diff --git a/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/article/ArticleManagerBean.java b/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/article/ArticleManagerBean.java
index 6845236..9cfc46e 100644
--- a/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/article/ArticleManagerBean.java
+++ b/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/article/ArticleManagerBean.java
@@ -104,30 +104,15 @@ public class ArticleManagerBean implements IArticleManager, Serializable {
 	public void assignArticleToPCMember(Integer articleId,String memberId){
 		Article article = this.getArticle(articleId);
 		User PCMember = em.find(User.class, memberId);
-		
 		article.addPCMember(PCMember);
-		RolePK rolePK = new RolePK(PCMember,RoleType.PCMEMBER,article.getConference());
-		if(em.find(Role.class, rolePK)==null){
-			// Add the role : this should be the responsibility of ConferenceManager ...
-			Role pcMemberRole = new Role();
-			pcMemberRole.setType(RoleType.PCMEMBER);
-			pcMemberRole.setUser(PCMember);
-			pcMemberRole.setConference(article.getConference());
-			em.persist(pcMemberRole);
-		}
-		
 		this.updateArticle(article);
-		
 	}
 
 	
 	public List<User> getArticlePCMembers(Integer articleId) {
-			
-			Article article = this.getArticle(articleId);
-			List<User> users = (List<User>)article.getPCMembers();
-			return users;	
-		
-	
+		Article article = this.getArticle(articleId);
+		List<User> users = (List<User>)article.getPCMembers();
+		return users;	
 	}
 	
 	public void delegateArticleToReferee(Integer articleId, String refereeId, String memberId){