98/682/EC, Euratom: Commission Decision of 20 November 1998 appointing the members, chairmen and vice-chairmen of the expert groups to assist the Commission on the content and direction of the key actions in the field of research and technological development [notified under document number C(1998) 3347] (Text with EEA relevance)
27. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 318/51 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 20 November 1998 appointing the members, chairmen and vice-chairmen of the expert groups to assist the Commission on the content and direction of the key actions in the field of research and technological development (notified under document number C(1998) 3347) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/682/EC, Euratom) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Having regard to Commission Decision 98/610/EC, Euratom of 22 October 1998 setting up expert groups assisting the Commission on the content and direction of the key actions in the field of research and technological development (1), Whereas Article 3(1) of Decision 98/610/EC, Euratom provides that the Commission shall set the groups up, ensuring that they have a balanced composition, taking account of the geographical origin and sector of origin of their members industry and services, research and innovation, users and public regulatory authorities and socio-economic circles); whereas it shall to ensure the best possible balance also endeavour between the participation of women and men; (in particular Whereas, for the purposes of appointing the members of the expert groups, the Commission will assess all the applications in the light of the selection criteria set out in (1) OJ L 290, 29. 10. 1998, p. 57. point A paragraph 2 of the Annex to Decision 98/ 610/EC, Euratom; whereas, on the basis of that assess- ment, the commission will appoint the members of the expert groups in accordance with the provisions of Article 3(1) of that Decision and Section B of the Annex to the Decision; Whereas, in accordance with Article 4(1) of Decision 98/ 610/EC, Euratom, the members of the expert groups will be appointed by the Commission in a personal capacity for a period of two years; whereas their appointment may be renewed once, for a maximum of two years; Whereas, in accordance with Article4(4) of the abovemen- tioned Decision, the Commission will also appoint the chairman and vice-chairman of each of the expert groups from among their members; whereas, the vice-chairman may not be of the same geographical origin or sector of origin as the chairman; in accordance with the fourth recital of Whereas, Decision 98/610/EC, Euratom, the expert groups are expected to deliver their conclusions in an independent and transparent manner; whereas, as a consequence, the members any outside instructions in order to provide the Commission with objective views; independently of should act L 318/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 11. 98 in the light of this, it is necessary that the Whereas, members inform the Commission on the basis of the agenda, before each meeting of all interests which could be considered as prejudicial independence; whereas they should abstain from discussions on a topic on which they have a conflict of interests; to their Whereas, for this purpose, the experts selected should, before each meeting of the expert groups, sign a declara- tion in which they certify that, on the basis of the agenda, no conflict of interest exists which could be prejudicial to their independence; Whereas, without prejudice to Article 214 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article 194 