Sole Article
Decision 2004/210/EC is amended as follows:
1. in Article 3, paragraph 2, the first sentence is replaced by the following:
‘The SCENIHR shall consist of a maximum of 17 members’.
2. Article 7 is replaced by the following:

Terms of office
Article 7
1
Members shall be appointed to the Scientific Committees for a term of three years, and may not serve for more than three consecutive terms. In order to safeguard the continuity of the expertise, the Commission may, in exceptional circumstances, prolong the terms of office of the members of a Scientific Committee for a period not exceeding 18 months.
Members shall remain in office until they are replaced or their appointments are renewed.
Members who have just completed three consecutive terms of office in a Scientific Committee shall be eligible for membership of another Scientific Committee.
2
When it is found that a member does not participate in the work of a Scientific Committee or wishes to resign, the Commission may terminate the member’s membership and appoint a replacement either from the reverse list provided for in Article 4 or, for justified reasons, following a call for expressions of interest.