The general conditions for the member or members of the supervisory authority should be laid down by law in each Member State and should in particular provide that those members are to be appointed, by means of a transparent procedure, either by the parliament, government or the head of State of the Member State on the basis of a proposal from the government, a member of the government, the parliament or a chamber of the parliament, or by an independent body entrusted under Member State law.
Ba cheart na coinníollacha ginearálta do chomhalta nó do chomhaltaí an údaráis mhaoirseachta a leagan síos le dlí i ngach Ballstát agus ba cheart foráil a dhéanamh leo, go háirithe, go ndéanfaidh parlaimint, rialtas nó ceannaire Stáit an Bhallstáit na comhaltaí sin a cheapadh, trí bhíthin nós imeachta trédhearcach, ar bhonn togra ón rialtas, ó chomhalta de chuid an rialtais, ón bparlaimint nó ó sheomra den pharlaimint, nó go ndéanfaidh comhlacht neamhspleách ar a gcuirtear de chúram faoi dhlí Ballstáit iad a cheapadh.