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1. One or more Deployment Groups shall be established pursuant to Article 22. The role of the Deployment Groups is to advise the Governing Board on issues critical to market uptake of bio-based innovation and to promote deployment of sustainable circular bio-based solutions.

2. The composition of the Deployment Groups shall ensure appropriate thematic focus and representativeness of a broad range of the bio-based innovation stakeholders. Any stakeholder other than the members of the Bio-Based Industries Consortium, their constituents or their affiliated entities may express its interest in becoming a member of a Deployment Group. The Governing Board shall set out the envisaged size and composition of the Deployment Groups, the duration of the mandates and the possibility of renewal of its members, and select their members.

3. The Deployment Groups shall meet at least once per year. At the first meeting, the Deployment Groups shall adopt their rules of procedure. Those rules of procedure shall be approved by the Governing Board. Extraordinary meetings of the Deployment Groups shall be called upon a request from the Governing Board, the chairperson or a majority of the relevant Deployment Group.

4. The Deployment Groups shall elect a chairperson, and a vice-chair per thematic focus, for a period of two years. The chairperson coordinates activities and represents the Deployment Group. The chairperson may be invited as an observer to meetings of the Scientific Committee and the states’ representatives group.

5. The Deployment Groups shall provide recommendations on the issues related to the deployment of bio-based innovation upon request from the Governing Board. The Deployment Groups can also issue recommendations to the Governing Board at any time on their own initiative.