API Expert Group
Article 31
1. By the date of application of this Regulation referred to in Article 45, second paragraph, point (a), the Commission shall establish an API Expert Group in accordance with the horizontal rules on the creation and operation of Commission expert groups. 2. The API Expert Group shall enable communication among Member States’ relevant authorities, and between Member States’ relevant authorities and air carriers, on policy matters related to their respective tasks and obligations under this Regulation, including in relation to the penalties referred to in Article 38. 3. The API Expert Group shall be chaired by the Commission and constituted in accordance with the horizontal rules on the creation and operation of Commission expert groups. It shall be composed of representatives of Member States’ relevant authorities, representatives of air carriers and eu-LISA’s experts. Where relevant for the performance of its tasks, the API Expert Group may invite relevant stakeholders, in particular representatives of the European Parliament, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the independent national supervisory authorities, to participate in its work. 4. The API Expert Group shall carry out its tasks in accordance with the principle of transparency. The Commission shall publish the minutes of the meetings of the API Expert Group and other relevant documents on the Commission website.