Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/1600 of 18 September 2015 appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020
Date: 2015-09-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, appointment of members








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24.9.2015   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 248/53








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU, EURATOM) 2015/1600
of 18 September 2015
         
appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020
         


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 300(2) and Article 302 thereof,


Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2015/1157 of 14 July 2015 determining the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),


Having regard to the proposals made by each Member State,


After consulting the European Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Council Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom (2), the term of office of the current members of the European Economic and Social Committee expires on 20 September 2015. Members should therefore be appointed for a period of five years as from 21 September 2015.












(2)


Each Member State was requested to submit to the Council a list of candidates, consisting of representatives of organisations of employers, of the employed and of other parties representative of civil society, notably in socioeconomic, civic, professional and cultural areas, for appointment as members of the European Economic and Social Committee.












(3)


This Decision will be followed at a later date by a decision appointing those members whose nominations were not communicated to the Council before 8 September 2015,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision are hereby appointed members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020.


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




Done at Brussels, 18 September 2015.


For the Council


The President

J. ASSELBORN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 187, 15.7.2015, p. 28.

(2)  Council Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom of 13 September 2010 appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (OJ L 251, 25.9.2010, p. 8).




ANNEX

ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ — ANEXO — PŘÍLOHA — BILAG — ANHANG — LISA


ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ — ANNEX — ANNEXE — PRILOG — ALLEGATO — PIELIKUMS


PRIEDAS — MELLÉKLET — ANNESS — BIJLAGE — ZAŁĄCZNIK


ANEXO — ANEXĂ — PRÍLOHA — PRILOGA — LIITE — BILAGA


Членове/Miembros/Členové/Medlemmer/Mitglieder/Liikmed


Μέλη/Members/Membres/Članovi/Membri/Locekļi


Nariai/Tagok/Membri/Leden/Członkowie


Membros/Membri/Členovia/Člani/Jäsenet/Ledamöter


BELGIË/BELGIQUE/BELGIEN

Mr Rudi THOMAES
Représentant de la Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique (FEB)
Administrateur délégué honoraire
Mr Dominique MICHEL
Chief Executive Officer, COMEOS, Fédération belge du commerce et des services
Mr Philippe (Baron) de Buck Van Overstraeten
Président du Belgian Business for Europe (BBE)
Mr Daniel MAREELS
General Manager, Belgische Federatie van de Financiële sector (Febelfin)
Mr Bernard NOËL
Représentant de la Centrale Générale des Syndicats Libéraux de Belgique (CGSLB)
Ancien-Secrétaire National
Mr Raymond COUMONT
Représentant de la Centrale nationale des employés/Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens — (CNE/CSC)
Ancien-Secrétaire général
Ms Anne DEMELENNE
Représentante de la Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (FGTB)
Ancienne Secrétaire générale
Mr Rudy DE LEEUW
Voorzitter, Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond (ABVV)
Mr Ferre WYCKMANS
Algemeen Secretaris, Landelijke Bediendencentrale-Nationaal Verbond voor Kaderleden (LBC-NVK)
Mr Alain COHEUR
Directeur des Affaires Européennes & Internationales, Union Nationale des Mutualités Socialistes
Mr Yves SOMVILLE
Directeur du Service d'Etudes de la Fédération wallonne de l'Agriculture
Mr Ronny LANNOO
Adviseur-generaal, Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers (UNIZO)

БЪЛГАРИЯ

Ms Milena ANGELOVA
Secretary — General of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association
Mr Bojidar DANEV
Executive President of the Bulgarian Industrial Association — Union of the Bulgarian Business
Mr Georgi STOEV
President of the Trade and Investment Committee and member of the Budgetary Committee of EUROCHAMBERS and Vice president of Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Evgeniy IVANOV
CEO, Member of the Board
Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria ‘The Voice of Bulgarian Business’ — KRIB
Mr Dimitar MANOLOV
President of the Confederation of Labour ‘PODKREPA’
               
Mr Veselin MITOV
International Secretary, Confederation of Labour ‘PODKREPA’
               
Mr Plamen DIMITROV
President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria
Mr Ivan KOKALOV
Vice-president of Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria
Mr Lalko DULEVSKI
President of the Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Bulgaria
Professor and Head of the Human Resources and Social Protection Department at the University of National and World Economy
Ms Dilyana SLAVOVA
National Coordinator of the Mountain Milk NGO, National Coordinator of Bulgarian Association of Farmers
Mr Bogomil NIKOLOV
Executive Director, Bulgarian National Association Active Consumers
Ms Diana INDJOVA
Chairperson of the Global Disability Movement

ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA

Ms Vladimíra DRBALOVÁ
EU Affairs Deputy Director and European Affairs Unit Head, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic
Mr Vladimír NOVOTNÝ
Member of Standing Committees for Energy and Environmental Policy, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic
Ms Marie ZVOLSKÁ
EU Affairs Advisor, Confederation of Employers' and Entrepreneurs' Associations of the Czech Republic
Mr Petr ZAHRADNÍK
Head, ČEZ Group Representation Office in Brussels; Advisor, Czech Chamber of Commerce
Mr Bohumír DUFEK
President, Independent Trade Unions Association of the Czech Republic; Vice-President, European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
Ms Hana POPELKOVÁ
Advisor, Czech-Moravian Confederation of the Trade Unions
Ms Lucie STUDNIČNÁ
Secretary for International Affairs, Czech-Moravian Confederation of the Trade Unions
Mr Jaroslav UNGERMAN
Expert on Macroeconomics, Czech-Moravian Confederation of the Trade Unions; Advisor, Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic; Vice-Chairman, Supervisory Board, Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP)
Ms Zuzana BRZOBOHATÁ
Non-profit institutions: Brontosaurus, Forum 50 %, Oranžový klub; Advisor, Office of Government of the Czech Republic
Mr Lukáš CURYLO
Director, Caritas Czech Republic; Member, Executive Board, Caritas Europe
Mr Roman HAKEN
Executive Director of the Regional Central Moravian Centre for Community Work
Mr Pavel TRANTINA
Freelance Trainer and Project Manager; EU Projects and Relations Manager, Czech Council of Children and Youth

DANMARK

Ms Dorthe ANDERSEN
Director EU Policy, Confederation of Danish Employers
Mr Anders LADEFOGED
Director of European Affairs at Confederation of Danish Industries
Mr Niels Lindberg MADSEN
Head of CAP-policy division, Landbrug & Fødevarer (Danish Agriculture & Food Council)
Ms Marie-Louise KNUPPERT
Elected Confederal Secretary, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions
Mr Bernt FALLENKAMP
Chief advisor, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions
Mr Mikkel DALSGAARD
EU Advisor, FTF — Confederation of Professionals in Denmark
Ms Benedicte FEDERSPIEL
Chief Counsel, the Danish Consumer Council
Ms Mette KINDBERG
Vice President, Kvinderådet (Women's Council Denmark)
Mr Ask Løvbjerg ABILDGAARD
Project Coordinator, Danish Association of the Blind

DEUTSCHLAND

Mr Christian BÄUMLER (PhD)
Member of the Executive Committee of CDA (European Union of Christian Democratic Workers)
Mr Dirk BERGRATH (PhD)
Director, EU-Liaison Office, IG Metall (German Metalworkers' Union)
Mr Egbert BIERMANN
Member, Managing Federal Board, IG BCE (industrial union)
Ms Gabriele BISCHOFF
Federal Executive of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB)
Ms Tanja BUZEK
Trade Union Secretary (United Services Trade Union ‘ver.di’)
Mr Peter CLEVER
Member of the management board of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA)
Mr Bernd DITTMANN
Managing Director, BDI/BDA (German Business Representation)
Mr Gerhard HANDKE
General Director, Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA)
Ms Renate HEINISCH (PhD)
Representative of BAGSO (Federal Association of Senior Citizens' Organisations)
Mr Udo HEMMERLING
Deputy general secretary, German Farmers' Association (DBV)
Mr Jürgen KEßLER (Professor, PhD)
Professor of Cooperative Law and Auditing of Cooperatives
Mr Stefan KÖRZELL
Member of the Federal Management Board, German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
Mr Thomas KROPP
Senior Vice President, Head of Group International Relations and Government Affairs, Lufthansa Group
Mr Günter LAMBERTZ (PhD)
Managing Director of DIHK-Representation to the EU (Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry)
Mr Arno METZLER
General manager of the German Association of Consulting Engineers (VBI)
Mr Christian MOOS
Divisional Director (European and International Affairs), German Civil Servants Association (dbb)
Mr Volker PETERSEN (PhD)
Head of department, German Raiffeisen Association
Mr Lutz RIBBE
Director of the Environmental Policy Section of the European Nature Heritage Fund (EURONATUR)
Mr Ulrich SAMM (Professor, PhD)
Director, Institute for Energy and Climate Research — Plasma Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Mr Karl-Peter SCHACKMANN-FALLIS (PhD)
Executive Member of the Board, German Savings Bank and Giro Association
Mr Bernd SCHLÜTER (Professor, PhD)
Board member, Federal Association of Non-statutory Welfare (BAGFW)
Mr Peter SCHMIDT
Trade union agent, food and restaurant workers' union (NGG)
Mr Holger SCHWANNECKE
Secretary-General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts and Small Business (ZDH)
Mr Hans-Joachim WILMS
Secretary for European Affairs in the federal executive of the German Trade Union for Construction, Agriculture and the Environment (IG Bauen — Agrar — Umwelt)

EESTI

Ms Reet TEDER
General Policy Adviser, Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ms Eve PÄÄRENDSON
Director of international relations of Estonian Employers' Confederation
Ms Liina CARR
International Secretary, Estonian Trade Union Confederation
Ms Mare VIIES
Consultant, Estonian Employees' Unions Confederation
Mr Roomet SÕRMUS
Chairman, Estonian Chamber of Agriculture and Commerce
Mr Meelis JOOST
Foreign relations and European policy specialist

