Membership
Article 3
1. The members of the Forum shall be appointed by the Commission from interested parties concerned with the product or product group in question and who have responded to the call for applications. 2. The Forum shall comprise up to 60 members composed as follows: (a) one representative from each Member State; (b) one representative from each European Economic Area Member State; (c) up to 30 representatives of interested parties as referred to in Article 18 of Directive 2005/32/EC. 3. Each member shall designate the person representing it at the Forum meetings on the basis of his or her competence and experience in the area dealt with. 4. Members of the Forum are appointed for a three-year renewable term of office and shall remain in office until they are replaced in accordance with paragraph 3 or their term of office ends. 5. Members may be replaced for the remainder of their term of office in any of the following cases: (a) where the member resigns; (b) where the member is no longer capable of contributing effectively to the Forum's deliberations; (c) where the member does not comply with Article 287 of the Treaty. 6. The list of members and any subsequent amendments to that list shall be published on the Internet sites of the Enterprise and Industry Directorate General and the Transport and Energy Directorate General and in the Commission's Register of Expert Groups.