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, to divulge information given in the context of the work of the expert groups when it has been indicated to them that this information is subject to a request for confidentiality; the members should be required not for Whereas, when a member is in breach of these require- ments independence and confidentiality, he/she should be considered as no longer being in a position to contribute effectively to the group’s work, in accordance with Article 4 of Decision 98/610/EC, Euratom; Whereas the members of the expert groups and the 17 chairmen and 17 vice-chairmen of those groups should be appointed, and the confidentiality of their work and the independence of the members guaranteed, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The persons listed in Annex I are hereby appointed as members of the expert groups set up by Decision 98/ 610/EC, Euratom. Article 2 The persons listed in Annex II are hereby appointed as chairmen or groups mentioned in Article 1. vice-chairmen of expert the Article 3 The persons referred to in Articles 1 and 2 are required to respect the conditions of independence and confiden- tiality set out in Annex III. Article 4 This Decision shall take effect from the day of its adop- tion. Done at Brussels, 20 November 1998. For the Commission édith CRESSON Member of the Commission 27. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 318/53 ANNEX I Expert group Surname and forename Health, food and environmental factors BIESALSKI BORRESEN COLOMER DANIEL FORSBERG HANS TORGER CONCHA H. ETHEL GARCEZ DE LENCASTRE HERMINIA Control of infectious diseases The cell factory KATSOUYLANNI KORPELA LESLIE MEROT PFANNHAUSER ROTILIO SARIS TAEYMANS WALL WILLIAMS BARRET BELLOD BORRIELLO ESTEBAN ESTOLIO DO ROSARIO KARLSSON MOENNIG O’FLANAGAN PAPAMICHAIL RANKI RAPPUOLI SALMASO SÖNCHEZ VAN EDEN VANHEMELRIJCK WAHREN WILLEBERG ALBERGHINA BOWLES CARRONDO KLEA RIITTA JIM BERTRAND WERNER GIUSEPPE WIM DOMINIQUE PATRICK CHRISTINE NOÜL ANNE SAVERIO MARIANO VIRGILIO LARS VOLKER DARINA M. ANNAMARI RINO STEFANIA J. M. WILLEM JOHAN BRITTA PREBEN LILIA DIANNA MANUEL COLIJN-HOOYMANS CATHARINA DIDERICHSEN GLIMELIUS LECOMTE MÄKINEN PÜHLER ROELS BORGE KRISTINA JEANNE-MARIE SEPPO ALFRED J. A. L 318/54 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 11. 98 Expert group Surname and forename The ageing population SCHWAB SEKERIS VAN DE VOORDE VELA VIIKARI YEATS BALTES BARTOLI COMELLA GREENGROSS GUILLEMARD LINDSTRÖM O HARA PAULA BARBOSA PERANI PICCART SCHROLL STATHAKOS TAIPALE VAN DEN BERG WICK Sustainable agriculture, including integrated developement of rural areas CARUSO fisheries and forestry, CARLSSON HELMUT CONSTANTINE ANDRé CARMEN LIISA SIOBHAN MARGARET ETTORE JOAN SALLY A. M. JAN-INGVAR SEAMUS MANUEL DANIELA MARTINE MARIANNE DIMITRI VAPPU HANS GEORG MÅRTEN CAMILLO DE SOUSA VASCONCELOS MARCELLO DEROANNE GONZALES-GARCES GRIFFITH HOFREITHER KASSIOUMIS LANGSTRAAT PAAVILAINEN POUZET RASCHE REXEN TAIT THOMAS VON MEYER WERRY AIRAGHI ALVES BAUSCH BERTHELSEN BRAVO COCHRANE CLAUDE ALBERTO DAVID MARKUS KONSTANTINOS DIRK LEENA ANDRé ERNST FINN ELIZABETH TOM HEINO P. ANGELO JOSé ROMAIN HANS ALAIN PETER Information society 27. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 318/55 Expert group Surname and forename CRONBERG DE KEMP FENEYROL GALUZZI HALKIAS HORN HORWOOD KUUSI LAGASSE LARROUTUROU MERKER MOSSOTTO NILSSON PACHL PURVES SCHUURMANS UCEDA WERTHNER WEYRICH Innovative products, processes and organisation ÖLVAREZ BENAVENT BLONDELOT DE CHARENTENAY DE MEYER FOUNTI GREGORY HELLER JÄGER NORELL O’DONOVAN PEDERSEN PINTO RIBERA SALCEDO SISTERMANS TEMMES WARNECKE BAYLISS BOGG DOGANIS FERNÖNDEZ DURÖN FINLAY KNOFLACHER LINDBERG LINKAMA Sustainable mobility and intermodality TARJA ARNOUD MICHEL PAOLO CHRISTOS CHRIS ROSEMARY JUHANI PAUL BERNARD WOLFGANG CESARE ANN MARIE URSULA IAN MARTIN JAVIER HANNES CLAUS S. R. MILE FRANÇOIS A. MARIA MIKE BERNDT HEIMO MARGARETA P. HANS LUIGI JOSé JOOP ARMI HANS-JÜRGEN DAVID KEITH RIGAS REYES HUGH HERMANN JOHAN EEVA PAYE-JEANNENEY LAURENCE L 318/56 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 11. 