98/610/EC, Euratom: Commission Decision of 22 October 1998 setting up expert groups to assist the Commission on the content and orientation of the key actions in the field of research and technological development (notified under document number C(1998) 3120) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, applied research, appointment of members, research and development, self-employed person, technological change

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 October 1998

setting up expert groups to assist the Commission on the content and orientation
of the key actions in the field of research and technological development

(notified under document number C(1998) 3120)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/610/EC, Euratom)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas these expert groups should be set up and their
remit defined,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Atomic Energy Community,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas, in order to achieve greater transparency in the
Community’s research and technological development
policy and to enable it to play a more strategic role, the
Commission wishes
research workers
(including users) more closely in its policy making;

to involve all

Whereas expert groups should therefore be set up to
advise the Commission on the content and orientation of
the key actions covered by the Council decisions on the
specific programmes implementing the fifth framework
programme of the European Community for research,
technological development
and demonstration activ-
ities (1) and the fifth framework programme of the Euro-
research and
pean Atomic Energy Community for
specific pro-
‘the
(hereinafter
training
grammes'); whereas, under the Decision, these key actions
must, where appropriate, be grouped together for reasons
relating to the nature of the topics covered;

activities (2)

Whereas, in this connection, the role of the expert groups
is to help define the overall strategy to be followed in
carrying out the key actions or clusters of key actions and
to deliver relevant conclusions in a completely trans-
parent manner;

Whereas, in view of the nature of the work, the members
of these groups should be eminent persons, chosen from
a wide range of applicants and appropriately qualified for
the work in question;

Whereas, furthermore, the composition of these expert
groups should be representative of all those involved in
research; whereas efforts should therefore be made to
ensure a balanced participation of women and men;

(1) COM(1998) 305 final.
(2) COM(1998) 306 final.

Article 1

The following expert groups are hereby set up:

— the group on ‘Health, food and environmental factors',

— the group on ‘Control of infectious diseases',

— the group on ‘The cell factory',

— the group on ‘The ageing population',

— the group on ‘Sustainable agriculture, fisheries and
including integrated development of rural

forestry,
areas',

— the group on ‘Information society',

— the group on ‘Innovative products, processes and or-

ganisation',

— the group on ‘Sustainable mobility and intermodality',

— the group on ‘New perspectives for aeronautics',

— the advisory group on ‘Land transport and marine

technologies',

— the group on ‘Sustainable management and quality of
water' and ‘Sustainable management of marine ecosys-
tems',

— the group on ‘Global change, climate and biodiver-

sity',

— the group on ‘The city of tomorrow and cultural her-

itage',

— the group on ‘Cleaner energy systems' and ‘Economic

and efficient energy',

— the group on ‘Improving the socio-economic know-

ledge base',

— the group on ‘Controlled thermonuclear fusion',

— the group on ‘Nuclear fission',

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to advise the Commission on the content and orientation
of the key actions or clusters of key actions covered by the
specific programmes.

Article 2

Each of the expert groups shall:

— propose guidelines for defining the work programmes
(including the programming of calls for proposals, the
criteria for evaluating indirect RTD actions and, where
possible, setting quantified or verifiable scientific and
technical-economic objectives for achieving the aims
of the key actions or clusters of key actions),

— comment on the strategic nature and exploitation of
the work to be carried out and on the analysis of the
results, with a view to a possible rearrangement of the
work programmes.

Article 3

1.
Each expert group shall be set up by the Commis-
sion so as to ensure that the groups have a balanced
composition, taking account of the geographical origin
and sector of origin (industry and services, research and
innovation, users, public regulatory authorities and socio-
economic circles) of their members. The Commission
shall also endeavour to ensure, as far as possible, a
balanced participation of women and men.

The procedure for selecting members of the expert
2.
groups is set out in the Annex, together with the specific
programmes, key actions and clusters of key actions to
which these groups relate.

Article 4

The members of

1.
shall be
the
appointed by the Commission in a personal capacity for a
period of two years. This appointment may be renewed
once only, for a maximum of two years.

expert groups

Members of the groups shall remain in office until they
are replaced or until their mandate is renewed.

