Commission Decision of 18 December 2009 appointing members of the Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents for a new term of office
Date: 2009-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: appointment of staff, chemical product, occupational health, occupational safety, scientific committee (EU)








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19.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 338/98








            COMMISSION DECISION
         
of 18 December 2009
         
appointing members of the Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents for a new term of office
(2009/985/EU)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Commission Decision 95/320/EC of 12 July 1995 setting up a Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents (1), referred to below as ‘the Committee’, as amended by Commission Decision 2006/275/EC (2) and


Having regard to the profiles of candidates submitted by the Member States and evaluated by a Selection Committee on 6 July 2009,

Whereas:







(1)


Article 3(1) of Decision 95/320/EC provides that the Committee shall consist of not more than 21 members selected from among suitable candidates proposed by the Member States and reflecting the full range of scientific expertise which is necessary to fulfil the mandate of the Committee.












(2)


Article 3(2) of Decision 95/320/EC provides that the Commission shall appoint the members of the Committee, on the basis of their proven scientific expertise and experience, having regard to the need to ensure that the various specific areas are covered.












(3)


Article 3(4) of Decision 95/320/EC provides that the term of office of the members of the Committee shall be three years and that their appointment shall be renewable. After the expiry of the three-year period, members of the Committee remain in office until they are replaced or until their appointments are renewed.












(4)


The Commission has appointed by Decision 2006/573/EC (3) the members of the Committee for the fourth term of office from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2009.












(5)


It is therefore necessary to appoint the members of that Committee for the fifth term of office from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012.












(6)


The Commission consulted the Member States according to Article 3(2) of Decision 95/320/EC,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Sole article
The Commission appoints the following members of the Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents for the term of office from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012:






Prof. Hermann Bolt


Germany




Dr Marie-Thérèse Brondeau


France




Dr Dominique Brunet


France




Dr Eugenia Dănulescu


Romania




Prof. Helmut Greim


Germany




Prof. Andrea Hartwig


Germany




Prof. Alastair Hay


United Kingdom




Dr Miroslava Hornychová


Czech Republic




Dr Aranka Hudák-Demeter


Hungary




Prof. Gunnar Johanson


Sweden




Prof. Leonard Levy


United Kingdom




Prof. Dominique Lison


Belgium




Prof. Raphael Masschelein


Belgium




Dr Ekaterina Mirkova


Bulgaria




Dr Gunnar Nielsen


Denmark




Dr Hannu Norppa


Finland




Dr Erich Pospischil


Austria




Dr Tiina Santonen


Finland




Dr Jolanta Skowroń


Poland




Dr José Natalio Tejedor


Spain




Dr Ruud Woutersen


The Netherlands








Done at Brussels, 18 December 2009.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 188, 9.8.1995, p. 14.

(2)  
            OJ L 101, 11.4.2006, p. 4.

(3)  
            OJ L 228, 22.8.2006, p. 22.