98/682/EC, Euratom: Commission Decision of 20 November 1998 appointing the members, chairmen and vice-chairmen of the expert groups to assist the Commission on the content and direction of the key actions in the field of research and technological development [notified under document number C(1998) 3347] (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: appointment of staff, president of an institution, research and development, self-employed person, technological change, vice-president of an institution

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 November 1998

appointing the members, chairmen and vice-chairmen of the expert groups to
assist the Commission on the content and direction of the key actions in the field
of research and technological development

(notified under document number C(1998) 3347)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/682/EC, Euratom)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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

Having regard to Commission Decision 98/610/EC,
Euratom of 22 October 1998 setting up expert groups
assisting the Commission on the content and direction of
the key actions in the field of research and technological
development (1),

Whereas Article 3(1) of Decision 98/610/EC, Euratom
provides that the Commission shall set the groups up,
ensuring that they have a balanced composition, taking
account of the geographical origin and sector of origin of
their members
industry and services,
research and innovation, users and public regulatory
authorities and socio-economic circles); whereas it shall
to ensure the best possible balance
also endeavour
between the participation of women and men;

(in particular

Whereas, for the purposes of appointing the members of
the expert groups, the Commission will assess all the
applications in the light of the selection criteria set out in

(1) OJ L 290, 29. 10. 1998, p. 57.

point A paragraph 2 of
the Annex to Decision 98/
610/EC, Euratom; whereas, on the basis of that assess-
ment, the commission will appoint the members of the
expert groups in accordance with the provisions of Article
3(1) of that Decision and Section B of the Annex to the
Decision;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 4(1) of Decision 98/
610/EC, Euratom, the members of the expert groups will
be appointed by the Commission in a personal capacity
for a period of two years; whereas their appointment may
be renewed once, for a maximum of two years;

Whereas, in accordance with Article4(4) of the abovemen-
tioned Decision, the Commission will also appoint the
chairman and vice-chairman of each of the expert groups
from among their members; whereas, the vice-chairman
may not be of the same geographical origin or sector of
origin as the chairman;

in accordance with the fourth recital of
Whereas,
Decision 98/610/EC, Euratom,
the expert groups are
expected to deliver their conclusions in an independent
and transparent manner; whereas, as a consequence, the
members
any outside
instructions in order to provide the Commission with
objective views;

independently of

should act

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in the light of this,

it is necessary that the
Whereas,
members inform the Commission on the basis of the
agenda, before each meeting of all interests which could
be considered as prejudicial
independence;
whereas they should abstain from discussions on a topic
on which they have a conflict of interests;

to their

Whereas, for this purpose, the experts selected should,
before each meeting of the expert groups, sign a declara-
tion in which they certify that, on the basis of the agenda,
no conflict of interest exists which could be prejudicial to
their independence;

Whereas, without prejudice to Article 214 of the Treaty
establishing the European Community and Article 194 of
the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy
Community,
to
divulge information given in the context of the work of
the expert groups when it has been indicated to them that
this information is subject to a request for confidentiality;

the members should be required not

for

Whereas, when a member is in breach of these require-
ments
independence and confidentiality, he/she
should be considered as no longer being in a position to
contribute effectively to the group’s work, in accordance
with Article 4 of Decision 98/610/EC, Euratom;

Whereas the members of the expert groups and the 17
chairmen and 17 vice-chairmen of those groups should
be appointed, and the confidentiality of their work and
the independence of the members guaranteed,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The persons listed in Annex I are hereby appointed as
members of the expert groups set up by Decision 98/
610/EC, Euratom.

Article 2

The persons listed in Annex II are hereby appointed as
chairmen or
groups
mentioned in Article 1.

vice-chairmen of

expert

the

Article 3

The persons referred to in Articles 1 and 2 are required to
respect the conditions of independence and confiden-
tiality set out in Annex III.

Article 4

This Decision shall take effect from the day of its adop-
tion.

Done at Brussels, 20 November 1998.

For the Commission

(cid:144)dith CRESSON

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Expert group

Surname and forename

Health, food and environmental factors

BIESALSKI

BORRESEN

COLOMER

DANIEL

FORSBERG

HANS

TORGER

CONCHA

H.