IRELAND

Mr David Joseph CROUGHAN
Co-Chairman, Economists' Group, Institute of International and European Affairs.
Former Head of Economics and Taxation, Ibec (Irish Business and Employers Confederation)
Mr Thomas MCDONAGH
Chairman of Thomas McDonagh & Sons Limited/Patron of The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (trading as Chambers Ireland)
Mr John Patrick O'CONNOR
General President, SIPTU (Services, Industrial, Professional & Technical Union)
Ms Patricia MCKEOWN
Regional Section UNISON NI (Northern Ireland). ICTU Executive Council member & NIC Committee Member
Mr Cillian LOHAN
CEO of Green Economy Foundation
Mr Michael MCLOUGHLIN
Head of Advocacy and Communications at Youth Work Ireland
Mr John BRYAN
Past IFA (Irish Farmers' Association) President
Mr John COMER
President of ICMSA (Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association)
Mr Seamus BOLAND
CEO Irish Rural Link

ΕΛΛΑΣ

Mrs Irini Ivoni PARI
Permanent Delegate of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) to Brussels
Mr Panagiotis Leonidas GKOFAS
Member of the General Assembly of the General Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (GSEVEE).
Mr Dimitrios DIMITRIADIS
Former First Vice President of the Greek Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) and President of the General Assembly.
Mr Aristotelis THOMOPOULOS
Member of the Board of Directors (BoD) of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE).
Mr Yannis PANAGOPOULOS
President of the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE)
Mr Georgios DASSIS
Special advisor to the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) — Representative of the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
Mr Spyridon PAPASPYROS
President of the General Council of the Confederation of Public Servants (ADEDY)
Mr Georgios PETROPOULOS
Member of the Executive Committee (Board) of Confederation of Public Servants (ADEDY)
Mr Ioannis KOLYVAS
Director-General of the Panhellenic Organization of Unions of Agricultural Cooperatives (PASEGES)
Ms Evangelia KEKELEKI
Secretary-General of the Consumer's Protection Centre (KERKA)
Mr Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS
President of the National Confederation of Disabled People (ESAEA)
Ms Aikaterini PEPPA
Deputy-General Director of the Union of Greek Shipowners (EEE)

ESPAÑA

Sr. Andrés, BARCELÓ DELGADO
Director-General de la Unión de Empresas Siderúrgicas (UNESID)
Sr. Josep Manuel, BASAÑEZ VILLALUENGA
Miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE)
Miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de Fomento del Trabajo Nacional de Cataluña
Sra. Patricia CIREZ MIQUELEIZ
Delegación de la Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE) en Bruselas
Sra. Ma Helena DE FELIPE LEHTONEN
Presidenta de la Patronal de la micro, pequeña y mediana empresa de Cataluña (FEPIME)
Vicepresidenta de Confederación Española de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa (CEPYME)
Sr. Antonio GARCÍA DEL RIEGO
Managing Director, Head of European Corporate Affairs
Banco Santander
Sr. Ignacio GARCÍA MAGARZO
Director-General
Asociación Española de Distribuidores, Autoservicios y Supermercados (ASEDAS)
Sr. Josep PUXEU ROCAMORA
Director-General
Asociación de Fabricantes de Bebidas Refrescantes (ANFABRA)
Sra. Isabel CAÑO AGUILAR
Responsable de la Oficina de UGT en Bruselas
Sr. Francisco Javier DOZ ORRIT
Adjunto a la Secretaría de CC.OO. y Presidente de la Fundación 1o de Mayo
Sra. Laura GONZALEZ de TXABARRI ETXANIZ
Responsable del Departamento Internacional, con dirección en Barrainkua (ELA-STV)
Sr. Juan MENDOZA CASTRO
Director del Instituto Sindical de Cooperación al Desarrollo (ISCOD-UGT)
Sr. José Antonio MORENO DÍAZ
Asesor jurídico confederal del CC.OO. en materia de inmigración
Sra. Catalina Ana VICENS GUILLÉN
Secretaria General de CC.OO.-Illes Balears
Sr. José María ZUFIAUR NARVAIZA
Colaborador de la Secretaría de Política Internacional de UGT
Sr. Miguel Ángel CABRA DE LUNA
Vocal de la Junta Directiva de la Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía Social (CEPES).
Presidente de la Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales (CEPES)
Sr. Andoni GARCÍA ARRIOLA
Miembro de la Comisión Ejecutiva de la Coordinadora de Agricultores y Ganaderos (COAG)
Sr. Bernardo HERNÁNDEZ BATALLER
Secretario General de la Asociación de Usuarios de la Comunicación (AUC)
Vocal del Consejo de Consumidores y Usuarios (CCU) de España
Sr. José Manuel ROCHE RAMO
Secretario General de la Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos de Aragón (UPA-Aragón)
Sr. Gabriel SARRÓ IPARRAGUIRRE
Asesor de la Confederación Española de PESCA (CEPESCA)
Sr. Ricardo SERRA ARIAS
Presidente de la Asociación Agraria de Jóvenes Agricultores (ASAJA) de Sevilla y Andalucía.
Sr. Carlos TRÍAS PINTÓ
Director de la Asociación General de Consumidores (ASGECO)
Director de la Unión de Cooperativas de Consumidores y Usuarios de España (UNCCUE)

