Commission Decision of 9 August 2016 on the appointment of certain members of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council
Date: 2016-08-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: appointment of members, research body, scientific research








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11.8.2016   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 291/4





COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 August 2016
on the appointment of certain members of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council
(2016/C 291/06)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Council Decision 2013/743/EU of 3 December 2013 establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decisions 2006/971/EC, 2006/972/EC, 2006/973/EC, 2006/974/EC and 2006/975/EC (1), and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,
Whereas:






(1)


By Decision C(2013) 8915 (2) (as subsequently modified by Decision C(2015) 788 (3)) the Commission established the European Research Council (ERC) for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 as the means of implementing the actions under Part I ‘Excellent science’ which relate to the specific objective ‘The European Research Council (ERC)’, referred to in point (a) of Article 3(1) of Decision 2013/743/EU.










(2)


The ERC is composed of the independent Scientific Council provided for in Article 7 of Decision 2013/743/EU and the dedicated implementation structure provided for in Article 8 of that Decision.










(3)


Pursuant to Article 2(1) of Decision C(2013) 8915, the Scientific Council is composed of President of the ERC and 21 members.










(4)


Pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Decision 2013/743/EU, the members of the Scientific Council are appointed for a term of up to four years, renewable once. They should be appointed in a manner to ensure the continuity of the work of the Scientific Council.










(5)


Two members of the Scientific Council resigned and there is a need for their replacement.










(6)


Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Decision 2013/743/EU, the members of the Scientific Council are appointed by the Commission, following an independent and transparent procedure for their identification agreed with the Scientific Council, including a consultation of the scientific community and a report to the European Parliament and the Council. For this purpose, a standing committee for the identification of the future members of the Scientific Council was set up. The Identification Committee made recommendations to the Commission for the appointment of two new members of the Scientific Council that were accepted,




HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Professor Kurt MEHLHORN is appointed member of the ERC Scientific Council for a first mandate ending 30 June 2020.
Professor Nektarios TAVERNARAKIS is appointed member of the ERC Scientific Council for a first mandate ending 30 June 2020.
Article 2
The members of the ERC Scientific Council are listed in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 2016.

Done at Brussels, 9 August 2016.


For the Commission

Carlos MOEDAS

Member of the Commission





(1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 965.

(2)  Commission Decision C(2013) 8915 of 12 December 2013 establishing the European Research Council (OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 23).

(3)  Commission Decision C(2015) 788 of 17 February 2015 amending Decision C(2013) 8915 establishing the European Research Council (OJ C 58, 18.2.2015, p. 3).


ANNEX
Members of the ERC Scientific Council






Name and Institute


End of term of office




Klaus BOCK, Danish National Research Foundation


31 December 2016




Margaret BUCKINGHAM, Pasteur Institute, Paris


30 June 2019




Christopher CLARK, University of Cambridge


31 December 2019




Athene DONALD, University of Cambridge


31 December 2016




Barbara ENSOLI, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma


31 December 2016




Nuria Sebastian GALLES, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona


31 December 2016




Michael KRAMER, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn


30 June 2019




Tomas JUNGWIRTH, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic


31 December 2018




Matthias KLEINER, Technical University of Dortmund


31 December 2016




Eva KONDOROSI, Hungarian Academy of Sciences


31 December 2016




Kurt MEHLHORN, Max-Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken


30 June 2020




Barbara ROMANOWICZ, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory


31 December 2019




Mart SAARMA, University of Helsinki


31 December 2016




Nils Christian STENSETH, University of Oslo


31 December 2017




Martin STOKHOF, University of Amsterdam


31 December 2017




Nektarios TAVERNARAKIS, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas


30 June 2020




Janet THORNTON, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) European Molecular Biology Laboratory


31 December 2018




Isabelle VERNOS, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona


30 June 2019




Reinhilde VEUGELERS, Catholic University of Leuven


31 December 2016




Michel WIEVIORKA, Centre for Sociological Analysis and Intervention, Paris


31 December 2017




Fabio ZWIRNER, University of Padova


31 December 2018