2009/146/EC: Commission Decision of 19 February 2009 on the appointment of the members and advisors of the Scientific Committees and the Pool set up by Decision 2008/721/EC
Date: 2009-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: appointment of members, consumer protection, environmental protection, public health, scientific committee (EU)

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 February 2009

on the appointment of the members and advisors of the Scientific Committees and the Pool set up
by Decision 2008/721/EC

(2009/146/EC)

candidates from which the Commission appoints the
members of the scientific committees and the scientific
advisors of the Pool.

3(2)

the members of

of Decision
In
accordance with Article
the
the selection of
2008/721/EC,
Committees has been made on the basis of
their
expertise and consistent with this a geographical distri­
bution that reflects the diversity of scientific problems
and approaches, notably in Europe, and, in accordance
with Article 4(1) of the same Decision, the selection of
the advisors has been made taking into account
the
objective to cover the widest possible range of disciplines,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

the three scientific
The number of members of each of
committees set up by Decision 2008/721/EC is fixed at 17.
The experts listed in Annex I to this Decision are appointed
as members of those Committees.

The number of scientific advisors in the Pool is fixed at 189 and
the experts listed in Annex II to this Decision are appointed as
scientific advisors on risk assessment to the Pool set up by
Decision 2008/721/EC.

Done at Brussels, 19 February 2009.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

Having regard to Commission Decision 2008/721/EC of
5 September 2008 setting up an advisory structure of Scientific
Committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public
health
repealing Decision
2004/210/EC (1), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,

environment

and

and

the

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

By Decision 2008/721/EC the Commission has set up
three scientific committees, on consumer safety (SCCS),
on health and environmental
risks (SCHER) and on
emerging and newly identified health risks (SCENIHR)
and a pool of scientific advisors on risk assessment (here­
inafter the Pool), in the field of consumer safety, public
health and the environment.

The SCCS, SCHER and SCENIHR shall each consist of a
maximum of 17 members and the number of scientific
advisors in the Pool at any time is decided by the
Commission based on its need for scientific advice. In
order to adequately cover the wide range of scientific
issues on which it is planned to consult the scientific
committees during their term of office, it is appropriate
to fix at 17 the number of members of each scientific
committee and to fix at 189 the number of scientific
advisors of the Pool.

(3)

In accordance with Articles 3(4) and 4(2) of Decision
2008/721/EC a call
interest was
published which also set the selection criteria and the
suitable
evaluation procedure, which led to lists of

for expression of

(1) OJ L 241, 10.9.2008, p. 21.

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ANNEX I

List of experts appointed as members of the scientific committees

in alphabetical order of

List
2008/721/EC.

the experts appointed as members of

the scientific committees set up by Decision

Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

Last name

First name

Institute or organisation of affiliation

Angerer

Bernauer

Chambers

Chaudhry

Degen

Eisenbrand

Galli

Platzek

Rastogi

Rogiers

Jürgen

Ulrike

Claire

Institute
Germany

for Occupational

and Environmental Medicine, Erlagen,

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany

Chambers Toxicological Consulting, Wicklow, Ireland

Mohammad

Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, United Kingdom

Gisela

Gerhard

Corrado

Thomas

Suresh

Vera

Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors
(IfADo), Dortmund, Germany

University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany

Retired

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Rousselle

Christophe

French Agency for Environmental and Occupationnal Health Safety
(Afsset), Maisons-Alfort, France

Sanner

Savolainen

Tore

Kai

Retired

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Van Engelen

Jacqueline

National
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Institute for Public Health and the Environment

(RIVM),

Vinardell

Waring

White

Maria

University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Rosemary

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, United Kingdom

Ian

Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Hospitals, London, United Kingdom

Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks

Last name

First name

Institute or organisation of affiliation

Ackermann-Liebrich

Ursula

Swiss School of Public Health, Zürich, Switzerland

Autrup

Bard

Calow

Canna-Michaelidou

Davison

Dekant

Herman

University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Denis

Peter

Stella

John

École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (EHESP), Rennes, France

Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

State General Laboratory, Nicosia, Cyprus

French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Paris, France

Wolfgang

University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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Last name