FRANCE

Mme Emmanuelle BUTAUD-STUBBS
Déléguée générale de l'Union des Industries Textiles (UIT)/Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF)
M. Stéphane BUFFETAUT
Président du Réseau Batigere (entreprises sociales pour l'habitat)/Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF)
Mme Anne CHASSAGNETTE
Directrice de la Responsabilité Environnementale et Sociétale, Groupe Engie
M. Henri MALOSSE
CCI France (Chambres de commerce et d'industrie de France)
M. Philippe de BRAUER
Vice-président de la commission internationale de la Confédération Générale des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (CGPME)
M. Patrick LIEBUS
Vice-président de l'Union Professionnelle Artisanale (UPA) et Président de la Confédération de l'Artisanat et des Petites Entreprises du Bâtiment (CAPEB)
M. Arnold PUECH d'ALISSAC
Président de l'Union Syndicale Agricole de Seine-Maritime (FNSEA 76)
Mme Marie-Françoise GONDARD-ARGENTI
Secrétaire générale de l'Union Nationale des Professions Libérales (UNAPL)
M. Christophe LEFEVRE
Secrétaire national de la Confédération Française de l'Encadrement/Confédération Générale des Cadres (CFE-CGC) en charge de l'Europe et de l'International
M. Jacques LEMERCIER
Ancien Secrétaire général de Force Ouvrière (FO) Communication
Mme Laure BATUT
Membre du secteur Europe-International de la Confédération Force Ouvrière (FO)
M. Pierre-Jean COULON
Secrétaire confédéral Europe-international de la Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (CFTC)
Mme Franca SALIS MADINIER
Secrétaire nationale de la Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT) Cadres
M. Christophe QUAREZ
Secrétaire fédéral de la Fédération de la Chimie et de l'Energie (FCE) de la Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT)
Mme Ozlem YILDIRIM
Conseillère confédérale de la Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)
M. Denis MEYNENT
Conseiller confédéral de la Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)
Mme Reine-Claude MADER-SAUSSAYE
Présidente de la Confédération de la Consommation, du Logement et du Cadre de Vie (CLCV)
Mme Geneviève SAVIGNY
Ancienne Secrétaire nationale de la Confédération paysanne
M. Christophe HILLAIRET
Membre du Bureau et du Conseil d'administration de l'Assemblée Permanente des Chambres d'Agriculture (APCA)
M. Jean-Marc ROIRANT
Secrétaire général de la Ligue de l'Enseignement
Mme Christiane BASSET
Vice-présidente de l'Union Nationale des Associations Familiales (UNAF)
Mme Jocelyne LE ROUX
Secrétaire générale adjointe de la Fédération des Mutuelles de France (FMF)
M. Thierry LIBAERT
Fondation pour la Nature et l'Homme (FNH)
M. Michel DUBROMEL
Vice-président de France Nature Environnement (FNE)

HRVATSKA

Mr Davor MAJETIĆ
Director-General, Croatian Employers' Association (HUP)
Ms Dragica MARTINOVIĆ DŽAMONJA
Director, Representative Office of the Croatian Chamber of Economy in Brussels
Ms Violeta JELIĆ
General Secretary of the Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts
Ms Marija HANŽEVAČKI
General Secretary of the Independent Trade Unions of Croatia (NHS)
Ms Anica MILIĆEVIĆ- PEZELJ
Executive Secretary, Union of Autonomous Trade Unions (UATUC)
Mr Vilim RIBIĆ
President of MATICA — Association of Croatian Trade Unions; President of the Great Council of Independent Union of Research and Higher Education Employees of Croatia
Ms Lidija PAVIĆ-ROGOŠIĆ
Director of ODRAZ — Sustainable Community Development, Croatian civil society organisation
Ms Marina ŠKRABALO
Senior Advisor, GONG
Mr Toni VIDAN
Energy campaigner of environmental CSO Zelena akcija — Friends of the Earth Croatia

