Composition and procedure for appointment
Article 4
1. The Committee shall comprise 24 members, as follows: (a) twelve members shall be appointed by the Commission, after consulting the European Parliament and the Council. They shall act independently. With a view to the appointment of those twelve members, each Member State shall provide the Commission with a list of three candidates with a well-established qualification in the field of statistics. The Commission shall endeavour to ensure that the selection of the 12 members represent, in equal measure, users, respondents, and other stakeholders in Community statistics (including the scientific community, the social partners and civil society). The 12 members shall perform their duties in their personal capacity; (b) eleven members shall be appointed directly by the institutions and bodies to which they belong, as follows: (i) one member representing the European Parliament, (ii) one member representing the Council, (iii) one member representing the European Economic and Social Committee, (iv) one member representing the Committee of the Regions, (v) one member representing the European Central Bank, (vi) two members representing the Statistical Programme Committee, (vii) one member representing the Confederation of European Business (BUSINESSEUROPE), (viii) one member representing the European Trade Union Confederation, (ix) one member representing the European Association of Craft Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, and (x) the European Data Protection Supervisor; (c) the Director-General of Eurostat shall be an ex officio member of the Committee, without a voting right. 2. The list of members of the Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union , C series.