First name

Institute or organisation of affiliation

De Voogt

Gard

Greim

Hirvonen

Janssen

Linders

Peterlin

Tarazona

Testai

Vighi

Pim

Arielle

Helmut

Ari

Colin

Jan

Borut

Jose

University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Retired

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

National
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Institute for Public Health and the Environment

(RIVM),

University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Spanish National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Tech­
nology, Madrid, Spain

Emanuela

Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Marco

University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks

Last name

First name

Institute or organisation of affiliation

Auvinen

Bridges

Dawson

De Jong

Anssi

James

University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Retired

Kenneth

University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland

Wim

National
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Institute for Public Health and the Environment

(RIVM),

Hartemann

Philippe

Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France

Hoet

Jung

Mattsson

Norppa

Pagès

Proykova

Peter

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Thomas

Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

Mats-Olof

Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

Hannu

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Jean-Marie

Inserm and Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France

Ana

University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Rodríguez-Farré

Eduardo

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Schulze-Osthoff

Klaus

University Clinics Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Schüz

Stahl

Thomsen

Vermeire

Joachim

Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen,
Denmark

Dorothea

Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Mogens

Retired

Theodorus

National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the
Netherlands

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ANNEX II

List of experts appointed as scientific advisors on risk assessment

List in alphabetical order of the experts appointed by the Commission as scientific advisors on risk assessment to the Pool
set up by Decision 2008/721/EC.

Last name

First name

Institute or organisation of affiliation

Ahlers

Algorta

Altenburger

Jan

Jaime

Rolf

Retired

Progenika Biopharma Group, Derio, Spain

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany

Ambrogi

Nicoletta

Department of pharmaceutical assistance Local Public Health Unit 4,
Terni, Italy

André

Assmuth

Baars

Bailey

Balicer

Bell

Bernard

Berry

Bommelaer

Boogaard

Borrego

Breckenridge

Broschard

Brunnhuber

Bubenheim

Jean-Claude

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France

Timo

Aalbert

Andrew

Ran

David

Alfred

Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Helsinki, Finland

Retired

ViruSure GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Clalit Health Services, Tel-Aviv, Israel

University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Bernard

Berry Environmental Ltd, Shepperton, United Kingdom

Jean

Pieter

Carlos

Ross

Thomas

Stefan

Michael

Laboratoire Shadeline France, Mouans-Sartoux, France

Shell, The Hague, the Netherlands

University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

University College London, London, United Kingdom

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

University of Essen, Essen, Germany

University Hospital of Rouen, Rouen, France

Cabanes

Pierre-André

Électricité de France, Paris, France

Calvo Rojas

Gonzalo

Hospital Clinic i Provincial of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Carroquino

Cazals

Colbeck

Coleman

Cooke

Cotrim

Maria

Yves

Ian

Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm), Paris,
France

University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

Michael

Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Allan Melvin

Alchemy Compliance Ltd, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Teresa

Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Crawford-Brown

Douglas

Pell Frischmann, London, United Kingdom

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Last name

First name

Institute or organisation of affiliation

Cuypers

Dal Negro

Darbre

Ann

Gianni

Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

GlaxoSmithKline, Verona, Italy

Philippa

University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

De Gaetano

Giovanni

Catholic University, Campobasso, Italy

Del Mazo

De Paepe

De Sutter

Jesus

Boel

Petra

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Di Guardo

Antonio

University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Dorigan

Dreher

Duffus

Ellerbrok

Lee

Public Health – Seattle & King County, Seattle, US

Jean-Claude

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Bron, France

John

Heinz

John H Duffus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany

Emmanouil-Nikoloussi

Elpida-Niki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece

Fernandes

Figueras

Fillet

Floc’h

Fruijtier-Pölloth

Fustinoni

Teresa

Maria

Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

University Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Anne-Marie

Électricité de France, Paris, France

François

Claudia

Silvia

ITEConsult, Genay, France

CATS Consultants GmbH, Gräfelfing, Germany

Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlicnico Mangiagalli e Regina
Elena, Milan, Italy

Galley-Taylor

Magdalen

Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust, Enderby, United
Kingdom