ETHEL

GARCEZ DE LENCASTRE

HERMINIA

Control of infectious diseases

The cell factory

KATSOUYLANNI

KORPELA

LESLIE

MEROT

PFANNHAUSER

ROTILIO

SARIS

TAEYMANS

WALL

WILLIAMS

BARRET

BELLOD

BORRIELLO

ESTEBAN

ESTOLIO DO ROSARIO

KARLSSON

MOENNIG

O’FLANAGAN

PAPAMICHAIL

RANKI

RAPPUOLI

SALMASO

S(cid:214)NCHEZ

VAN EDEN

VANHEMELRIJCK

WAHREN

WILLEBERG

ALBERGHINA

BOWLES

CARRONDO

KLEA

RIITTA

JIM

BERTRAND

WERNER

GIUSEPPE

WIM

DOMINIQUE

PATRICK

CHRISTINE

NO(cid:220)L

ANNE

SAVERIO

MARIANO

VIRGILIO

LARS

VOLKER

DARINA

M.

ANNAMARI

RINO

STEFANIA

J.M.

WILLEM

JOHAN

BRITTA

PREBEN

LILIA

DIANNA

MANUEL

COLIJN-HOOYMANS

CATHARINA

DIDERICHSEN

GLIMELIUS

LECOMTE

M(cid:142)KINEN

P(cid:154)HLER

ROELS

BORGE

KRISTINA

JEANNE-MARIE

SEPPO

ALFRED

J.A.

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Expert group

Surname and forename

The ageing population

SCHWAB

SEKERIS

VAN DE VOORDE

VELA

VIIKARI

YEATS

BALTES

BARTOLI

COMELLA

GREENGROSS

GUILLEMARD

LINDSTR(cid:153)M

O HARA

PAULA BARBOSA

PERANI

PICCART

SCHROLL

STATHAKOS

TAIPALE

VAN DEN BERG

WICK

Sustainable agriculture,
including integrated developement of rural areas CARUSO

fisheries and forestry, CARLSSON

HELMUT

CONSTANTINE

ANDR(cid:144)

CARMEN

LIISA

SIOBHAN

MARGARET

ETTORE

JOAN

SALLY

A. M.

JAN-INGVAR

SEAMUS

MANUEL

DANIELA

MARTINE

MARIANNE

DIMITRI

VAPPU

HANS

GEORG

M(cid:143)RTEN

CAMILLO

DE SOUSA VASCONCELOS

MARCELLO

DEROANNE

GONZALES-GARCES

GRIFFITH

HOFREITHER

KASSIOUMIS

LANGSTRAAT

PAAVILAINEN

POUZET

RASCHE

REXEN

TAIT

THOMAS

VON MEYER

WERRY

AIRAGHI

ALVES

BAUSCH

BERTHELSEN

BRAVO

COCHRANE

CLAUDE

ALBERTO

DAVID

MARKUS

KONSTANTINOS

DIRK

LEENA

ANDR(cid:144)

ERNST

FINN

ELIZABETH

TOM

HEINO

P.

ANGELO

JOS(cid:144)

ROMAIN

HANS

ALAIN

PETER

Information society

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Expert group

Surname and forename

CRONBERG

DE KEMP

FENEYROL

GALUZZI

HALKIAS

HORN

HORWOOD

KUUSI

LAGASSE

LARROUTUROU

MERKER

MOSSOTTO

NILSSON

PACHL

PURVES

SCHUURMANS

UCEDA

WERTHNER

WEYRICH

Innovative products, processes and organisation

(cid:214)LVAREZ

BENAVENT

BLONDELOT

DE CHARENTENAY

DE MEYER

FOUNTI

GREGORY

HELLER

J(cid:142)GER

NORELL

O’DONOVAN

PEDERSEN

PINTO

RIBERA SALCEDO

SISTERMANS

TEMMES

WARNECKE

BAYLISS

BOGG

DOGANIS

FERN(cid:214)NDEZ DUR(cid:214)N

FINLAY

KNOFLACHER

LINDBERG

LINKAMA

Sustainable mobility and intermodality

TARJA

ARNOUD

MICHEL

PAOLO

CHRISTOS

CHRIS

ROSEMARY

JUHANI

PAUL

BERNARD

WOLFGANG

CESARE

ANN MARIE

URSULA

IAN

MARTIN

JAVIER

HANNES

CLAUS

S.

R.

(cid:144)MILE

FRANÇOIS

A.

MARIA

MIKE

BERNDT

HEIMO

MARGARETA

P.

