2001/531/EC,Euratom: Commission Decision of 27 June 2001 on establishing the European Research Advisory Board (notified under document number C(2001) 1656)

Commission Decision
of 27 June 2001
on establishing the European Research Advisory Board
(notified under document number C(2001) 1656)
(2001/531/EC, Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission needs an independent high-level body to increase effectiveness of European RTD policies.
(2) The advisory body should be made up of high-level individuals from the scientific community, industry, and the services sector, in order to examine general research policy issues.
(3) The Presidency Conclusions of the Lisbon European Council (March 2000) state that the Union must work towards the objectives set out in the Commission Communication entitled "Towards a European research area".
(4) The Council reiterated, on 16 November 2000, the importance of the setting-up of such an independent advisory body by the Commission.
(5) Scientific knowledge and advice is increasingly central to the design and implementation of European Union policies.
(6) The Commission has consulted widely with the academic and industrial communities concerned, on the optimal form such a body should take.
(7) It is appropriate to adjust the consultative system to the policy requirements in the field of science and technology, in particular the development of a European research area, in full respect of the competencies of more specific Community advisory structures, in particular those responsible for risk assessment.
(8) The Commission supports adequate representation of women in consultative committees and has a target of 40 % for participation of women in RTD activities,