(3) The Commission shall submit its reports and recommendations uniformly. The chair of the Commission shall be held by a member of the Commission who shall each be nominated for two years by the Conference of Ministers of Justice. A renewed nomination shall be possible. (4) The members of the Commission shall be persons with acknowledged expertise in the field of the prison service or of the placement of offenders with mental disorders in psychiatric institutions, the police, psychiatry, criminology or in comparable fields. It should be ensured in the composition of the Commission that members are represented who are versed in various specialist fields. A balanced representation of the genders shall be ensured. The members of the Commission should not be older than 70 on their nomination. (5) The members of the Commission shall receive compensation for expenditure and costs in accordance with the provisions contained in the Federal Travel Expenses Act. Article 5 Secretariat (1) The Commission shall have a secretariat at its disposal which shall perform the ongoing business of the Commission and which is to be established with the latter in accordance with the Statues of the Centre for Criminology. (2) The staff of the secretariat shall only be appointed or dismissed with the consent of the Commission. It shall only be subject to the instructions of the Commission from a factual point of view. Article 6 Headquarters The Commission shall be headquartered in Wiesbaden. Article 7 Modus operandi and rules of procedure The Commission shall issue rules of procedure. It shall be free in determining its strategies and modi operandi. Article 8 Cooperation The Commission shall cooperate with the Federal Agency for the Prevention of Torture. It may use staff and equipment together with the Federal Agency. The details shall be regulated by an administrative agreement. Article 9 Funding (1) The sharing of the costs for the Commission shall be effected in accordance with the Königstein Key. 118