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COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 December 2009
appointing members of the Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents for a new term of office
(2009/985/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Commission Decision 95/320/EC of 12 July 1995 setting up a Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents ( 1 ) , referred to below as ‘the Committee’, as amended by Commission Decision 2006/275/EC ( 2 ) and
Having regard to the profiles of candidates submitted by the Member States and evaluated by a Selection Committee on 6 July 2009,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 3(1) of Decision 95/320/EC provides that the Committee shall consist of not more than 21 members selected from among suitable candidates proposed by the Member States and reflecting the full range of scientific expertise which is necessary to fulfil the mandate of the Committee.
(2)
Article 3(2) of Decision 95/320/EC provides that the Commission shall appoint the members of the Committee, on the basis of their proven scientific expertise and experience, having regard to the need to ensure that the various specific areas are covered.
(3)
Article 3(4) of Decision 95/320/EC provides that the term of office of the members of the Committee shall be three years and that their appointment shall be renewable. After the expiry of the three-year period, members of the Committee remain in office until they are replaced or until their appointments are renewed.
(4)
The Commission has appointed by Decision 2006/573/EC ( 3 ) the members of the Committee for the fourth term of office from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2009.
(5)
It is therefore necessary to appoint the members of that Committee for the fifth term of office from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012.
(6)
The Commission consulted the Member States according to Article 3(2) of Decision 95/320/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Sole article
The Commission appoints the following members of the Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents for the term of office from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012:
Prof. Hermann Bolt
Germany
Dr Marie-Thérèse Brondeau
France
Dr Dominique Brunet
France
Dr Eugenia Dănulescu
Romania
Prof. Helmut Greim
Germany
Prof. Andrea Hartwig
Germany
Prof. Alastair Hay
United Kingdom
Dr Miroslava Hornychová
Czech Republic
Dr Aranka Hudák-Demeter
Hungary
Prof. Gunnar Johanson
Sweden
Prof. Leonard Levy
United Kingdom
Prof. Dominique Lison
Belgium
Prof. Raphael Masschelein
Belgium
Dr Ekaterina Mirkova
Bulgaria
Dr Gunnar Nielsen
Denmark
Dr Hannu Norppa
Finland
Dr Erich Pospischil
Austria
Dr Tiina Santonen
Finland
Dr Jolanta Skowroń
Poland
Dr José Natalio Tejedor
Spain
Dr Ruud Woutersen
The Netherlands
Done at Brussels, 18 December 2009.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 )
OJ L 188, 9.8.1995, p. 14 .
( 2 )
OJ L 101, 11.4.2006, p. 4 .
( 3 )
OJ L 228, 22.8.2006, p. 22 .