Sobesedilo: The Commission shall appoint the independent experts in accordance with one of the following procedures: (a) the independent experts appointed by the Commission for the evaluations provided for in Articles 5 and 6 of the sixth framework programme and Article 7(2) of the specific programme shall be very high-ranking individuals from the fields of science, industry or politics with significant experience in research, research policy or research programme management at national or international level.

Sobesedilo: Komisija imenuje neodvisne strokovnjake v skladu z enim od naslednjih postopkov: (a) neodvisni strokovnjaki, ki jih Komisija imenuje za vrednotenje, predvideno v členih 5 in 6 šestega okvirnega programa in členu 7(2) posebnega programa, so zelo ugledni posamezniki s področja znanosti, industrije ali politike s pomembnimi izkušnjami pri raziskovanju, raziskovalni politiki ali upravljanju raziskovalnega programa na nacionalni ali mednarodni ravni.