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17.5.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
129/15
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)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(6) In accordance with Article 3(2) of Decision
2008/721/EC, the experts from the Pool to replace
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
those members of the Scientific Committees who have
Union,
resigned or whose membership has been terminated,
have been selected on the basis of their expertise and
Having regard to Commission Decision 2008/721/EC of
consistent with this a geographical distribution that
5 September 2008 setting up an advisory structure of Scientific
reflects the diversity of scientific problems and
Committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public
approaches, notably in Europe.
health and the environment and repealing Decision
2004/210/EC ( 1 ), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
(7) The
members
who
have
resigned
or
whose
membership
is terminated, should be appointed as advisors on risk
Whereas:
assessment to the Pool,
(1) By
Decision
2008/721/EC
the
Commission
has
set
up
three Scientific Committees, on Consumer Safety
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(SCCS), on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER)
and on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks
Article 1
(SCENIHR) and a Pool of Scientific Advisors on Risk
Assessment (hereinafter the Pool), in the field of
The membership of the experts listed in point 1 of the Annex
consumer safety, public health and the environment.
to this Decision is terminated.
(2) By
Decision
2009/146/EC
( 2 ) the Commission has
These experts are appointed as scientific advisors on risk
appointed the members for SCCS, SCHER and
assessment to the Pool.
SCENIHR and the scientific advisors in the Pool.
The experts listed in point 2 of the Annex to this Decision are
(3) The
Scientific
Committees
have
in
accordance
to
Article 12 of Decision 2008/721/EC adopted common
appointed as members of the Scientific Committees set up by
rules of procedures establishing, inter alia, the partici
Decision 2008/721/EC as indicated in that Annex.
pation criteria for the members of the Scientific
Committees and the conditions under which membership
Article 2
of the Committee shall expire as stated in Annex II 4(a)
of the Decision.
Annexes I and II to Decision 2009/146/EC are amended in

accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
(4) Article
5(2)
of
Decision
2008/721/EC
states
that
when
a
member of a Scientific Committee does not comply with
Article 3
the participation criteria laid down in the rules of
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its
procedures or wishes to resign, the Commission may
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
terminate the member’s membership and appoint a
replacement from the Pool.
(5)
Two members of SCHER, one member of SCCS and one
Done at Brussels, 16 May 2011.
member of SCENIHR have resigned, while two members
of SCCS have not met the participation criteria and their
membership should be terminated. It is necessary to
For the Commission
appoint new members in order to ensure the availability
in the respective Committees of the needed type of
The President
expertise.
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 241, 10.9.2008, p. 21.
( 2 ) OJ L 49, 20.2.2009, p. 33.

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ANNEX
Annexes I and II to Decision 2009/146/EC are amended as follows:
1. the names of the following experts are removed from Annex I and inserted in Annex II:
Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
Last name First
name Institute
or
organisation
of
affiliation
GALLI Corrado University
of
Milan,
Milan,
Italy
SAVOLAINEN Kai
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
EISENBRAND Gerhard University
of
Kaiserslautern,
Kaiserslautern,
Germany
Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks
Last name First
name Institute
or
organisation
of
affiliation
CALOW Peter Roskilde
University,
Roskilde,
Denmark
DAVISON John French
National
Institute
for
Agricultural
Research
(INRA),
Paris, France
Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks
Last name First
name Institute
or
organisation
of
affiliation
STAHL Dorothea Paracelsus
Private
Medical
University,
Salzburg,
Austria
2. the names of the following experts are inserted in Annex I as follows and removed from Annex II:
Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
Last name First
name Institute
or
organisation
of
affiliation
NIELSEN Elsa Technical
University
of
Denmark,
Sborg,
Denmark
VAN BENTHEM Jan National
Institute
for
Public
Health
and
the
Environment
(RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks
Last name First
name Institute
or
organisation
of
affiliation
ALTENBURGER Rolf Helmholtz
Centre
for
Environmental
Research,
Leipzig,
Germany
KRTKE Renate Federal
Institute
for
Risk
Assessment
(BfR),
Berlin,
Germany
Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks
Last name First
name Institute
or
organisation
of
affiliation
HENSTEN Arne University
of
Troms,
Troms,
Norway

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