HANS

LUIGI

JOS(cid:144)

JOOP

ARMI

HANS-J(cid:154)RGEN

DAVID

KEITH

RIGAS

REYES

HUGH

HERMANN

JOHAN

EEVA

PAYE-JEANNENEY

LAURENCE

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Expert group

Surname and forename

New perspectives for aeronautics

RICOTELLI

RU(cid:246)GROK

SCHACKE

SOBOLL

SQUASSAFICHI

VAN DE VOORDE

VIANA BAPTISTA

ABBINK

ARIAS

CATOIRE

GOULETTE

JENSEN

LAWLER

LOJACONO

LUREAU

MADALENO

MALANICK

NYSSEN

OLSSON

PAPAILIOU

SZODRUCH

TRUMAN

VON TEIN

MARCELLO

C. J.

IVAR

HORST

NICOLA

EDDY

JOS(cid:144)

J.

ANGEL-LUIS

SERGE

MIKE

KURT

JAMES

EROS

FRANÇOIS

UT(cid:237)MIA

PETER

CLAUDE

ULF

KYRIACOS

JOACHIM

TREVOR

VOLKER

Land transport and marine technologies

ACKERMANN

CHARLES-LOUIS

ANDERSEN

BR(cid:142)NNSTR(cid:153)M

BYRNE

CERECEDA

DUARTE SILVA

FEITLER

GOLDAN

GOODRICH

KEROSUO

KYRTATOS

LIST

MAGGETTO

MICHELLONE

PERSON

SEIFFERT

BJORNSEN

BOZZO

CANDELA

DE MARSILY

DRONKERS

TORBEN

KLAS

GERALD

C.

ANT(cid:222)NIO

SIMONE

MICHAEL

DAVID

MATTI

NIKOLAOS

HELMUT

GASTON

GIAN CARLO

P.

ULRICH

PETER

GIAN MARIO

LUCILA

GHISLAIN

JOB

Sustainable management and quality of water and
marine ecosystems

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Expert group

Surname and forename

Global change, climate and biodiversity

ELEFTHERIOU

JASKULKE

KAUPPI

KLAGHOFER

LANCELOT

MCGLADE

MONTESINOS

MULCAHY

NUNES

PFEIFFER

BERGER

BERZ

CAHILL

CORTE-REAL

CRUTZEN

DAHL-JENSEN

GRABHERR

LALAS

ANASTASSIOS

ELISABETH

LEA

E.

CHRISTIANE

JACQUELINE

SALOM(cid:222)N

MAIRE

FRANCISCO

KLAUS

ANDR(cid:144)

G.

BRONWYN

JO(cid:212)O

PAUL

DORTHE

GEORG

DIMITRIS

L(cid:222)PEZ FERNANDEZ

MARIA LUISA

MCWILLIAMS

ROHDE

SERREAULT

WALLS

YARMIN

ZERBINI

The city of tomorrow and cultural heritage

ANDERSSON

BEEDHOLM

CAMPILLO

CASSAR

DUNLEAVY

HECQ

JILKA

KUTTER

MAUGARD

MOROPOULOU

NYSTROM

PORTAS

ROELOFS

ROGERS

SABBIONI

Cleaner energy systems and economic and effi- AIGNER
cient energy

BILLFALK

BRENDAN

HENNING

BRIGITTE

MARI

FARHANA

S.

HARRI

BENTE

ROSA

MAY

SEAN

WALTER

BRIGITTE

ECKHARD

ALAIN

ANTONIA

LOUISE

NUNO

LAMBERT

RICHARD

CRISTINA

MANFRED

LENNART

DA SILVA CARVALHO

MARIA

DURAND

JEAN-MICHEL

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Expert group

Surname and forename

FREDERICK

GARIBBA

HINSTRUP

KERONEN

LEWIS

MAVRAKIS

OTTER

PAZ FRIEND

ROCCA

ROULET

SARIS

SCHNEEBERGER

Improving the socio-economic knowledge base

BRUNN

Controlled thermonuclear fusion

CARTON

DURU

ERIKSON

GIANNITSIS

GRODAL

JO(cid:212)O RODRIGUES

MARTINOTTI

NEWBY

NOWOTNY

OSTNER

SCHABER

SCHNABEL

SILIUS

SOMMESTAD

SUBIRATS

WHELAN

BELLI

BERKE

BUSCH

D’HAESELEER

FUSTER

H(cid:153)GBERG

HOPKINS

KATSANOS

KNERINGER

LAVAL

POLICARPO

POOLEY

SALOMAA

VAN DER WIEL

GUY

M.

