Commission Decision of 9 December 2013 amending Decision 2010/206/EU appointing the members of the group for technical advice on organic production and drawing up the pool list
Date: 2013-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, appointment of members, food inspection, food processing, organic farming, self-employed person








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10.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 360/13





COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 December 2013
amending Decision 2010/206/EU appointing the members of the group for technical advice on organic production and drawing up the pool list
2013/C 360/09
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Commission Decision 2009/427/EC of 3 June 2009 establishing the expert group for technical advice on organic production (1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,
Whereas:






(1)


By Decision 2009/427/EC the Commission has set up the expert group for technical advice on organic production (‘the group’). By Commission Decision 2010/206/EU (2) the permanent members of the group have been appointed and the pool list has been drawn up for a period of application of that Decision ending on 31 December 2013.










(2)


Technical advice on organic production has an important role to play in the light of the evolution of the organic sector. It is also necessary to ensure continuity in relation to the work of the group. The application of Decision 2010/206/EU should therefore be extended and the mandate of the permanent members should be renewed for a second three-year term.










(3)


In accordance with Decision 2009/427/EC, it is necessary to fix a three-year period for the mandate of the permanent members and the period of application of this Decision. However, substance and practices authorisation procedure, including technical advice, will need to be adapted to forthcoming legislative developments relating to the organic production, if necessary within short time limits. The permanent members of the group should therefore be prepared for a possible review of their mandate in the light of the on-going review of the organic legislation.










(4)


Due to the resignations of three permanent members of the group, it is appropriate to appoint three experts from the pool list in Annex II to Decision 2010/206/EU as permanent members. The lists in Annex I and Annex II to that Decision should therefore be updated.










(5)


Decision 2010/206/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,




HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Decision 2010/206/EU is amended as follows:






1.


In Article 2 the date of ‘31 December 2013’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2016’.










2.


Annex I is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.










3.


In Annex II, the following names are removed from the list:






‘—


Keith BALL










—


Michel BOUILHOL










—


Roberto GARCÍA RUIZ’.








Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 9 December 2013.


For the Commission

Dacian CIOLOȘ

Member of the Commission





(1)  OJ L 139, 5.6.2009, p. 29.

(2)  Commission Decision 2010/206/EU of 28 September 2010 appointing the members of the group for technical advice on organic production and drawing up the pool list (OJ C 262, 29.9.2010, p. 3).


ANNEX


‘ANNEX I






A.


List in alphabetical order of the experts appointed as permanent members of the group for a first term running as from 1 January 2014






—


Keith BALL










—


Michel BOUILHOL










—


Roberto GARCÍA RUIZ














B.


List in alphabetical order of the experts appointed as permanent members of the group for a second term running as from 1 January 2014






—


Alexander BECK










—


Jacques CABARET










—


Niels HALBERG










—


Sonya IVANOVA-PENEVA










—


Lizzie Melby JESPERSEN










—


Nicolas LAMPKIN










—


Giuseppe LEMBO










—


Robin Frederik Alexander MORITZ










—


Bernhard SPEISER










—


Fabio TITTARELLI’