ITALIA

Sig. Pietro Vittorio BARBIERI
Portavoce del Forum Terzo Settore — Presidente FISH (Federazione Italiana per il Superamento dell'Handicap)
Sig. ra Giulia BARBUCCI
Area politiche europee e internazionali della CGIL (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro)
Sig.ra Claudia BUSCHI
Segretariato Generale della CISL (Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori)
Sig.ra Marina Elvira CALDERONE
Presidente del Consiglio Nazionale dell'Ordine dei Consulenti del Lavoro — Presidente del Comitato Unitario degli Ordini e Collegi Professionali
Sig. Carmelo CEDRONE
Professore Emerito di Politica Economica Europea Università la Sapienza di Roma — Consulente del Dipartimento Europeo ed Internazionale della UIL (Unione Italiana del Lavoro)
Sig. Stefano CETICA
Presidente di IPER (Istituto per le Ricerche Economiche e Sociali) della UGL (Unione Generale del Lavoro)
Sig. Pietro Francesco DE LOTTO
Direttore Generale di Confartigianato Vicenza
Sig.ra Cinzia DEL RIO
Direttore del Dipartimento Internazionale della UIL (Unione Italiana del Lavoro)
Sig. Gianfranco DELL'ALBA
Direttore della Delegazione di Confindustria presso l'Unione Europea a Bruxelles
Sig. Tommaso DI FAZIO
Presidente nazionale della CIU (Confederazione Italiana di Unione delle professioni intellettuali)
Sig. Giancarlo DURANTE
Direttore degli Affari sociali dell'Associazione Bancaria Italiana — Professore di Sicurezza sociale e libera circolazione dei lavoratori nell'UE all'Università degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma
Sig. Diego DUTTO
Direttore Nazionale LEGACOOPSOCIALI (Associazione Nazionale Cooperative Sociali)
Sig. Emilio FATOVIC
Vice Segretario Nazionale CONFSAL (Confederazione Generale dei Sindacati Autonomi dei Lavoratori)
Sig. Giuseppe GUERINI
Presidente di Federsolidarietà-Confcooperative — Presidente della cooperativa sociale Ecosviluppo
Sig. Giuseppe Antonio Maria IULIANO
Responsabile per le Politiche Internazionali, Segretariato Internazionale della CISL (Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori)
Sig. Luca JAHIER
Giornalista, politologo, esperto di associazionismo di promozione sociale e del terzo settore — ACLI
Sig. Antonio LONGO
Presidente del Movimento Difesa del Cittadino — Membro del CNCU (Consiglio Nazionale Consumatori e Utenti)
Sig. Sandro MASCIA
Direttore dell'Ufficio di Confagricoltura a Bruxelles
Sig. Alberto MAZZOLA
Responsabile degli Affari Internazionali delle Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane — Vice Presidente Gruppo Trasporti Business Europe
Sig. Stefano PALMIERI
Area Politiche Europee ed Internazionali della CGIL (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro)
Sig. Antonello PEZZINI
Professore di Economia e gestione delle imprese nell'Unione europea all'Università degli Studi di Bergamo — Imprenditore nel settore tecnico-tessile
Sig. Maurizio REALE
Direttore dell'Ufficio di Rappresentanza per le Relazioni con le Istituzioni dell'Unione Europea di Coldiretti
Sig. Claudio ROTTI
Presidente di AICE (Associazione Italiana Commercio Estero)
Sig. Marco VEZZANI
Vice Presidente Nazionale CIDA

ΚΥΠΡΟΣ

Mr Michalis ANTONIOU
Assistant Director-General, Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation
Mr Manthos MAVROMMATIS
Former President, Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Nicolaos (Nicos) EPISTITHIOU
Former Secretary-General of the Cyprus Hotel Employees Federation OYXEKA-SEK
Mr Andreas PAVLIKKAS
Head of Research and Studies Department, Pancyprian Federation of Labour — PEO
Mr Anastasis YIAPANIS
General Secretary of Panagrotikos Farmers Union

LATVIJA

Mr Vitālijs GAVRILOVS
President of Employers' Confederation of Latvia
Mr Gundars STRAUTMANIS
Vice-president of Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ms Ariadna ĀBELTIŅA
Coordinator for External Relations, Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia
Mr Pēteris KRĪGERS
President of Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia
Ms Gunta ANČA
Chairperson of the Latvian Umbrella Body for Disability Organisations
SUSTENTO
Ms Baiba MILTOVIČA
International and EU Affairs Adviser of Latvian National Association for Consumer Protection
Mr Gustavs NORKĀRKLIS
Chairman of the Board of Association of Latvian Organic Agriculture

LUXEMBOURG

Monsieur Henri WAGENER
Conseiller auprès de Fedil, Business Federation Luxembourg
Monsieur Raymond HENCKS
Conseiller auprès de la Chambre des fonctionnaires et employés publics
Monsieur Jean-Claude REDING
Président de la Chambre des Salariés
Monsieur Norbert GEISEN
Président honoraire de la Fédération des Artisans
Madame Josiane WILLEMS
Directrice de la Centrale paysanne

MAGYARORSZÁG

Dr András EDELÉNYI
Expert, Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Dr István KOMORÓCZKI
Economic Advisor to the President of COOP Federation
Ms Katalin Elza SÜLE
President, Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture of Zala County
President, National Association of Hungarian Farmers' Societies of Zala County
Ms Júlia Borbála VADÁSZ
Permanent Delegate in Brussels of the Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists
Dr Piroska KÁLLAY
Coordinator for Committees (Equality, Youth, International, Pensioners) of the LIGA-Democratic League of Independent Trade Unions
Ms Erika NEMESKÉRINÉ KOLLER
International secretary at the Forum for the Cooperation of Trade Unions
Dr Miklós PÁSZTOR
Expert, National Federation of Workers' Council
Dr János WELTNER
Senior consultant, Semmelweis University in Budapest
Dr Etele BARÁTH
Hon. university professor, Hungarian Society for Urban Planning
Dr Ágnes CSER
Representative of the Hungarian Alliance for Children and Youth
Ms Kinga JOÓ
Vice-president, National Association of Large Families
Mr Ákos TOPOLÁNSZKY
President, Federation of the Hungarian Drug Therapeutic Institutes

