Commission Decision
of 19 February 2009
on the appointment of the members and advisors of the Scientific Committees and the Pool set up by Decision 2008/721/EC
(2009/146/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision 2008/721/EC of 5 September 2008 setting up an advisory structure of Scientific Committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment and repealing Decision 2004/210/EC, and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,
OJ L 241, 10.9.2008, p. 21.
Whereas:
(1) By Decision 2008/721/EC the Commission has set up three scientific committees, on consumer safety (SCCS), on health and environmental risks (SCHER) and on emerging and newly identified health risks (SCENIHR) and a pool of scientific advisors on risk assessment (hereinafter the Pool), in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment.
(2) The SCCS, SCHER and SCENIHR shall each consist of a maximum of 17 members and the number of scientific advisors in the Pool at any time is decided by the Commission based on its need for scientific advice. In order to adequately cover the wide range of scientific issues on which it is planned to consult the scientific committees during their term of office, it is appropriate to fix at 17 the number of members of each scientific committee and to fix at 189 the number of scientific advisors of the Pool.
(3) In accordance with Articles 3(4) and 4(2) of Decision 2008/721/EC a call for expression of interest was published which also set the selection criteria and the evaluation procedure, which led to lists of suitable candidates from which the Commission appoints the members of the scientific committees and the scientific advisors of the Pool.
(4) In accordance with Article 3(2) of Decision 2008/721/EC, the selection of the members of the Committees has been made on the basis of their expertise and consistent with this a geographical distribution that reflects the diversity of scientific problems and approaches, notably in Europe, and, in accordance with Article 4(1) of the same Decision, the selection of the advisors has been made taking into account the objective to cover the widest possible range of disciplines,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article The number of members of each of the three scientific committees set up by Decision 2008/721/EC is fixed at 17. The experts listed in Annex I to this Decision are appointed as members of those Committees.
The number of scientific advisors in the Pool is fixed at 189 and the experts listed in Annex II to this Decision are appointed as scientific advisors on risk assessment to the Pool set up by Decision 2008/721/EC.

ANNEX I List of experts appointed as members of the scientific committees
List in alphabetical order of the experts appointed as members of the scientific committees set up by Decision 2008/721/EC.

Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
Last name	First name	Institute or organisation of affiliation
Angerer	Jürgen	Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Erlagen, Germany
Bernauer	Ulrike	Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
Chambers	Claire	Chambers Toxicological Consulting, Wicklow, Ireland
Chaudhry	Mohammad	Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, United Kingdom
Degen	Gisela	Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), Dortmund, Germany
Nielsen	Elsa	Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark
Platzek	Thomas	Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
Rastogi	Suresh	Retired
Rogiers	Vera	Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Rousselle	Christophe	French Agency for Environmental and Occupationnal Health Safety (Afsset), Maisons-Alfort, France
Sanner	Tore	Retired
Van Benthem	Jan	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Van Engelen	Jacqueline	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Vinardell	Maria	University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Waring	Rosemary	University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, United Kingdom
White	Ian	Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
Deleted by Commission Decision of 16 May 2011 amending Decision 2009/146/EC as regards the replacement of members of the Scientific Committees by members from the Pool of scientific advisors set up by Decision 2008/721/EC (2011/281/EU).
Inserted by Commission Decision of 16 May 2011 amending Decision 2009/146/EC as regards the replacement of members of the Scientific Committees by members from the Pool of scientific advisors set up by Decision 2008/721/EC (2011/281/EU).

Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks
Last name	First name	Institute or organisation of affiliation
Ackermann-Liebrich	Ursula	Swiss School of Public Health, Zürich, Switzerland
Altenburger	Rolf	Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
Autrup	Herman	University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Bard	Denis	École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (EHESP), Rennes, France
Canna-Michaelidou	Stella	State General Laboratory, Nicosia, Cyprus
Dekant	Wolfgang	University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
De Voogt	Pim	University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Gard	Arielle	University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Greim	Helmut	Retired
Hirvonen	Ari	Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
Janssen	Colin	Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Krätke	Renate	Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
Linders	Jan	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Peterlin	Borut	University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tarazona	Jose	Spanish National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology, Madrid, Spain
Testai	Emanuela	Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Vighi	Marco	University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks
Last name	First name	Institute or organisation of affiliation
Auvinen	Anssi	University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Bridges	James	Retired
Dawson	Kenneth	University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
De Jong	Wim	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Hartemann	Philippe	Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France
Hensten	Arne	University of Tromsö, Tromsö, Norway
Hoet	Peter	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Jung	Thomas	Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Mattsson	Mats-Olof	Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
Norppa	Hannu	Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
Pagès	Jean-Marie	Inserm and Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
Proykova	Ana	University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Rodríguez-Farré	Eduardo	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Schulze-Osthoff	Klaus	University Clinics Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Schüz	Joachim	Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thomsen	Mogens	Retired
Vermeire	Theodorus	National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands

ANNEX II List of experts appointed as scientific advisors on risk assessment
List in alphabetical order of the experts appointed by the Commission as scientific advisors on risk assessment to the Pool set up by Decision 2008/721/EC.
