Article 4 Term of office

Advisors shall be appointed as members of an expert panel for a term of three years, with the possibility of renewal.

Where an advisor no longer complies with the conditions set out in Articles 12 and 15 or in Article 339 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, resigns or is no longer capable of contributing effectively to the expert panel's work, the Commission may dismiss that advisor.

Where an advisor is dismissed during his or her term of office, a replacement for that advisor shall be appointed for the remainder of the term from the central list.