2010/1/: Commission Decision of 23 December 2009 on the renewal of the mandate of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies

5.1.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 1/8
COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 December 2009
on the renewal of the mandate of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies
(2010/1/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
(1) In November 1991, the European Commission decided to incorporate ethics into the decision-making process for Community research and technological development policies by setting up the Group of Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology (GAEIB).
(2) The Commission decided on 16 December 1997 to replace the GAEIB by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) extending the Group’s mandate to cover all areas of the application of science and technology.
(3) The EGE’s mandate, with a slightly modified remit, was renewed by Commission Decision of 26 March 2001 for a four-year period (C(2001) 691).
(4) The current EGE’s mandate was decided on 11 May 2005 (Commission Decision 2005/383/EC (1)), and extended by Commission Decision 2009/757/EC (2).
(5) It is now appropriate to renew the mandate for a period of five years and thus to appoint the new members; the present Decision, however, does not prejudice the possibility for the new Commission to review the substance of the mandate.
(6) The following decision replaces Decision 2009/757/EC,