CELEX: 32015D0218(01)
Language: en
Date: 2015-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 February 2015 amending Decision C(2013) 8915 establishing the European Research Council

18.2.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 58/3
            
         COMMISSION DECISION
   of 17 February 2015
   amending Decision C(2013) 8915 establishing the European Research Council
   (2015/C 58/04)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to 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) (1), and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               By Commission Decision C(2013) 8915 of 12 December 2013 establishing the European Research Council (2), 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 Decision 2013/743/EU.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The Scientific Council is composed of the President of the ERC (‘ERC President’) and 21 other members appointed for the term of office laid down in Annex I to Decision C(2013) 8915.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Members of the Scientific Council are appointed for a term of up to four years, renewable once (3). They should be appointed in a manner to ensure the continuity of the work of the Scientific Council.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The term of office of nine of the members of the Scientific Council ends on 31 December 2014 and there is a need for renewal of the Scientific Council membership.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               According to 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 future members of the Scientific Council has been set up. The Identification Committee made recommendations to the Commission for the replacement and reappointment of members of the Scientific Council that have been accepted.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               In line with recommendations of the Identification Committee three members of the Scientific Council are reappointed and three new members are appointed. The three remaining vacancies will be filled as soon as possible.
            
         
               (8)
            
            
               Decision C(2013) 8915 should therefore be amended accordingly,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Annex I to Decision C(2013) 8915 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2015.
   
      Done at Brussels, 17 February 2015.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Carlos MOEDAS
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 965.
   
      (2)  OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 23.
   
      (3)  Article 2(3) of Decision C(2013) 8915.
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX I
            Members of the Scientific Council
            
                        Name and Institute
                     
                     
                        End of term of office
                     
                  
                        Klaus BOCK, Danish National Research Foundation
                     
                     
                        31 December 2016
                     
                  
                        Nicholas CANNY, National University of Ireland, Galway
                     
                     
                        31 December 2015
                     
                  
                        Sierd A.P.I. CLOETINGH, Utrecht University
                     
                     
                        31 December 2015
                     
                  
                        Athene DONALD, University of Cambridge
                     
                     
                        31 December 2016
                     
                  
                        Barbara ENSOLI, Instituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma
                     
                     
                        31 December 2016
                     
                  
                        Nuria Sebastian GALLES, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
                     
                     
                        31 December 2016
                     
                  
                        Reinhard GENZEL, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
                     
                     
                        31 December 2016
                     
                  
                        Timothy HUNT, Cancer Research UK, South Mimms
                     
                     
                        31 December 2015
                     
                  
                        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
                     
                  
                        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
                     
                  
                        Janet THORNTON, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) European Molecular Biology Laboratory
                     
                     
                        31 December 2018
                     
                  
                        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’