Garrigue

Gheber

Gibb

Giménez-Arnau

Gjomarkaj

Goldberg

Gordts

Górski

Grandjean

Greil

Griem

Jean-Luc

ImmunoSearch, Grasse, France

Levi

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Herman

Tetra Tech Sciences, Arlington, US

Ana

Mark

Michel

Bart

Andrzej

Philippe

Gerald

Peter

Hospital del Mar. IMAS., Barcelona, Spain

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy

Retired

Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium

Warsaw Medical University/Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH, Sulzbach, Germany

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Last name

First name

Institute or organisation of affiliation

Gushulak

Brian

Government of Canada – Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ottawa,
Canada

Håkansson

Helen

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Hanke

Harrison

Hassenzahl

Hauptmann

Hayward

Heederik

Hellebek

Hensten

Hurley

Jacobsen

Jaźwiec-Kanyion

Jensen

Jobling

Johansen

Kneuer

Koennecker

Komulainen

Koppe

Krätke

Kreyling

Kruize

Lambré

Lambrozo

Landsiedel

Latini

Laurent

Lebret

Lens

Wojciech

Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (NIOM), Lodz, Poland

Paul

David

Michael

Gordon

Dirk

PTCH Consultancy Limited, Market Harborough, United Kingdom

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, US

Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Consumer Risk Limited, London, United Kingdom

Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Annemarie

Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Arne

University of Tromsö, Tromsö, Norway

John Fintan

Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Hans-Jörg

Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Bożena

Allan

Susan

Medical Center OMEGA, Sosnowiec, Poland

Force Technology, Brøndby, Denmark

Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Jeanne Duus

Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

Carsten

Gustav

Hannu

Janna

Renate

Wolfgang

Hanneke

Claude

Jacques

Robert

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany

Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM),
Hannover, Germany

National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland

Retired

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany

Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environ­
mental Health, Neuherberg/München, Germany

National
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Institute for Public Health and the Environment

(RIVM),

Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm), Paris,
France

Électricité de France, Paris, France

BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Giuseppe

Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy

Christian

Unemployed

Erik

Piet

National
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Institute for Public Health and the Environment

(RIVM),

Unesco-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands

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Last name

First name

Institute or organisation of affiliation

Lichtenbeld

Lilienblum

Liu

Lopes

Luches

Hera

Werner

Qintao

Isabel

NanoTox BV and Biomedbooster BV, Maastricht, the Netherlands

LiCoTox (Lilienblum Consulting Toxicology), Hemmingen/Hannover,
Germany

AstraZeneca UK Ltd, Brixham, United Kingdom

University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Armando

University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

MacPherson

Douglas

Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada

Maillard

Mamo

Mangelsdorf

Marti

Marti-Mestres

Jean-Yves

Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Julian

Inge

Amelia

Gilberte

University of Malta, Msida, Malta

Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM),
Hannover, Germany

University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

University of Montpellier I, Montpellier, France

Martínez Serrano

Alberto

Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain

Melhus

Melissos

Minor

Mølhave

Montanaro

Moseley

Moulin

Mühlemann

Mulon

Navas

Äsa

Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Dimitrios

QACS Ltd, Athens, Greece

Philip

Lars

Fabio

Harry

Gérard

Marc

National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Blanche Lane,
South Mimms, Potters Bar, United Kingdom

University of Aarhus, Århus, Denmark

Fabio Montanaro, Genova, Italy

University of Dundee Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee,
United Kingdom

National agency for veterinary medicinal products, Fougères, France

Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP, Berne, Switzerland

Laurence

Mulon Conseil, Saint-Maurice, France

José

Spanish National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Tech­
nology, Madrid, Spain

Nemery de Bellevaux

Benoit

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Nielsen

Nogueira

Nohynek

Nordberg

Nübling

Nychas

Elsa

António

Gerhard

Monica

Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark

University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

L’Oreal Research and Development, Asnières, France

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Claudius

Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany

George-John

Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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Last name