Last name	First name	Institute or organisation of affiliation
Ahlers	Jan	Retired
Algorta	Jaime	Progenika Biopharma Group, Derio, Spain
Ambrogi	Nicoletta	Department of pharmaceutical assistance Local Public Health Unit 4, Terni, Italy
André	Jean-Claude	Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France
Assmuth	Timo	Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Helsinki, Finland
Baars	Aalbert	Retired
Bailey	Andrew	ViruSure GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Balicer	Ran	Clalit Health Services, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Bell	David	University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Bernard	Alfred	Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Berry	Bernard	Berry Environmental Ltd, Shepperton, United Kingdom
Bommelaer	Jean	Laboratoire Shadeline France, Mouans-Sartoux, France
Boogaard	Pieter	Shell, The Hague, the Netherlands
Borrego	Carlos	University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Breckenridge	Ross	University College London, London, United Kingdom
Broschard	Thomas	Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Brunnhuber	Stefan	University of Essen, Essen, Germany
Bubenheim	Michael	University Hospital of Rouen, Rouen, France
Cabanes	Pierre-André	Électricité de France, Paris, France
Calow	Peter	Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
Calvo Rojas	Gonzalo	Hospital Clinic i Provincial of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Carroquino	Maria	Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Cazals	Yves	Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm), Paris, France
Colbeck	Ian	University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
Coleman	Michael	Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Cooke	Allan Melvin	Alchemy Compliance Ltd, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Cotrim	Teresa	Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Crawford-Brown	Douglas	Pell Frischmann, London, United Kingdom
Cuypers	Ann	Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
Dal Negro	Gianni	GlaxoSmithKline, Verona, Italy
Darbre	Philippa	University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Davison	John	French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Paris, France
De Gaetano	Giovanni	Catholic University, Campobasso, Italy
Del Mazo	Jesus	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
De Paepe	Boel	Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
De Sutter	Petra	Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Di Guardo	Antonio	University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Dorigan	Lee	Public Health – Seattle & King County, Seattle, US
Dreher	Jean-Claude	Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Bron, France
Duffus	John	John H Duffus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Eisenbrand	Gerhard	University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Ellerbrok	Heinz	Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
Emmanouil-Nikoloussi	Elpida-Niki	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece
Fernandes	Teresa	Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Figueras	Maria	University Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Fillet	Anne-Marie	Électricité de France, Paris, France
Floc’h	François	ITEConsult, Genay, France
Fruijtier-Pölloth	Claudia	CATS Consultants GmbH, Gräfelfing, Germany
Fustinoni	Silvia	Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlicnico Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy
Galley-Taylor	Magdalen	Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust, Enderby, United Kingdom
Galli	Corrado	University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Garrigue	Jean-Luc	ImmunoSearch, Grasse, France
Gheber	Levi	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Gibb	Herman	Tetra Tech Sciences, Arlington, US
Giménez-Arnau	Ana	Hospital del Mar. IMAS., Barcelona, Spain
Gjomarkaj	Mark	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy
Goldberg	Michel	Retired
Gordts	Bart	Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium
Górski	Andrzej	Warsaw Medical University/Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Grandjean	Philippe	University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Greil	Gerald	King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Griem	Peter	Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH, Sulzbach, Germany
Gushulak	Brian	Government of Canada – Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Håkansson	Helen	Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Hanke	Wojciech	Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (NIOM), Lodz, Poland
Harrison	Paul	PTCH Consultancy Limited, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
Hassenzahl	David	University of Nevada, Las Vegas, US
Hauptmann	Michael	Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hayward	Gordon	Consumer Risk Limited, London, United Kingdom
Heederik	Dirk	Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Hellebek	Annemarie	Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
Hurley	John Fintan	Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Jacobsen	Hans-Jörg	Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Jaźwiec-Kanyion	Bożena	Medical Center OMEGA, Sosnowiec, Poland
Jensen	Allan	Force Technology, Brøndby, Denmark
Jobling	Susan	Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Johansen	Jeanne Duus	Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
Kneuer	Carsten	Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
Koennecker	Gustav	Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), Hannover, Germany
Komulainen	Hannu	National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Koppe	Janna	Retired
Kreyling	Wolfgang	Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg/München, Germany
Kruize	Hanneke	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Lambré	Claude	Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm), Paris, France
Lambrozo	Jacques	Électricité de France, Paris, France
Landsiedel	Robert	BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Latini	Giuseppe	Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Laurent	Christian	Unemployed
Lebret	Erik	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Lens	Piet	Unesco-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands
Lichtenbeld	Hera	NanoTox BV and Biomedbooster BV, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Lilienblum	Werner	LiCoTox (Lilienblum Consulting Toxicology), Hemmingen/Hannover, Germany
Liu	Qintao	AstraZeneca UK Ltd, Brixham, United Kingdom
Lopes	Isabel	University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Luches	Armando	University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
MacPherson	Douglas	Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Maillard	Jean-Yves	Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Mamo	Julian	University of Malta, Msida, Malta