MALTA

Mr Stefano MALLIA
Former President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce and Industry and an ex-officio Council Member and Member of the Chamber Statute Revision Committee
Mr Tony ZAHRA
President, Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association
Mr Charles VELLA
Research & Information Executive; Secretary to the GWU National Council
Dr Philip VON BROCKDORFF
Consultant, Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin
Mr Ben RIZZO
President, Civil Society Committee within the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD)

NEDERLAND

Mr Winand Leo Emile QUAEDVLIEG
Head, Brussels office, VNO-NCW and MKB Nederland
Mr Klaas Johan OSINGA
Senior Adviser, International Affairs at LTO NEDERLAND
Mrs Marjolijn BULK
Adviser, European Affairs at FNV
Mr Martinus Cornelis SIECKER
Former Trade Union Official, Netherlands Trade Union Federation (FNV)
Mrs Annie VAN WEZEL
Policy Adviser, European and International Affairs at FNV
Mrs Melanie I. BOUWKNEGT
Advisor, CNV Nederland
Mrs Cathelijne C.J. MULLER
Advisor, VCP
Mr Dick WESTENDORP
Former President, ‘consumentenbond’
               
Mr Jan Willem Hendrik DIRX
Advisor and directorate secretariat to the management of ‘Natuur and Milieu’. Responsible for the ‘groene11’ (partnership between the main Dutch nature and environmental organisations)

ÖSTERREICH

Ms Christa SCHWENG
Senior Advisor of the ‘Wirtschaftskammer Österreich’ (Austrian Economic Chamber); department for social policy and health
Mr Michael IKRATH
Secretary-General of the ‘Österreichischer Sparkassenverband’ (Austrian Association of savings banks)
Mr Gerhard RIEMER
Consultant of the ‘Vereinigung der Österreichischen Industrie’ (Federation of the Austrian Industry)
Mr Ferdinand MAIER
Former Secretary-General of the ‘Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband’ (Austrian Raiffeisen-Association)
Mr Thomas DELAPINA
Senior advisor of the ‘Arbeiterkammer Wien’ (Chamber of Labour of the Federal Land Vienna)
Mr Thomas WAGNSONNER
Deputy Director of the ‘Arbeiterkammer Niederösterreich’ (Chamber of Labour of the Federal Land of Lower Austria)
Mr Oliver RÖPKE
Head of the ‘ÖGB-Europabüro an der Ständigen Vertretung Österreichs bei der EU in Brüssel’ (Bureau for European Affairs of the Austrian Trade Union at the Permanent Representative of Austria at the EU in Brussels)
Mr Wolfgang GREIF
Head of the department of the ‘ÖGB’ (Austrian Trade Union Association) betreffend ‘Europa, Konzerne und Internationale Beziehungen’ (Europe, multinational companies and international relations)
Mr Thomas KATTNIG
Head of the ‘Bereich für Internationales, EU und Daseinsvorsorge in der Gewerkschaft der Gemeindebediensteten sowie der Gewerkschaft für Kunst, Medien, Sport und freie Berufe’ (in the field of international affairs, EU and services of general interest of the trade union for employees of municipalities as well as for the trade union of media, sports and independent professions)
Mr Rudolf KOLBE
President of the ‘Kammer der Architekten und Ingenieurkonsulenten für Oberösterreich und Salzburg’ (Chamber of architects and consultants for engineering for the Federal Land of Upper Austria and the Federal Land of Salzburg)
Mr Andreas THURNER
Officer of the ‘Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich–Büro Brüssel’ (Chamber of agriculture in Austria — Office in Brussels)
Mr Alfred GAJDOSIK
Employee of ‘Hotel Marriott/PCC-Erhaltungs- und ErrichtungsgesmbH’ (Marriott Hotel Vienna/(PCC-preservation and accommodation-limited partnership company)

POLSKA

Mr Jacek Piotr KRAWCZYK
Vice-president, Confederation Lewiatan
Mr Lech Józef PILAWSKI
Director-General, Confederation Lewiatan
Mr Andrzej MALINOWSKI
President, Employers of Poland
Mr Janusz PIETKIEWICZ
Vice-president, Employers of Poland
Mr Jarosław Maciej MULEWICZ
Consultant, Association of Employers Business Centre Club
Mr Krzysztof OSTROWSKI
Director of the Interventions Bureau, Association of Employers Business Centre Club
Mr Jan KLIMEK
Vice-president, Polish Craft Association
Mrs Dorota GARDIAS
Expert, Trade Union Forum
Mrs Wioletta JANOSZKA
Member of the Board, Trade Union Forum
Mr Andrzej ADAMCZYK
Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Office, Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union ‘Solidarność’
               
