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(1), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,
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:
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.
List in alphabetical order of the experts appointed as members of the scientific committees set up by Decision 2008/721/EC.
| 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 |
| [ F1 ] | ||
| [ F1 ] | ||
| [F2Nielsen | 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 |
| [ F1 ] | ||
| [F2Van 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 |
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| Last name | First name | Institute or organisation of affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Ackermann-Liebrich | Ursula | Swiss School of Public Health, Zürich, Switzerland |
| [F2Altenburger | 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 |
| [ F1 ] | ||
| Canna-Michaelidou | Stella | State General Laboratory, Nicosia, Cyprus |
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| 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 |
| [F2Krätke | 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 |
| 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 |
| [F2Hensten | 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 |
| [ F1 ] | ||
| Thomsen | Mogens | Retired |
| Vermeire | Theodorus | National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands |
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 |
| [ F1 ] | ||
| 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 |
| [F2Calow | 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 |
| [F2Davison | 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 |
| [F2Eisenbrand | 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 |
| [F2Galli | 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 |
| [ F1 ] | ||
| 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 |
| [ F1 ] | ||
| 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 |
| [ F1 ] | ||
| 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 |
| [F2Savolainen | 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 |
| [F2Stahl | 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 |
| [ F1 ] | ||
| 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 |