2007/708/EC: Commission Decision of 31 October 2007 amending the list of experts appointed as members of the Scientific Committees in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment and the prolongation of their term of office
Date: 2007-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: appointment of staff, consumer protection, environmental protection, public health, scientific committee (EU), self-employed person

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 October 2007

amending the list of experts appointed as members of the Scientific Committees in the field of
consumer safety, public health and the environment and the prolongation of their term of office

(2007/708/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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

Having regard to Commission Decision 2004/210/EC of
3 March 2004 setting up Scientific Committees in the field of
consumer safety, public health and the environment (1), and in
particular Article 3 and the first subparagraph of Article 7(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

amended to take into account the entry into force of
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006
concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation
and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing
the European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive
1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No
793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as
well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission
Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and
2000/21/EC (2). In addition, in order for the Commission
the provision of
to adequately prepare the review of
scientific advice in view of
the
Scientific Committees, without disrupting the continuity
of the scientific advice in the transition period until the
establishment of European Chemicals Agency, the term
of office of members
should be prolonged until
31 December 2008.

the future tasks of

(1)

(2)

(3)

Decision 2004/210/EC provides for the establishment of
the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (the
SCCP), the Scientific Committee on Health and Environ-
mental Risks (the SCHER) and the Scientific Committee
on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (the
SCENIHR)
to
Article 3(4) of
the Commission is to
appoint the members of those Scientific Committees.

(the Scientific Committees). Pursuant

that Decision,

(5)

(6)

Under Article 7(1) of
that Decision, as amended by
Commission Decision 2007/263/EC, the term of office
of the members of the Scientific Committees is limited to
three years, and to three consecutive terms. However, the
Commission may, in exceptional circumstances, prolong
the terms of office of the members of such committees
for a period not exceeding 18 months in order to
safeguard the continuity of the expertise.

the
Decision C(2004)2788 on the appointment of
members of the three Scientific Committees set up by
Decision 2004/210/EC provides that the experts listed in
Annex I to that Decision are appointed as members of
the three Scientific Committees
set up by Decision
2004/210/EC.

(4)

The term of office of current members of the Scientific
Committees is due to expire in July 2007. However, the
the Scientific Committees needs be
composition of

The Commission should therefore appoint the members
of
the period ending
31 December 2008.

the Scientific Committees

for

the

the

current members of
expressed their

Scientific
Some of
to
intention not
Committees have
remain in office for an additional period until
the
31 December 2008. Those members should therefore
be deleted from the
experts appointed as
list of
members of the Scientific Committees set out in Annex
I to Decision C(2004) 2788.

(7)

Decision C(2004) 2788 should therefore be amended
accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The amended list of experts appointed as members of
the
Scientific Committees set out in Annex I to Decision C(2004)
2788 and published in the Official Journal of the European Union
C 209 of 31 August 2006 is replaced by the text in the Annex
to this Decision.

(1) OJ L 66, 4.3.2004, p. 45. Decision as amended by Decision

(2) OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1; corrected version in OJ L 136,

2007/263/EC (OJ L 114, 1.5.2007, p. 14).

29.5.2007, p. 3.

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The term of office of the members of the Scientific Committees referred to Article 1 is prolonged until
31 December 2008.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

List of experts appointed as members of the Scientific Committees

in alphabetical order of

Amended list
the Scientific
Committees established by Decision 2004/210/EC of 3 March 2004 as amended by Decision 2007/263/EC. This list
replaces the list published in the Official Journal C 209 of 31 August 2006.

the scientists appointed by the Commission as members of

Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP)

Dr. Claire Chambers

Consultant Toxicologist, Chambers Toxicological Consulting. Research associate at the
University of Dublin, Ireland.

Prof. Gisela Degen

Head of Biochemical-Toxicological Laboratory, Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie, University of
Dortmund, Germany.

Prof. Ruta Dubakiene

Head of Allergy Centre, Vilnius University Antakalnis Clinical Hospital, Lithuania.

Dr. Bozena Jazwiec-
Kanyion

Environmental scientist at the Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health,
Poland.

Prof. Em. Vassilios
Kapoulas

Prof. Jean Krutmann

Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, University of Ioannina, Greece.

Director, Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung (IUF), Heinrich-Heine-University,
Düsseldorf, Germany.

Prof. Carola Lidén

Head of Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Stockholm Centre for Public
Health, Sweden.

Prof. Jean-Paul Marty

Professor of Pharmacology, Laboratory of Dermopharmacology and Cosmetology, Faculty of
Pharmacy, University of Paris South, France.

