EN Official Journal of the European Union C 66/24

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 March 2013

amending Commission Decision of 6 October 2010 setting up the group of experts on the mission evolution of the European navigation satellite systems, the ‘Mission Evolution Advisory Group’

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 66/05

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision of 6 October 2010 set up the group of experts on the mission evolution of the European navigation satellite systems, the ‘Mission Evolution Advisory Group’ (1) (hereafter ‘the group’) with a view to providing the Commission with independent advice on EGNOS and Galileo mission evolution matters.

(2) When establishing the group, the Commission decided that the group should be composed of individuals appointed in their personal capacity.

(3) According to the Commission's rules on expert groups (2), members appointed in their personal capacity must act independently and in the public interest.

(4) Some of the members of the group, as appointed by the Commission (3), are employees and managers from private companies, which are directly concerned by the work of the group. Therefore, such employees and managers cannot serve as members in a personal capacity; they may participate in the work of the group as representatives of stakeholders.

(5) In light of the above, members of the group should be individuals appointed in their personal capacity, individuals appointed to represent a common interest shared by stakeholders and organisations. In line with the Commission's rules on expert groups (4), the term organisations is understood in the broad sense of the word, referring, inter alia, to companies, associations, non-governmental organisations, trade unions, Union agencies and bodies, as well as international organisations.

(6) Commission Decision of 6 October 2010 setting up the group of experts on the mission evolution of the European navigation satellite systems, the ‘Mission Evolution Advisory Group’ should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 4 of the Decision of 6 October 2010 setting up the group of experts on the mission evolution of the European navigation satellite systems, the ‘Mission Evolution Advisory Group’, paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be replaced by the following text:

‘2. The members shall be appointed by the Commission from specialists with competence in the areas referred to in Article 2 and from organisations with a record of activity in these areas who have responded to the call for applications. 3. The members of the group shall be: — individuals appointed in a personal capacity; — individuals appointed to represent a common interest shared by stakeholders in the satellite navigation domain; they shall not represent an individual stakeholder; or — organisations in the broad sense of the word, including companies, associations, non-governmental organisations, trade unions, Union agencies and bodies, as well as international organisations; organisations shall nominate their representatives.’

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply until 31 December 2014.

Done at Brussels, 6 March 2013. For the Commission Antonio TAJANI Vice-President

(1) OJ C 271, 7.10.2010, p. 2.

(2) C(2010) 7649 final, rule 9.

(3) C(2011) 3624 final.

(4) C(2010) 7649 final, rule 8.