98 Expert group Surname and forename New perspectives for aeronautics RICOTELLI RU GROK SCHACKE SOBOLL SQUASSAFICHI VAN DE VOORDE VIANA BAPTISTA ABBINK ARIAS CATOIRE GOULETTE JENSEN LAWLER LOJACONO LUREAU MADALENO MALANICK NYSSEN OLSSON PAPAILIOU SZODRUCH TRUMAN VON TEIN MARCELLO C. J. IVAR HORST NICOLA EDDY JOSé J. ANGEL-LUIS SERGE MIKE KURT JAMES EROS FRANÇOIS UT MIA PETER CLAUDE ULF KYRIACOS JOACHIM TREVOR VOLKER Land transport and marine technologies ACKERMANN CHARLES-LOUIS ANDERSEN BRÄNNSTRÖM BYRNE CERECEDA DUARTE SILVA FEITLER GOLDAN GOODRICH KEROSUO KYRTATOS LIST MAGGETTO MICHELLONE PERSON SEIFFERT BJORNSEN BOZZO CANDELA DE MARSILY DRONKERS TORBEN KLAS GERALD C. ANTÞNIO SIMONE MICHAEL DAVID MATTI NIKOLAOS HELMUT GASTON GIAN CARLO P. ULRICH PETER GIAN MARIO LUCILA GHISLAIN JOB Sustainable management and quality of water and marine ecosystems 27. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 318/57 Expert group Surname and forename Global change, climate and biodiversity ELEFTHERIOU JASKULKE KAUPPI KLAGHOFER LANCELOT MCGLADE MONTESINOS MULCAHY NUNES PFEIFFER BERGER BERZ CAHILL CORTE-REAL CRUTZEN DAHL-JENSEN GRABHERR LALAS ANASTASSIOS ELISABETH LEA E. CHRISTIANE JACQUELINE SALOMÞN MAIRE FRANCISCO KLAUS ANDRé G. BRONWYN JOÔO PAUL DORTHE GEORG DIMITRIS LÞPEZ FERNANDEZ MARIA LUISA MCWILLIAMS ROHDE SERREAULT WALLS YARMIN ZERBINI The city of tomorrow and cultural heritage ANDERSSON BEEDHOLM CAMPILLO CASSAR DUNLEAVY HECQ JILKA KUTTER MAUGARD MOROPOULOU NYSTROM PORTAS ROELOFS ROGERS SABBIONI Cleaner energy systems and economic and effi- AIGNER cient energy BILLFALK BRENDAN HENNING BRIGITTE MARI FARHANA S. HARRI BENTE ROSA MAY SEAN WALTER BRIGITTE ECKHARD ALAIN ANTONIA LOUISE NUNO LAMBERT RICHARD CRISTINA MANFRED LENNART DA SILVA CARVALHO MARIA DURAND JEAN-MICHEL L 318/58 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 11. 98 Expert group Surname and forename FREDERICK GARIBBA HINSTRUP KERONEN LEWIS MAVRAKIS OTTER PAZ FRIEND ROCCA ROULET SARIS SCHNEEBERGER Improving the socio-economic knowledge base BRUNN Controlled thermonuclear fusion CARTON DURU ERIKSON GIANNITSIS GRODAL JOÔO RODRIGUES MARTINOTTI NEWBY NOWOTNY OSTNER SCHABER SCHNABEL SILIUS SOMMESTAD SUBIRATS WHELAN BELLI BERKE BUSCH D’HAESELEER FUSTER HÖGBERG HOPKINS KATSANOS KNERINGER LAVAL POLICARPO POOLEY SALOMAA VAN DER WIEL GUY M. PETER JOUNI TONY DIMITRIOS NICHOLAS MARIA UGO CLAUDE FRANS MICHAEL ANKE LUC MARIE ROBERT TASSOS BIRGIT MARIA GUIDO HOWARD HELGA ILONA GASTON PAUL HARRIET LENA JOAN BRENDAN MARIA CLAUS NIELS WILLIAM FELICIANO LARS MIKE ANASTASIOS GÜNTHER GUY ARMANDO DEREK RALF MARNIX 27. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 318/59 Expert group Surname and forename Nuclear fission CARO CARVALHO SOARES COLINO CUNNINGHAM GOVAERTS HAYNS HEUSENER HOLM MATTILA NIELSEN RAKHORST SCHMITZER SIDERIS VALENTINI VALLEE RAFAEL JOSé ANTONIO JOHN PIERRE MIKE GERHARD LARS-ERIK LASSE SVEN HUBERT CHRISTIAN ELEFTHERIOS PAOLO ALAIN L 318/60 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 11. 