Membership — Appointment
Article 4
1. The group shall normally be composed of up to two representatives appointed by each Member State. In duly justified circumstances, Member States may appoint a third representative. Members shall be appointed taking into account their competence in the domains of digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation. 2. Member States may appoint alternate members for the members of the group in equal numbers and on the same conditions as the members to replace members who are absent. 3. Members of the group shall remain in office until such time as they are replaced or their mandate is renewed. 4. Members who are no longer capable of contributing effectively to the group’s deliberations, who resign or who do not comply with the conditions set out in paragraph 3 of this Article, or Article 287 of the Treaty may be replaced. 5. The names of members shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. The names of members shall be published on the i2010 Digital libraries website ( 7 ) .