2006/275/EC: Commission Decision of  10 April 2006  amending Decision 95/320/EC setting up a Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents

11.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 101/4
COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 April 2006
amending Decision 95/320/EC setting up a Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents
(2006/275/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 95/320/EC (1) sets up a Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’.
(2) Following the accession of new Member States in 2004, the provisions of Decision 95/320/EC concerning the composition of the Committee are no longer appropriate.
(3) To ensure that the Committee provides impartial scientific opinions of a high quality, it is important that its members should be independent and highly qualified. It is also necessary to maintain a high level of efficiency of the Committee.
(4) The Committee should therefore be composed by a maximum of 21 members, selected from Member States proposals of suitable candidates and appointed by the Commission.
(5) Decision 95/320/EC should be amended accordingly,