Document ID: 32018D2022
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>19.12.2018&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 323/29</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2018/2022
of 17 December 2018
drawing up a list of qualified experts for the Boards of Appeal of the European Union Agency for Railways
(notified under document C(2018) 8561)
(Only the English text is authentic)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 55(3)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Regulation (EU) 2016/796 gives the European Union Agency for Railways (&#8216;the Agency&#8217;) power to take individual decisions in the fields of vehicle authorisation, safety certification and ensuring harmonised implementation of European Railway Traffic Management System (&#8216;ERTMS&#8217;) trackside. It also establishes Boards of Appeal before which such individual decisions of the Agency may be appealed.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The Commission published a call for expressions of interest on 25&#160;May 2018 on the website of the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport with a deadline for submission of the applications set at 30&#160;June 2018. The Commission received applications from 46 candidates.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>The Commission assessed those applications against the criteria specified in the call for expressions of interest. Those included the criteria of eligibility, the criteria relating to technical and professional capacity, the knowledge requirements and the criteria for the disciplines subject to the Agency's decision, namely vehicle authorisation, single safety certification and ERTMS.&#160;In order to avoid potential conflicts of interest, candidates who had worked in the Agency in the previous two years were excluded from the selection procedure. Following the assessment of the applications, 40 candidates were selected as qualified experts for the Boards of Appeal and placed on the list,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The list of qualified experts for the Boards of Appeal of the Agency is set out in the Annex.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the chairperson of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways.
Article 3
The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport shall inform the candidates of the issue of the selection procedure.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2018.
For the Commission
Violeta BULC
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 1 .
ANNEX
LIST OF QUALIFIED EXPERTS FOR THE BOARDS OF APPEAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR RAILWAYS
Name (in alphabetical order)
Mr Filip ADAMKIEWICZ
Mr Ulrik BERGMAN
Mr Alain BERTRAND
Mr Denis BIASIN
Mr Daniele BOZZOLO
Mr Angelo Carlo CHIAPPINI
Ms Monika CHRAPUSTA
Ms Katarzyna CHRUZIK
Ms Carole COUNE
Mr Gilles DALMAS
Mr Alessio GAGGELLI
Mr Johannes GRÄBER
Ms Marzena GRABOŃ-CHAŁUPCZAK
Mr Luca Maria GRANIERI
Mr Patrizio GRILLO
Mr Joaquim José Martins GUERRA
Mr Stefano GUIDI
Mr Przemysław ILCZUK
Mr Adam JABŁOŃSKI
Mr Marek JABŁOŃSKI
Mr Konstantinos KAPETANIDIS
Mr Philippe LALUC
Mr Dariusz LISZEWSKI
Ms Joanna MARCINKOWSKA
Mr Maciej MICHNEJ
Mr Juha PIIRONEN
Mr Witold PORANKIEWICZ
Mr Frank Bernhard PTOK
Ms Daniela RANDT
Mr Renato RE
Mr Gabriele RIDOLFI
Ms Friederike ROER
Ms Kaisa SAINIO
Mr Jean-Baptiste SIMONNET
Mr Andreas THOMASCH
Mr Ad TOET
Ms Une Elina TYYNILÄ
Mr Rob VAN DER BURG
Mr Marcel VERSLYPE
Mr Marcin ZALEWSKI