Prof. Thomas Platzek

Professor, Dr. rer. nat., Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, Germany.

Dr. Suresh Chandra
Rastogi

Senior Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology,
National Environmental Institute, Denmark.

Prof. Jean Revuz

Chef de service, Service universitaire de dermatologie, hôpital Henri-Mondor, France.

Prof. Vera Maria Rogiers Head of Department, Department of Toxicology, Dermato-Cosmetology and Pharmacognosy,

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium.

Prof. Tore Sanner

Prof. Günter Speit

Head of Department of Environmental and Occupational Cancer, The Norwegian Radium
Hospital Institute for Cancer Research, Norway.

Professor of Human Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University Clinic Ulm,
Germany.

Dr. Jacqueline van
Engelen

Centre for Substances and Integrated Risk Assessment, Senior scientist, National Institute for
Public Health and the Environment, (RIVM), Netherlands.

Dr. Ian White

Consultant Dermatologist, St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas’ Hospital, United
Kingdom.

Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER)

Prof. Herman Autrup

Professor of Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational
Medicine, University of Arhus, Denmark.

Prof. Peter Calow

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang
Dekant

Guest Professor at the Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University,
Denmark.

Professor at the Institut für Toxikologie Universität Würzburg, Germany.

Prof. Em. Helmut Greim Professor of Toxicology at the Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene, Technical

University of Munich, Germany.

Prof. Wojciech Hanke

Head of Environmental Reproductive Hazard Unit, Department of Environmental
Epidemiology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland.

Prof. Dr. Colin Janssen

Professor of Ecotoxicology, Ghent University, Belgium.

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Prof. Bo Oscar Jansson

Professor at the Institute of Applied Environmental Research, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Dr. Hannu Komulainen

Head of Laboratory of Toxicology, Division of Environmental Health, National Public Health
Institute, Finland.

Dr. Ole Ladefoged

Senior Scientist Danish Food and Veterinary Research, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition,
Denmark.

Prof. Johannes Linders

Risk evaluator, expert in Pesticides, Centre for Substances and Risk Assessment, National
Institute of Public Health and Environment (IRVM), Netherlands.

Dr. Inge Mangelsdorf

Head of Department of Chemical Risk Assessment, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and
Experimental Medicine, Germany.

Prof. Marco Nuti

Professor, Dipartimento di Chimica e biotecnologie agrarie, Pisa University, Italia.

Prof. Anne Steenhout

Professor of Ecotoxicology, Institute for Environmental Management and Physical Planning
(GEEPSIH), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

Dr. Jose Tarazona

Director of Department of the Environment INIA, Spanish National Institute For Agriculture
and Food Research and Technology, Spain.

Dr. Emanuela Testai

Senior Scientist, Environment and Primary Prevention Mechanisms of Toxicity Unit, Istituto
superiore di Sanità, Italy.

Prof. Marco Vighi

Dr. Matti Viluksela

Professor of Ecology and Applied Ecology, Department of Environmental Sciences, University
of Milano Bicocca, Italy.

Senior researcher on Toxicology, Environmental Health Department, National Public Health
Institute, Finland.

Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR)

Prof. Anders Ahlbom

Professor and Head of Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine.
Director of Division of Epidemiology, Stockholm County Council, Karolinska Intitutet,
Sweden.

Prof. James Bridges

Professor of Toxicology and Environmental Health, United Kingdom.

Dr. Wilhelmus De Jong

Toxicological Pathologist Laboratory for Toxicology Pathology and Genetics, National
Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands.

Prof. Philippe Hartemann Professeur de santé publique, Département environnement et santé publique, Faculté de

médecine, université de Nancy, France.

Dr. Thomas Jung

Research group leader, Laboratory of Micro- and Nanostructure, Paul Scherrer Institut,
Switzerland.

Prof. Mats-Olof Mattsson Professor in Biology, Department of Natural Sciences, Orebro University, Sweden.

Dr Jean-Marie Pagès

Directeur de recherche, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM),
Faculté de médecine, université de Marseille, France.

Prof. Konrad Rydzynski

Director General Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland.

Dr. Dorothea Stahl

Assistant Medical Director, Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation
Immunology, University of Muenster, Germany.

Dr Mogens Thomsen

Directeur de recherche, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM),
Rangeuil, France.

Prof. David Williams

Director Centre for Tissue Engineering, Department of Clinical Engineering, University of
Liverpool, United Kingdom.