2007/263/EC: Commission Decision of 23 April 2007 amending Decision 2004/210/EC setting up Scientific Committees in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-04-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer protection, environmental protection, public health, scientific committee (EU)

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Official Journal of the European Union

1.5.2007

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 April 2007

amending Decision 2004/210/EC setting up Scientific Committees in the field of consumer safety,
public health and the environment

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/263/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 152 and 153 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2004/210/EC (1) provides for the
establishment of the Scientific Committee on Consumer
Products (the SCCP), the Scientific Committee on Health
and Environmental Risks (the SCHER), and the Scientific
Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health
(the Scientific Committees). The
Risks (the SCENIHR)
composed of members
Scientific Committees
appointed by the Commission.

are

Under Article 7(1) of that Decision, the term of office of
members of the Scientific Committees is limited to three
years and the term of office of current members is due to
expire on 24 July 2007.

significant

New developments are expected over the next two years
the
which will have
risk
Commission
assessment and for the structure and competences of
the Scientific Committees. In particular, the establishment
the European Chemical Agency (ECHA),
in 2008 of

consequences
advice

scientific

for
on

needs

for

implementing the Registration, Evaluation Authorisation
and Restrictions of Chemicals (REACH) under Regulation
(EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of
the Council (2), will require a redefinition of the tasks of
SCHER.

In order to obtain a better view of the future tasks for
the Scientific Committees and to prepare for a scientific
advice structure and composition better adapted to future
needs, while ensuring the provision of necessary scientific
advice until the establishment of the ECHA, it is appro-
priate to permit the prolongation of the term of office of
the members of the Scientific Committees, in exceptional
circumstances, by a period not exceeding 18 months.

In addition, it also appropriate to provide for the possi-
to the Scientific
bility to appoint new members
Committees
for
expression of interest,
if the necessary expertise is not
available among members on the reserve list.

following the publication of a call

(4)

(5)

(6)

It is urgent, in the light of operational experience and in
order to cover immediate needs, to increase the number
of members of the SCENIHR.

(7)

Decision 2004/210/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly,

(1) OJ L 66, 4.3.2004, p. 45.

(2) OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

Decision 2004/210/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 3, paragraph 2, the first sentence is replaced by the
following:

‘The SCENIHR shall consist of a maximum of 17 members’.

2. Article 7 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 7

Terms of office

to

be

the

shall

appointed

1. Members
Scientific
Committees for a term of three years, and may not serve
for more than three consecutive terms. In order to safeguard
the continuity of the expertise, the Commission may,
in
exceptional circumstances, prolong the terms of office of
the members of a Scientific Committee for a period not
exceeding 18 months.

Members shall remain in office until they are replaced or
their appointments are renewed.

Members who have just completed three consecutive terms
of office in a Scientific Committee shall be eligible for
membership of another Scientific Committee.

2. When it is found that a member does not participate in
the work of a Scientific Committee or wishes to resign, the
Commission may terminate the member’s membership and
appoint a replacement either from the reverse list provided
for in Article 4 or, for justified reasons, following a call for
expressions of interest.’

Done at Brussels, 23 April 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission