CELEX: 32015D1218(01)
Language: en
Date: 2015-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 December 2015 — Appointment of Members of the Stakeholder group of the REFIT Platform

18.12.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 425/8
            
         COMMISSION DECISION
   of 16 December 2015
   Appointment of Members of the Stakeholder group of the REFIT Platform
   (2015/C 425/06)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Decision C(2015) 3261 final of 19 May 2015 establishing the REFIT Platform,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               The Commission Decision (1) (hereinafter ‘the Decision’) establishing the REFIT platform (hereinafter ‘the Platform’) provides for the Platform to have the mandate to (i) invite and collect suggestions from all available sources on regulatory and administrative burden reduction, arising from Union legislation and its implementation in Member States; (ii) assess the merits of the collected suggestions in terms of their potential to reduce regulatory and administrative burden without endangering the achievement of the objectives of the legislation and, where appropriate, provide supplementary remarks on the suggestions; (iii) forward for comments those suggestions considered to merit most attention, as well as any supplementary remarks, to the Commission services concerned or, as the case may be, to the Member State concerned; and (iv) respond to each person making a suggestion and render public the suggestions it receives, the supplementary remarks and the comments received from the Commission services or Member State concerned.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The Decision provides that the Platform will comprise a Government group and a Stakeholder group and that the members of the ‘Stakeholder group’ shall consist of up to 20 experts, two of them representing the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions and the rest from business, including from SMEs, and from social partners and civil society organisations having direct experience in the application of Union legislation. The experts in the stakeholder group shall be appointed in their personal capacity or to represent a common interest shared by a number of stakeholders.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The Decision provides that the Commission, on a proposal from the First Vice-President of the Commission, shall appoint members of the stakeholder group selected from applicants having direct experience in the application of Union legislation, who have responded to the call for applications. The appointments shall ensure, to the extent possible, a balanced representation of the various sectors, interests and regions of the Union and gender. Members shall be appointed until 31 October 2019.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               All applications received on the basis of the aforesaid criteria have been carefully examined.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Should any Member of the Stakeholder group cease to be a Member during the term of office of the Platform, the First Vice-President should be empowered to nominate a replacement on the basis of the criteria set by the Decision creating the Platform in order to avoid delay in the replacement of any Members of the Stakeholder group, or imbalance in its membership,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   1.   The Members of the Stakeholder group of the REFIT Platform are listed alphabetically in the Annex to this Decision.
   2.   Should any Member of the Stakeholder group cease to be a Member during the term of office of the Platform, the First Vice-President may nominate a replacement from the initial list of candidates who responded to the Call for expressions of interest to become Member of the Stakeholder group.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall apply until 31 October 2019.
   
      Done at Brussels, 16 December 2015.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         Jean-Claude JUNCKER
      
   
   
      (1)  C(2015) 3261 final.
   
      ANNEX
      
         Members appointed
      
      The Members of the ‘Stakeholder group’ of the REFIT Platform, listed alphabetically with indication of whether they have been nominated in their personal capacity or to represent a common interest shared by a number of stakeholders.
      
                  Name
               
               
                  Nationality
               
               
                  Represent a common interest shared by stakeholders in a particular policy area
               
               
                  Current employer
               
            
                  Mr Alanko Risto
               
               
                  FI
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  The Federation of Finnish Technology Industries
               
            
                  Mr Baussand Pierre
               
               
                  FR
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  Social Platform AISBL
               
            
                  Ms Beekmans-Pols Fenna
               
               
                  NL
               
               
                  NO
               
               
                  Europa Decentraal
               
            
                  Mr Christensen Geert Laaier
               
               
                  DK
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  Dansk Erhverv – The Danish Chamber of Commerce
               
            
                  Mr Clarke Mike
               
               
                  UK
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  Royal Society of Bird Protection (RSPB)
               
            
                  Ms Hanula-Bobbitt Katarzyna
               
               
                  PL
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  Finance Watch
               
            
                  Mr Hedström Jens
               
               
                  SE
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  BusinessEurope
               
            
                  Ms Kavrakova Assya
               
               
                  BG
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)
               
            
                  Mr Krivošík Juraj
               
               
                  SK
               
               
                  NO
               
               
                  SEVEn, the ‘Energy Efficiency Center’
               
            
                  Mr Lasiauskas Linas
               
               
                  LT
               
               
                  NO
               
               
                  Lithuanian Apparel and Textile Industry Association
               
            
                  Mr Loosen Peter
               
               
                  DE
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  Bund für Lebensmittelrecht und Lebensmittelkunde e.V. (national federation)
               
            
                  Mr Naslin Jean
               
               
                  FR
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  European Banking Industry Committee (EBIC)
               
            
                  Ms Pachl Ursula
               
               
                  AT
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  European consumer organisation (BEUC)
               
            
                  Ms Roenne Moeller Heidi
               
               
                  DK
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
               
            
                  Ms Ronzitti Valeria
               
               
                  IT
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing public services (CEEP)
               
            
                  Ms Santiago Cid María Elena
               
               
                  ES
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and (European Committee for Electro technical Standardization) Cenelec
               
            
                  Ms Stoczkiewicz Magdalena
               
               
                  PL
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  Friends of the Earth Europe
               
            
                  Mr van Straalen Michaël Angelo
               
               
                  NL
               
               
                  YES
               
               
                  Koninklijke Vereniging MKB
               
            
         Reserve list
      
      Should any member of the Stakeholder Group cease to be a Member during the term of office of the Platform, the First Vice President may nominate a replacement from the initial list of candidates who responded to the Call for expressions of interest to become Member of the Stakeholder Group.