1.The Assembly shall be composed of the following members:
(a)national rural networks referred to in Article 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 (one member from each Member State);
(b)managing authorities referred to in Article 66 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 (one member from each Member State);
(c)paying agencies referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) (one member from each Member State);
(d)EU-wide non-governmental organisations, registered in the joint European Transparency Register, who have been appointed members of the civil dialogue group on rural development pursuant to Decision 2013/767/EU (hereinafter ‘civil dialogue group on rural development’) and who have expressed their interest in participating in the Assembly (maximum 29 members);
(e)EU-wide organisations representing regional and/or local authorities active in rural development, including the connections between rural and urban areas (maximum three members);
(f)LEADER local action groups referred to in Article 42 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 (one member from each Member State);
(g)agricultural advisory service providers active in innovation support services linked to operational groups (one member from each Member State);
(h)agricultural research institutes active in innovation activities linked to operational groups (one member from each Member State).
2.Members referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b), (c), (f), (g) and (h) shall be designated by the respective Member State.
Members referred to in paragraph 1(e) shall be appointed by the Director-General on the basis of a call for applications.
3.Members States' authorities shall nominate the permanent representatives for each of the categories referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b), (c), (f), (g) and (h).
The organisations referred to in paragraph 1(d) and (e) shall nominate their permanent representatives.
4.The members of the Assembly shall be published in the Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities ( ‘the Register’) and on the websites of the ENRD and of the EIP network.
5.Personal data shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549).