Assembly membership
Article 4
1. The Assembly shall be composed of the following members: (a) national CAP networks referred to in Article 126(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (one member from each Member State); (b) managing authorities referred to in Article 123 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (one member from each Member State); (c) paying agencies referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 7 ) (one member from each Member State); (d) Union-wide non-governmental organisations, registered in the Transparency Register, who have been appointed members of the civil dialogue groups on the common agricultural policy (CAP) pursuant to Decision 2013/767/EU and who have expressed their interest in participating in the Assembly; (e) Union-wide organisations representing regional or local authorities active in agriculture and rural development, including the connections between rural and urban areas (maximum 3 members); (f) LEADER local action groups referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 (one member from each Member State); (g) farm advisory services active in innovation support services linked to EIP operational groups’ projects referred to in Article 127(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (one member from each Member State); (h) agricultural research institutes active in innovation activities linked to EIP operational groups’ projects referred to in Article 127(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (one member from each Member State). 2. Members referred to in paragraph 1, points (a), (b), (c), (f), (g) and (h), shall be designated by the respective Member State. Members referred to in paragraph 1, point (e), shall be appointed by the Director-General on the basis of a call for applications. 3. Members States’ authorities shall nominate the permanent representatives for each of the categories referred to in paragraph 1, points (a), (b), (c), (f), (g) and (h). The organisations referred to in paragraph 1, points (d) and (e), shall nominate their permanent representatives. 4. The names of the members of the Assembly shall be published in the Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities (‘the Register’) and on the website of the European CAP network.