Mangelsdorf	Inge	Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), Hannover, Germany
Marti	Amelia	University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Marti-Mestres	Gilberte	University of Montpellier I, Montpellier, France
Martínez Serrano	Alberto	Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain
Melhus	Äsa	Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Melissos	Dimitrios	QACS Ltd, Athens, Greece
Minor	Philip	National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar, United Kingdom
Mølhave	Lars	University of Aarhus, Århus, Denmark
Montanaro	Fabio	Fabio Montanaro, Genova, Italy
Moseley	Harry	University of Dundee Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, United Kingdom
Moulin	Gérard	National agency for veterinary medicinal products, Fougères, France
Mühlemann	Marc	Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP, Berne, Switzerland
Mulon	Laurence	Mulon Conseil, Saint-Maurice, France
Navas	José	Spanish National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology, Madrid, Spain
Nemery de Bellevaux	Benoit	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Nogueira	António	University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Nohynek	Gerhard	L’Oreal Research and Development, Asnières, France
Nordberg	Monica	Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Nübling	Claudius	Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
Nychas	George-John	Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Pallapies	Dirk	Forschungsinstitut für Arbeitsmedizin der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (BGFA), Bochum, Germany
Papadopoulou	Chrissanthy	University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Pandiella	Atanasio	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Pauwels	Marleen	Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Peijnenburg	Willie	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Peltonen	Kimmo	Finnish Food Safety Authority (Evira), Helsinki, Finland
Pereira	Ruth	University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Petrova	Rumiana	Retired
Pickup	Roger	Natural Environment Research Council, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bailrigg, United Kingdom
Pirnay	Jean-Paul	Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Pitard	Alexandre	Fédération des réseaux de santé de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Polettini	Aldo	University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Popov	Todor	Retired
Porzsolt	Franz	University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Pratt	Iona	Food Safety Authority of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Pukkala	Eero	Finnish Cancer Registry, Helsinki, Finland
Quesniaux	Valérie	Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France
Ramsden	David	Retired
Richert	Susann	Industriepark Wolfgang GmbH, Hanau, Germany
Riese	Hans	Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Robbins	Anthony	Retired
Ryffel	Bernhard	Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Orléans, France
Sacile	Roberto	University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Sakellaris	George	National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF), Athens, Greece
Salifoglou	Athanasios	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Salman	Mo	Colorado State University, Colorado, US
Sans Menéndez	Susana	Institute of Health Studies – Generalitat of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Santos-Sanches	Ilda	Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Saravanane	Raman	Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry, India
Savolainen	Kai	Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
Schnekenburger	Jürgen	Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
Schowanek	Diederik	Procter & Gamble Eurocor, Strombeek-Bever, Belgium
Schulte	Stefan	BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Scialli	Anthony	Tetra Tech Sciences, Arlington, US
Sharp	Stephen	Medical Research Council, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Simms	Ian	Health Protection Agency (HPA), London, United Kingdom
Simkó	Myrtill	Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Technology Assessment, Vienna, Austria
Stahl	Dorothea	Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
Straif	Kurt	International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
Stück	Wolfgang	Wolfgang Stück, Koblenz, Germany
Spindler	Per	University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Suh Macintosh	Helen	Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, US
Sweet	Jeremy	Sweet Environmental Consultants, Cambridge, UK
Tchepel	Oxana	University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Torok	Andrea	National Institute for Environmental Health, Budapest, Hungary
Torrence	Mary	Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, US
Trevisan	Marco	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy
Tribsch	Andreas	University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Tytgat	Jan	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Uter	Wolfgang	Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
Vallaeys	Tatiana	University of Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
Van Beelen	Patrick	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Van De Meent	Dirk	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Van Den Hazel	Peter	Public Health Services Gelderland Midden, Arnhem, the Netherlands
Van Der Laan	Jan Willem	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Vanhaecke	Tamara	Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Van Rongen	Eric	Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, the Netherlands
Verbeken	Gilbert	Ministry of Defence, Brussels, Belgium
Viluksela	Matti	National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland
Virtanen	Jorma	University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Voncina	Ernest	Institute of Public Health, Maribor, Slovenia
Von Stackelberg	Katherine	Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, US
Wallet	France	Électricité de France, Paris, France
Walochnik	Julia	Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Wester	Piet	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Widén	Frederik	Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt, Uppsala, Sweden
Willing	Andreas	Cognis GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
Wu	Qinglan	Det Norske Veritas As, Hoevik, Norway
Yang	Hong	US Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, US
Yu	Il Je	Korea Environment & Merchandise Testing Institute, Incheon, Korea
Zappa	Giovanna	Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and the Environment (ENEA), Rome, Italy
Zouali	Moncef	Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm), Paris, France