Commission Implementing Decision of 22 November 2013 on setting up the European Social Survey as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) (2013/700/EU)

Article 14 Composition and meetings of bodies

1. In order to ensure inclusiveness and avoid conflicts of interest, no individual (except the Director or the Deputy Directors) shall be a member of more than one body or committee of the ESS ERIC, including the General Assembly, the committees of the General Assembly and the Director’s committees, excepting the FINCOM, in which up to two members can be General Assembly representatives (as per Article 11(13)). This requirement may be suspended in exceptional circumstances by the Chair of the relevant committee or body including the General Assembly. Nothing in this Article shall prevent a person being an observer at more than one body of the ESS ERIC.

2. Unless otherwise determined by the General Assembly, in determining whether persons are participating in a meeting of any body or committee of the ESS ERIC (including the General Assembly, the committees of the General Assembly and the Director’s advisory committees), it is irrelevant where any person is or how they communicate with each other. If all the persons participating in a meeting are not in the same place, they may decide that the meeting is to be treated as taking place wherever any of them is.

3. The composition of any body or committee of the ESS ERIC shall reflect an appropriate gender balance and a general balance of skills.