Where a member of a group is no longer able to make an
effective contribution to the work of that group, becomes
a member of a programme committee or resigns, the
Commission shall
the
remaining period of the mandate, in accordance with the
procedure set out in the Annex.

replacement

appoint

for

a

2.
The names of the members of the expert groups
shall be published in the Official Journal of the Euro-
pean Communities.

3. Members of expert groups shall have their travelling
and subsistence expenses reimbursed in accordance with
the provisions in force within the Commission.

4.
The Commission shall appoint the Chairman and
Vice-Chairman of each of the expert groups from among
the members of that group. The Vice-Chairman may not
be of the same geographical origin or sector of origin as
the Chairman.

Done at Brussels, 22 October 1998.

For the Commission

(cid:144)dith CRESSON

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

A. Procedure for selecting members of expert groups

1. With a view to setting up the expert groups for the key actions or clusters of key actions listed in section B,

the Commission shall consider the applications:

— already received by the Commission under other procedures,

— filed by the Member States and associated States,

— received following a call for applications published in the Official Journal of the European Communi-

ties.

Applications may be filed by the applicants themselves or by the bodies employing them. Applications
from scientific, trade/professional or industrial organisations or from those which work in the public
interest shall also be accepted provided the person proposed is in agreement.

Applications must be submitted in one of the official languages of the European Communities. Applica-
tions shall include evidence of the applicant’s professional experience and a high level of ability (e.g. a
detailed curriculum vitae).

2. For the purposes of appointing members of the expert groups, the Commission shall assess all applications

in accordance with the following selection criteria:

— the applicant’s competence in one or more of the areas concerned,

— the applicant’s ability to consider scientific and technological prospects in the light of Community

policy,

— the applicant’s devotion to duty.

On the basis of this assessment, the Commission shall appoint the members of the groups in accordance
with the provisions of Article 3(1) of the Decision and with section B of the Annex.

The members thus appointed by the Commission may not be members of more than one group.

B. Specific programmes, key actions or clusters of key actions to which the advisory groups relate

Programme

Key action or cluster of key
actions to be covered by an
expert group

Expert group

‘Quality of life and management of
living resources'

‘Health, food and environmental
factors'

‘Health,
factors'

food and environmental

‘Control of infectious diseases'

‘Control of infectious diseases'

‘The cell factory'

‘The cell factory'

‘The ageing population'

‘The ageing population'

‘Sustainable agriculture,
fish-
eries and forestry, including in-
tegrated development of rural
areas'

‘Sustainable agriculture,
and forestry,
development of rural areas'

fisheries
including integrated

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Programme

Key action or cluster of key
actions to be covered by an
expert group

Expert group

‘User-friendly information society'

‘Information society'

‘Systems and services for the cit-
izen'
‘New methods of work and elec-
tronic commerce'
‘Multimedia content and tools'
‘Essential
and
infrastructures'

technologies

‘Competitive
growth'

and

sustainable

‘Innovative
and organisation'

products,

processes

‘Innovative products, processes and
organisation'

‘Preserving the ecosystem'

‘Sustainable mobility and inter-
modality'

‘Sustainable mobility and inter-
modality'

‘New perspectives for aeronautics'

‘New perspectives for aeronautics'

‘Land transport and marine
technologies'

‘Land transport and marine tech-
nologies'

‘Sustainable management and
quality of water' and ‘Sustain-
able management of marine
ecosystems'

‘Sustainable management
and
quality of water' and ‘Sustainable
management of marine ecosys-
tems'

‘Global
biodiversity'

change,

climate and

‘Global change, climate and biodi-
versity'

city
‘The
cultural heritage'

of

tomorrow and

systems
energy
‘Cleaner
including
energies'
renewable
and ‘Economic and efficient
energy for a competitive Europe'

‘The city of tomorrow and cultural
heritage'

‘Cleaner
‘Economic and efficient energy'

systems'

energy

and

‘Improving the human research
potential'

‘Improving
the
knowledge base'

socio-economic

‘Improving
the
knowledge base'

socio-economic

‘Preserving
(Euratom)

the

ecosystem'

‘Controlled
fusion'

thermonuclear

‘Controlled thermonuclear fusion'

‘Nuclear fission'

‘Nuclear fission'