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1. To facilitate the consultation of relevant stakeholders and to benefit from their expertise in areas covered by this Regulation, a Stakeholder Group shall be established. The Stakeholder Group shall be attached to the Authority and shall have advisory functions.

2. The Stakeholder Group shall receive prior briefing and may, upon request of the Authority or on its own initiative, submit opinions to the Authority on:

(a) issues related to the application and enforcement of Union law in the areas covered by this Regulation, including on the cross-border labour mobility analyses and risk assessment, as referred to in Article 10;

(b) the draft consolidated annual activity report on the Authority’s activities referred to in Article 18;

(c) the draft single programming document referred to in Article 24.

3. The Stakeholder Group shall be chaired by the Executive Director and shall meet at least twice a year at the initiative of the Executive Director or at the request of the Commission.

4. The Stakeholder Group shall be composed of two representatives of the Commission and ten representatives of the Union-level social partners with an equal representation of trade union and employer organisations, including recognised Union sectoral social partners representing sectors that are particularly concerned with labour mobility issues.

5. The members and alternate members of the Stakeholder Group shall be designated by their organisations and shall be appointed by the Management Board. The alternate members shall be appointed by the Management Board in accordance with the same conditions as the members, and shall automatically replace any members who are absent. To the extent possible, an appropriate gender balance and an adequate representation of SMEs shall be achieved.

6. The Authority shall provide the secretariat for the Stakeholder Group. The Stakeholder Group shall adopt its rules of procedure by a majority of two-thirds of its members entitled to vote. The rules of procedure shall be subject to approval by the Management Board.

7. The Stakeholder Group may invite experts or representatives of relevant international organisations to its meetings.

8. The Authority shall make public the opinions, advice and recommendations of the Stakeholder Group and the results of its consultations, except in case of confidentiality requirements.