98 ANNEX II List of chairmen and vice-chairmen of the expert groups Expert group Surname and forename of chairman Surname and forename of vice- chairman Health, factors food and environmental WILLIAMS Christine COLOMER Concha Control of infectious diseases BELLOD Anne ESTOLIO DO ROSARIO Virgilio The cell factory ALBERGHINA Lilia LECOMTE Jeanne-Marie The ageing population BALTES Margaret TAIPALE Vappu Sustainable and forestry, development of rural areas agriculture, fisheries including integrated THOMAS Tom HOFREITHER Markus Information society WEYRICH Claus HORN Chris Innovative products, processes and organisation Sustainable mobility and inter- modality PEDERSEN Hans SISTERMANS J. F. BAYLISS David DOGANIS Rigas New perspectives for aeronautics OLSSON Ulf ARIAS Angel-Luis Land transport and marine tech- nologies Sustainable management and quality of water and sustainable management of marine ecosystems Global change, climate and bio- diversity The city of tomorrow and cultural heritage MICHELLONE Gian Carlo GOODRICH David KAUPPI Lea BJÖRNSEN Peter SERREAULT Brigitte BERGER André PORTAS Nuno SABBIONI Christina Cleaner energy systems and econo- mic and efficient energy SARIS Frans BILLFALK Lennart Improving the knowledge base socio-economic NOWOTNY Helga SCHABER Gaston Controlled thermonuclear fusion FUSTER Feliciano D’HAESELEER William Nuclear fission HEUSENER Gerhard VALLEE Alain 27. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 318/61 ANNEX III Conditions concerning the independence of the members and the confidentiality of their work A. Confidentiality of work Without prejudice to Article 214 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article 194 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, the members are required not to divulge information given in the context of the work of the expert groups when it has been indicated to them that this information is subject to a request for confidentiality. B. Independence of the members 1. The members will inform the Commission of all interests which could be considered as prejudicial to their independence. 2. Before each meeting, the members will declare to the Commission, on the basis of the agenda, any particular interests which could be considered prejudicial to their independence. They will abstain from discussions on a topic on which they have a conflict of interests. 3. For this purpose, the experts selected should, before each meeting of the expert groups, sign the declaration in the Appendix, in which they certify that there is no conflict of interests. C. Breaches When a member is in breach of the requirements set out above, he/she will be considered as no longer being in a position to contribute effectively to the group’s work, in accordance with Article 4 of Decision 98/610/EC, Euratom. L 318/62 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 11. 98 Appendix DECLARATION ON CONFLICTS OF INTEREST (Tick the appropriate box) Declaration of absence of conflicts of interest on the basis of the agenda for the meeting of. I the undersigned, Mr/Ms. , certify that, on the basis of the agenda for the current meeting, no conflict of interest exists that could be considered as being prejudicial to my independence. I the undersigned, Mr/Ms. , declare that, on the basis of the agenda for the current meeting, a possible conflict of interest that could be considered as being prejudicial to my independence exists with respect to the following work of the expert group in which I participate: Agenda item Conflict of interest. In addition, if, during a meeting of the expert group in which I participate, I discover any conflict of interest that could be considered as being prejudicial to my independence with any item on the agenda or any subject discussed in the group, I undertake to inform the Commission services immediately. Signature. Names and Surname. Date