Judgment_paragraph 32 · TDC A/S v Erhvervsstyrelsen (C-222/13)

32Those guarantees of independence and impartiality require rules, particularly as regards the composition of the body and the appointment, length of service and the grounds for abstention, rejection and dismissal of its members, in order to dismiss any reasonable doubt in the minds of individuals as to the imperviousness of that body to external factors and its neutrality with respect to the interests before it (judgment in Wilson, EU:C:2006:587, paragraph 53 and the case-law cited). In order to consider the condition regarding the independence of the body making the reference as met, the case-law requires, inter alia, that dismissals of members of that body should be determined by express legislative provisions (judgment in D. and A., C‑175/11, EU:C:2013:45, paragraph 97, and order in Pilato, C‑109/07, EU:C:2008:274, paragraph 24 and the case-law cited).