Mr Marian KRZAKLEWSKI
Expert, Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union ‘Solidarność’
               
Mr Franciszek Bogdan BOBROWSKI
Vice-president, All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
Mr Wincenty Sławomir BRONIARZ
President of the Polish Teachers' Union/All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
Mr Adam ROGALEWSKI
Expert, All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
Mr Krzysztof Stanisław BALON
Secretary of the Programming Committee, Working Community of Associations of Social Organisations WRZOS
Mrs Karolina Lidia DRESZER-SMALEC
Expert, All-Poland Federation of Non-Governmental Organisations
Mr Krzysztof KAMIENIECKI
Expert, Polish Ecological Club
Mr Michał Grzegorz MODRZEJEWSKI
Honorary President of the Union of the Rural Youth
Mr Krzysztof Jerzy PATER
Member, Polish Scouting Association
Mrs Elżbieta Maria SZADZIŃSKA
Expert, Consumers Federation
Mrs Teresa TISZBIEREK
Expert, Association of the Voluntary Fire Brigades of the Republic of Poland

PORTUGAL

Mr Gonçalo Cristóvão Aranha da Gama LOBO XAVIER
Adviser to the Management Board of AIMMAP — the Association of Portuguese Metallurgical, Mechanical Engineering and Similar Industrial Companies; Member appointed by CIP — Confederation of Enterprises of Portugal, since January 2013 (CIP)
Mr Luís Miguel CORREIA MIRA
Secretary-general, Portuguese Farmers' Confederation (CAP)
Mr Pedro D'ALMEIDA FREIRE
Vice-president, Confederation of Portuguese Commerce and Services (CCP)
Mr Paulo BARROS VALE
Businessman, Director of the Portuguese Business Association (AEP)
Mr Mário David FERREIRINHA SOARES
Professor, Member of the National Council of the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers — Inter-union (CGTP-IN)
Mr Carlos Manuel ALVES TRINDADE
Member of the Executive Committee, National Council of the Portuguese General Workers' Confederation (CGTP-IN)
Mr Carlos Manuel SIMÕES DA SILVA
Secretary-General of UGT (União Geral de Trabalhadores/Portuguese General Workers Trade-Union)
Mr João DIAS DA SILVA
Vice-President of the Board of the Teachers' Trade Union for the North Region
Mr Jorge PEGADO LIZ
Lawyer, Consumer Protection Association (DECO)
Mr Carlos Matias RAMOS
President of the Portuguese Association of Engineers
Mr Francisco Bernardino da SILVA
Secretary-general of CONFAGRI, President of the Portuguese National Federation of Mutual Agricultural Credit Banks (Portuguese Cooperative Banks) (FENACAM)
Mr Lino da SILVA MAIA
President of the National Confederation of Solidarity Institutions (CNIS)

ROMÂNIA

Petru Sorin DANDEA
Vice-president at The National Trade Union Confederation Cartel ALFA
Dumitru FORNEA
Confederal Secretary responsible for the International Relations of the National Trade Union Confederation — MERIDIAN
Minel IVAȘCU
Secretary-General at The National Trade Union Block (BNS)
Liviu LUCA
Prim-vice-president at The National Trade Union Confederation CNSLR-FRATIA
Sabin RUSU
Secretary-General — Confederation of Democratic Trade Unions in Romania
Ana BONTEA
Director of the Department for Legal Affairs and Social Dialogue, National Council of Small and Medium Sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR)
Mihai MANOLIU
President, The Confederation of Romanian Employers (CNPR)
Aurel Laurențiu PLOSCEANU
President, General Union of Industrialists in Romania (UGIR)
Octavian Cătălin ALBU
Secretary-General of Romanian National Employers Organisation (PNR)
Irinel Eduard FLORIA
Employers Confederation Concordia (Concordia)
Cristian PÎRVULESCU
President, Asociația Pro Democrația (ApD), non-governmental, non-profit association
Ionuț SIBIAN
Executive Director, Civil Society Development Foundation (CSDF)
Mihai IVAȘCU
Camera de Comerț și Industrie a României
Marius Eugen OPRAN
Institutul Național de C& D pentru Fizică și Inginerie Nucleară; Institutul Național de C&D Fizica Laserelor Plasmei și Radiației;
Victor ALISTAR
Transparency International România

SLOVENIJA

Mr Jože SMOLE
Secretary-General, ZDS — Association of Employers of Slovenia
Mr Dare STOJAN
Director, Businessman, AVITEL d.o.o.
Ms Nadja GÖTZ
Legal Adviser of Public Services Trade Unions Confederation of Slovenia
Mr Jakob Krištof POČIVAVŠEK
Secretary-General of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovenia PERGAM
Mr Andrej ZORKO
Executive Secretary, Governing Board of the Slovenian Association of Free Trade Unions
Mr Primož ŠPORAR
Chief Executive Officer of SKUP, Association of Private Institutes
Mr Branko RAVNIK
Director of Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of Slovenia (CAFS)

