No L 131/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 5. 97 11 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 16 May 1997 on the appointment of members of the European Consultative Forum on the environment and sustainable development (Text with EEA relevance) (97/307/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Decision 97/150/EC of 24 February 1997 on the setting up of a European Consultative Forum on the environment and sustainable development ('), and in particular Articles 4 and 7 (1) thereof, Whereas the members of the European Consultative Forum on the environment and sustainable development are to be appointed by the Commission in the light of recommendations from organizations representing each sector concerned at Community level; Whereas it is necessary to appoint 32 Members of the Forum for a period of four years; Whereas it is necessary that the Commission designate a chairman from among the members of the Forum for a period of two years, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The following are appointed as members of the European Consultative Forum on the environment and sustainable development: Maria Buitenkamp Willy Buschak Margarida Cancela d’Abreu Carmen de Andrés Oliver Doubleday Brigitte Ederer John Elkington Sylvie Faucheux Marco Gaasch Ralph Hallo Thomas Immelmann Per Kageson Jens Kampmann Klaus Kohlhase Jacques Kummer Arunas Kundrotas Bedrich Moldan Armando Montanari Joaquin Nieto Sainz Hannu Nilsen Thymio Papayannis Ingolf Pernice () OJ No L 58, 27. 2. 1997, p. 48. Giorgio Porta Teresa Presas Fiona Reynolds Jean Salmon Thorvald Stoltenberg Uno Svedin Margaret Sweeney Laurence Tubiana Silvia Zamboni Tomasz Zylicz