First name

Institute or organisation of affiliation

Pallapies

Dirk

Forschungsinstitut
Unfallversicherung (BGFA), Bochum, Germany

für Arbeitsmedizin der Deutschen Gesetzlichen

Papadopoulou

Chrissanthy

University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Pandiella

Pauwels

Atanasio

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Marleen

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Peijnenburg

Willie

National
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Institute for Public Health and the Environment

(RIVM),

Peltonen

Pereira

Petrova

Pickup

Pirnay

Pitard

Polettini

Popov

Porzsolt

Pratt

Pukkala

Quesniaux

Ramsden

Richert

Riese

Robbins

Ryffel

Sacile

Sakellaris

Salifoglou

Salman

Kimmo

Ruth

Finnish Food Safety Authority (Evira), Helsinki, Finland

University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Rumiana

Retired

Roger

Natural Environment Research Council, Centre
Hydrology, Bailrigg, United Kingdom

for Ecology and

Jean-Paul

Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Alexandre

Fédération des réseaux de santé de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France

Aldo

Todor

Franz

Iona

Eero

Valérie

David

Susann

Hans

University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Retired

University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Food Safety Authority of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Finnish Cancer Registry, Helsinki, Finland

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France

Retired

Industriepark Wolfgang GmbH, Hanau, Germany

Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Anthony

Retired

Bernhard

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Orléans, France

Roberto

George

University of Genova, Genova, Italy

National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF), Athens, Greece

Athanasios

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Mo

Colorado State University, Colorado, US

Sans Menéndez

Susana

Institute of Health Studies – Generalitat of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Santos-Sanches

Saravanane

Schnekenburger

Ilda

Raman

Jürgen

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry, India

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany

Schowanek

Diederik

Procter & Gamble Eurocor, Strombeek-Bever, Belgium

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Last name

First name

Institute or organisation of affiliation

Schulte

Scialli

Sharp

Simms

Simkó

Straif

Stück

Spindler

Suh Macintosh

Sweet

Tchepel

Torok

Torrence

Trevisan

Tribsch

Tytgat

Uter

Vallaeys

Van Beelen

Van Benthem

Van De Meent

Stefan

BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Anthony

Tetra Tech Sciences, Arlington, US

Stephen

Medical Research Council, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ian

Myrtill

Health Protection Agency (HPA), London, United Kingdom

Austrian Academy of Sciences,
Vienna, Austria

Institute of Technology Assessment,

Kurt

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

Wolfgang

Wolfgang Stück, Koblenz, Germany

Per

Helen

Jeremy

Oxana

Andrea

Mary

Marco

University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, US

Sweet Environmental Consultants, Cambridge, UK

University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

National Institute for Environmental Health, Budapest, Hungary

Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, US

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy

Andreas

University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Jan

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Wolfgang

Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU), Erlangen, Germany

Tatiana

Patrick

Jan

Dirk

University of Montpellier II, Montpellier, France

National
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Institute for Public Health and the Environment

National
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Institute for Public Health and the Environment

National
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Institute for Public Health and the Environment

(RIVM),

(RIVM),

(RIVM),

Van Den Hazel

Peter

Public Health Services Gelderland Midden, Arnhem, the Netherlands

Van Der Laan

Jan Willem

National
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Institute for Public Health and the Environment

(RIVM),

Vanhaecke

Van Rongen

Verbeken

Viluksela

Virtanen

Voncina

Tamara

Eric

Gilbert

Matti

Jorma

Ernest

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, the Netherlands

Ministry of Defence, Brussels, Belgium

National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland

University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Institute of Public Health, Maribor, Slovenia

Von Stackelberg

Katherine

Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, US

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Last name

First name

Institute or organisation of affiliation

Wallet

Walochnik

Wester

Widén

Willing

Wu

Yang

Yu

Zappa

Zouali

France

Électricité de France, Paris, France

Julia

Piet

Frederik

Andreas

Qinglan

Hong

Il Je

Giovanna

Moncef

Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

National
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Institute for Public Health and the Environment

(RIVM),

Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt, Uppsala, Sweden

Cognis GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany

Det Norske Veritas As, Hoevik, Norway

US Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, US

Korea Environment & Merchandise Testing Institute, Incheon, Korea

Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and the Environ­
ment (ENEA), Rome, Italy

Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm), Paris,
France