broadcasting and re-broadcasting of radio and television programmes and on-demand audiovisual media services. 2. In its activities, the Commission shall adhere to the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, this Law and other laws and legal acts and the regulations approved by it. 3. The Commission shall be a public legal entity which has its own seal bearing the state coat of arms and bank accounts. The seat of the Commission shall be in Vilnius. 4. The Commission shall consist of 13 members: one member shall be appointed by the President of the Republic, three members shall be appointed by the Seimas on the recommendation of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture and the Committee on the Development of Information Society and one member shall be appointed by each of the following: the Lithuanian Artists’ Association, the Lithuanian Filmmakers’ Union, the Lithuanian Composers’ Union, the Lithuanian Writers’ Union, the Lithuanian Theatres’ Union, the Lithuanian Journalists’ Union, the Lithuanian Journalists’ Society, the Lithuanian Bishops’ Conference and the Lithuanian Periodical Press Publishers’ Association. Only a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania of good repute may be appointed as member of the Commission . The members of the Commission shall serve for not more than two terms of office of the state institution which has appointed them or for not more than the duration of two uninterrupted terms of powers of the management bodies of the organisation which has appointed them. The legal basis for the member’s work in the Commission shall be a decision adopted by the institution or organisation which has appointed him. 5. A member of the Commission may not be recalled from office until the expiration of the term of his powers, except for the cases where: 1) the member of the Commission resigns; 2) the member of the Commission has not attended the Commission’s meetings for more than four consecutive months without a valid excuse; 3) a court judgement of conviction has become effective against the member of the Commission; 4) the member of the Commission loses the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania; 5) the member of the Commission is recognised by court as legally incapable; 6) the member of the Commission cannot perform his duties for health reasons; 7) the member of the Commission discredits the name of a member of the Commission. 6. In the event that a member of the Commission is recalled from office on the grounds provided for in this Article, the chairman of the Commission shall request the institution or organisation which has appointed the member in question to appoint a new member of the Commission for the remaining term of office of the member of the Commission who has resigned or has been recalled. Information about the composition of the Commission and any changes thereof shall be published in the official gazette Valstybės žinios and on the website of the Commission – in the information society media the manager whereof the Commission is.

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