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(1) Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 provides that the Supervisory Committee of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) shall be composed of five independent members having experience in senior judicial or investigative functions or comparable functions relating to the areas of activity of the Office. They shall be appointed by common accord of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. The decision appointing the members of the Supervisory Committee shall also include a reserve list of potential members to replace members of the Supervisory Committee for the remainder of their term of office in the event of the resignation, death or permanent incapacity of one or more of those members.

(2) According to Article 15(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, the term of office of the members of the Supervisory Committee shall be five years and shall not be renewable. Three and two members shall be replaced alternately in order to preserve the Supervisory Committee’s expertise.

(3) According to Article 15(6) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, in accordance with the applicable Commission rules, members of the Supervisory Committee shall receive a daily allowance and shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred by them in the course of their duties.

(4) According to Article 15(7) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, in carrying out their duties, the Members of the Supervisory Committee shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government or any institution, body, office or agency.

(5) According to Article 10(5), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, the members of the Supervisory Committee shall be bound by an obligation of professional secrecy in the exercise of their functions, and shall continue to be bound by that obligation after the end of their mandate.

(6) According to Article 1 of Decision (EU, Euratom) 2016/1201 of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, of 13 July 2016, appointing the members of the Supervisory Committee of OLAF, the duties of two members of the Supervisory Committee, Ms Grażyna Stronikowska and Mr Rafael Muñoz López-Carmona, ended on 12 July 2021 and the duties of three members, Mr Jan Mulder, Ms Maria Helena Pereira Loureiro Correia Fazenda and Ms Dobrinka Mihaylova, ended on 22 January 2022. In accordance with Article 15(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, these members have remained in office after the expiry of their term of office, pending completion of the process of appointment of new members of the Supervisory Committee. New members should therefore be appointed to replace these five members, respecting the alternate replacement laid down in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013. The two persons starting their mandate immediately and the three starting on 23 September 2022 have been chosen by drawing lots.

(7) Following a selection procedure, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission are satisfied that the persons to be appointed as members of the Supervisory Committee and also those included in the reserve list of potential members fulfil the requirements of independence and experience in senior judicial or investigative functions or comparable functions relating to the areas of activity of OLAF laid down in Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013. The persons in the reserve list are presented in an order of merit, as it results from the selection procedure.