SLOVENSKO

Mr Peter MIHÓK
President of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Vice President of the Economic and Social Council of the Slovak Republic
Ms Martina ŠIRHALOVÁ
Project manager, Federation of employers' associations (AZZZ)
Ms Jarmila DÚBRAVSKÁ
Director of the Department of Agriculture and Services, Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber (SPPK)
Mr Emil MACHYNA
President of the Slovak Metalworkers Federation (KOVO)
Mr Anton SZALAY
President of the Slovak Trade Union of Health and Social Services
Ms Mária MAYEROVÁ
President of the Slovak Trade Union of Public Administration and Culture (SLOVES)
Mr Vladimír BÁLEŠ
Professor, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Mr Juraj SIPKO
Director of the Institute of Economic Research, Slovak Academy of Science
Mr Rudolf KROPIL
President of the Slovak Rectors' Conference

SUOMI

Ms Tellervo KYLÄ-HARAKKA-RUONALA
Director, Infrastructure and Environment, Confederation of Finnish Industries
Mr Jukka AHTELA
LL.M., Chairman of the Board, Senior Advisor, Ahtela Consulting Oy
Mr Timo VUORI
Executive Vice President, Finland Chamber of Commerce
Mr Markus PENTTINEN
Head of International Affairs, Confederation of Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland Akava
Mr Pekka RISTELÄ
Director, FinUnions — Finnish Trade Union Representation to the EU
Ms Marianne MUONA
Senior Advisor on International Affairs, Finnish Confederation of Professionals STTK
Ms Pirkko RAUNEMAA
M.Sc. (Agriculture and Forestry), Council of Home Economics and Consumer Associations
Mr Simo TIAINEN
Director, Office of Finnish Agriculture and Cooperatives, Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners MTK
Mr Pasi MOISIO
Director, Permanent Representative to the EU of the Finnish transport and logistics organisations

SVERIGE

Ms Karin Ebba Sofia EKENGER
Director/Senior Advisor, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Mr Nils-Olof Krister ANDERSSON
Head of the Tax Policy Department, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Mr Thord Stefan BACK
Director Sustainable Logistics, Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprises
Mr Erik Rolf Lennart SVENSSON
Board Member, Almega AB
Ms Ellen Paula NYGREN
Ombudsman, Swedish Trade Union Confederation
Mr Frank Thomas ABRAHAMSSON
Swedish Trade Union for Service and Communications Employees
Ms Berivan Muhriban ÖNGÖRUR
International Secretary, Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
Mr Bo Gunnar Alexander JANSSON
President, National Union of Teachers in Sweden
Ms Ariane Elisabeth RODERT
EU Policy Advisor, National Forum for Voluntary Organizations
Mr Oskar Kristersson WALLNER
Expert, National Council of Swedish Youth Organisations (LSU)
Ms Sofia Karin Anna BJÖRNSSON
Acting director, Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF), Brussels Office
Ms Ulrika WESTERLUND
President, Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL)

UNITED KINGDOM

Mr George Traill LYON
Independent Lawyer — formerly BAE Systems
Mr Roger Martin BARKER
Director, Corporate Governance and Professional Standards, Institute of Directors
Ms Brenda KING
Director, African and Caribbean Diversity
Dr David John SEARS
Consultant and former Deputy Director-General British Chamber of Commerce
Ms Madi SHARMA
Entrepreneur and consultant and Founder of Women's Economic and Social Think Tank and Make a Difference Ideas Centre supporting female empowerment
Mr John WALKER
Director of European Alliance of Small Business, Business Consultant and former National Chairman of Federation of Small Business
Mr Jonathan PEEL
Business and Trade Consultant
Mr Brendan James BURNS
Management Consultant and Financial Investor
Mr Brian CURTIS
Former Chair/President in National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers and WTUC
Ms Diane KELLY
UNISON Assistant Branch Secretary
Ms Kathleen WALKER SHAW
Head of European Office for GMB Trade Union
Ms Agnes TOLMIE
Senior Union Representative, UNITE Union, and Manager, Royal Bank of Scotland
Ms Judy MCKNIGHT
Former General Secretary, National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO)
Mr Nicholas CROOK
Head of International Relations, UNISON, and member of the Executive of the European Federation of Public Service Unions
Mr Amarjite SINGH
CWU Branch Secretary, Royal Mail. Chair of CWU National Race Advisory Board
Mr Martin MAYER
First Yorkshire Bus PLC, UNITE Branch Secretary
Dr Rose D'SA
Consultant in EU, Commonwealth and International Law including legal education and Distance Learning
Ms Jane MORRICE
Communications Consultant, Deputy Chief Equality Commissioner — Northern Ireland
Sir Stuart ETHERINGTON
Chief Executive for the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
Mr Michael SMYTH
Economist, Academic, University of Ulster
Mr Tom JONES
Farmer; Vice-President of the Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)
Ms Irene OLDFATHER
Director, Health and Social Care Alliance
Ms Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS
Consultant on Women's Rights
Sir Graham WATSON
Managing Director, Consultant, Honorary President and co-founder of Climate Parliament (London) and Chairman of Europe Active, the European Health and Fitness Association