PETER

JOUNI

TONY

DIMITRIOS

NICHOLAS

MARIA

UGO

CLAUDE

FRANS

MICHAEL

ANKE

LUC

MARIE

ROBERT

TASSOS

BIRGIT

MARIA

GUIDO

HOWARD

HELGA

ILONA

GASTON

PAUL

HARRIET

LENA

JOAN

BRENDAN

MARIA

CLAUS

NIELS

WILLIAM

FELICIANO

LARS

MIKE

ANASTASIOS

G(cid:154)NTHER

GUY

ARMANDO

DEREK

RALF

MARNIX

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Expert group

Surname and forename

Nuclear fission

CARO

CARVALHO SOARES

COLINO

CUNNINGHAM

GOVAERTS

HAYNS

HEUSENER

HOLM

MATTILA

NIELSEN

RAKHORST

SCHMITZER

SIDERIS

VALENTINI

VALLEE

RAFAEL

JOS(cid:144)

ANTONIO

JOHN

PIERRE

MIKE

GERHARD

LARS-ERIK

LASSE

SVEN

HUBERT

CHRISTIAN

ELEFTHERIOS

PAOLO

ALAIN

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ANNEX II

List of chairmen and vice-chairmen of the expert groups

Expert group

Surname and forename of chairman

Surname and forename of vice-
chairman

Health,
factors

food and environmental

WILLIAMS Christine

COLOMER Concha

Control of infectious diseases

BELLOD Anne

ESTOLIO DO ROSARIO Virgilio

The cell factory

ALBERGHINA Lilia

LECOMTE Jeanne-Marie

The ageing population

BALTES Margaret

TAIPALE Vappu

Sustainable
and forestry,
development of rural areas

agriculture,
fisheries
including integrated

THOMAS Tom

HOFREITHER Markus

Information society

WEYRICH Claus

HORN Chris

Innovative products, processes and
organisation

Sustainable mobility and inter-
modality

PEDERSEN Hans

SISTERMANS J. F.

BAYLISS David

DOGANIS Rigas

New perspectives for aeronautics

OLSSON Ulf

ARIAS Angel-Luis

Land transport and marine tech-
nologies

Sustainable management
and
quality of water and sustainable
management of marine ecosystems

Global change, climate and bio-
diversity

The city of tomorrow and cultural
heritage

MICHELLONE Gian Carlo

GOODRICH David

KAUPPI Lea

BJ(cid:153)RNSEN Peter

SERREAULT Brigitte

BERGER Andr(cid:130)

PORTAS Nuno

SABBIONI Christina

Cleaner energy systems and econo-
mic and efficient energy

SARIS Frans

BILLFALK Lennart

Improving
the
knowledge base

socio-economic

NOWOTNY Helga

SCHABER Gaston

Controlled thermonuclear fusion

FUSTER Feliciano

D’HAESELEER William

Nuclear fission

HEUSENER Gerhard

VALLEE Alain

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ANNEX III

Conditions concerning the independence of the members and the confidentiality of their work

A. Confidentiality of work

Without prejudice to Article 214 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article 194 of the
Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, the members are required not to divulge
information given in the context of the work of the expert groups when it has been indicated to them that this
information is subject to a request for confidentiality.

B. Independence of the members

1. The members will inform the Commission of all interests which could be considered as prejudicial to their

independence.

2. Before each meeting, the members will declare to the Commission, on the basis of the agenda, any
particular interests which could be considered prejudicial to their independence. They will abstain from
discussions on a topic on which they have a conflict of interests.

3. For this purpose, the experts selected should, before each meeting of the expert groups, sign the declaration

in the Appendix, in which they certify that there is no conflict of interests.

C. Breaches

When a member is in breach of the requirements set out above, he/she will be considered as no longer being
in a position to contribute effectively to the group’s work, in accordance with Article 4 of Decision 98/610/EC,
Euratom.

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Appendix

DECLARATION ON CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

(Tick the appropriate box)

Declaration of absence of conflicts of interest on the basis of the agenda for the meeting of

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(cid:30) I the undersigned, Mr/Ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
, certify that, on the basis of the agenda for
the current meeting, no conflict of interest exists that could be considered as being prejudicial to my
independence.

(cid:30) I the undersigned, Mr/Ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
, declare that, on the basis of the agenda for
the current meeting, a possible conflict of interest that could be considered as being prejudicial to my
independence exists with respect to the following work of the expert group in which I participate:

Agenda item

Conflict of interest

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In addition, if, during a meeting of the expert group in which I participate, I discover any conflict of interest
that could be considered as being prejudicial to my independence with any item on the agenda or any subject
discussed in the group, I undertake to inform the Commission services immediately.

Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Names and Surname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .