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,
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

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
OJ L 241, 10.9.2008, p. 21.
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).