applications. The Director-General may also appoint a member organisation when seats remain or fall vacant.\n5. Member organisations are appointed for seven years. A member organisation may be replaced within a group before the end of the seven-year mandate where:\n(a) it is no longer able to contribute effectively to a group’s deliberations;\n(b) it withdraws from the group;\n(c) it does not regularly designate experts for the meetings of the group;\n(d) it no longer complies with the conditions set out in paragraph 2; or\n(e) it does not comply with the non-disclosure requirement relating to information covered by the obligation of professional secrecy laid down in Article 339 of the Treaty.\n6. Member organisations shall designate the experts to attend the meetings of the groups according to the items on the agenda and shall inform the Directorate-General of the identity of experts they have designated at least three working days before the meeting.\n7. The Directorate-General shall invite the experts designated by the member organisations to attend the meetings of the groups. Where the member organisation has not informed the Directorate-General of the identity of the experts within the deadline set out in paragraph 6, the Directorate-General may refuse to invite those experts to the respective meeting.\n8. The names of member organisations shall be published in the Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities and on a dedicated website.\n9. Personal data shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/767/article/4",
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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."
}