# C_2014144EN.01001201.xml

| 14.5.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 144/12 |
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14.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 144/12

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 May 2014

appointing members and alternates of the Paediatric Committee to represent health professionals and patient associations

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2014/C 144/04)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/20/EC, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

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Whereas:

| (1) | Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 requires that the Commission appoints representatives of health professionals and patient associations to the European Medicines Agency Paediatric Committee. |
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(1)

Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 requires that the Commission appoints representatives of health professionals and patient associations to the European Medicines Agency Paediatric Committee.

| (2) | In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006, a public call for expression of interest has been undertaken by the Commission. The European Parliament has been consulted on the result of the evaluation of the applications received in the framework of this call for expression of interest. |
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In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006, a public call for expression of interest has been undertaken by the Commission. The European Parliament has been consulted on the result of the evaluation of the applications received in the framework of this call for expression of interest.

| (3) | The members and alternates of the Committee shall be appointed for a period of three years starting on 1 August 2014. |
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(3)

The members and alternates of the Committee shall be appointed for a period of three years starting on 1 August 2014.

| (4) | Where a member or alternate representing health professionals appointed by this decision is no longer capable of contributing efficiently to the work of the Committee, or resigns, the Commission may replace this member from the reserve list, for the remaining duration of the member’s mandate, |
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(4)

Where a member or alternate representing health professionals appointed by this decision is no longer capable of contributing efficiently to the work of the Committee, or resigns, the Commission may replace this member from the reserve list, for the remaining duration of the member’s mandate,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1.   The following are hereby appointed members and alternates of the Paediatric Committee to represent health professionals for a term of three years from 1 August 2014:

—   Member: Riccardo Riccardi,

Member

—   Alternate: Maria Grazia Valsecchi,

Alternate

—   Member: Antje Neubert,

Member

—   Alternate: Paolo Paolucci,

Alternate

—   Member: Johannes Taminiau,

Member

—   Alternate: Doina Plesca.

Alternate

2.   The following are hereby appointed members and alternates of the Committee to represent the patients’ organisations for a term of three years from 1 August 2014:

—   Member: Günther Auerswald,

Member

—   Alternate: Paola Baiardi,

Alternate

—   Member: Michal Odermarsky

Member

—   Alternate: Milena Stevanovic,

Alternate

—   Member: Tsvetana Schyns-Liharska,

Member

—   Alternate: Kerry Leeson-Beevers.

Alternate

Article 2

The following are hereby placed on a reserve list for health professionals by order of merit:

| — | Maurizio Scarpa, |
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Maurizio Scarpa,

| — | Jorrit Gerritsen. |
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Jorrit Gerritsen.

Done at Brussels, 13 May 2014.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Tonio BORG

Member of the Commission

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(1)  OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 1.

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