Legal documents - Functioning of the Scientific Committees

23 March 2016

Appointment of the members of the Scientific Committees set up by Commission Decision C (2015)5383 – term 2016-2021

+ Reserve list Scientific Committees - term 2016-2021

07 August 2015

Commission Decision C(2015) 5383 final

Commission Decision of 7.8.2015 on establishing Scientific Committees in the field of public health, consumer safety and the environment.

New Scientific Committees as from 1 April 2016 explained

11 March 2013

Commission Decision 2013/1297

Commission Decision of 11 March 2013 on the appointment of the members of the Scientific Committees set up by Commission Decision 2008/721/EC

08 October 2011

Call for expressions of interest in membership in the Scientific Risk Assessment Advisory Structure of Scientific Committees and database of experts (2011/C 297/04)

16 May 2011

Commission Decision 2011/281/EU

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

03 June 2010

Commission decision 2010/309/EU

Commission decision of 3 June 2010 amending Decision 2008/721/EC as regards indemnities paid to members of scientific committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment.

28 July 2009

Commission Decision 2009/566/EC

Commission Decision of 27 July 2009 amending Decision 2008/721/EC as regards indemnities paid to members of Scientific Committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment
Official Journal L 196, 28/07/2009 P. 0061 - 0062

20 February 2009

Commission Decision 2009/146/EC

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
Official Journal L 49, 20/02/2009 P. 0033 - 0042

19 February 2009

Commission Decision 2009/146/EC

Commission Decision on the appointment of the members and advisors of the Scientific Committees and the Pool set up by Decision 2008/721/EC

26 September 2008

Call for expressions of interest in membership in the scientific risk assessment Advisory Structure of Scientific Committees and database of experts (2008/C245/05)

12 September 2008

Corrigendum to the Commission Decision 2008/721/EC

Corrigendum to the Commission Decision 2008/721/EC of 5 August 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

10 September 2008

Commission Decision 2008/721/EC

Commission Decision of 5 August 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
Official Journal L 241, 10/09/2008 P. 0021 - 0030

01 November 2007

Commission Decision 2007/708/EC

Commission Decision of 31 October 2007 amending the list of experts appointed as members of the Scientific Committees in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment and the prolongation of their term of office
Official Journal L 287, 01/11/2007 P. 0025 - 0028

01 May 2007

Commission Decision 2007/263/EC

Commission Decision of 23 April 2007 amending Decision 2004/210/EC setting up Scientific Committees in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment
Official Journal L 114, 01/05/2007 P. 0014 - 0015

31 August 2006

Official Journal 2006/C209/02

Amended list in alphabetical order of the scientists appointed by the Commission as members of the Scientific Committees established by Commission Decision 2004/210/EC of 4 March 2004. This list replaces the lists published in the Official Journal C 188 of 23 July 2004.

Official Journal C 209, 31/08/2006 P. 0002 - 0006

09 October 2004

Official Journal 2004/C250/07

Amended list in alphabetical order of the scientists appointed by the Commission as members of the Scientific Committees established by Commission Decision 2004/210/EC of 3 March 2004. This list replaces the lists published in the Official Journal of the European Union C 188 of 23 July 2004.

23 July 2004

Official Journal 2004/C188/02

2004/C 188/02: List of experts appointed as members of the scientific committees

03 March 2004

Commission Decision 2004/210/EC

Commission Decision of 3 March 2004 setting up Scientific Committees in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment.(Text with EEA relevance)
Official Journal L 66 , 04/03/2004 P. 0045 - 0050

28 December 1999

Alphabetical list of the scientists appointed by the Commission as members of the Scientific Committees set up by Decision 97/579/EC of 23 July 1997

01 June 1999

Alphabetical list of the scientists appointed by the Commission on 27 May 1999 as members of the Scientific Committees set up by Decision 97/579/EC of 23 July 1997

12 November 1997

Alphabetical list of the scientists appointed by the Commission on 4 November 1997 as members of the Scientific Committees set up by Decision 97/579/EC of 23 July 1997

28 August 1997

Commission Decision 97/579/EC

Commission Decision of 23 July 1997 setting up Scientific Committees in the field of consumer health and food safety (Text with EEA relevance)
Official Journal L 237 , 28/08/1997 P. 0018 - 0023

Other key documents

18 December 2009

Rules of procedure of the Scientific Committees - updated version

01 May 2009

Rules of procedure of the Scientific Committees

01 November 2008

Common guidelines on practical arrangements for the sharing of scientific data between the Scientific Committees and panels of European Agencies and the Scientific Committees of the Commission

01 April 2007

Action Plan to the technical report on Intermediate Evaluation of SANCO non-food scientific Committees made by the contractor 'RAND'

01 January 2007

Intermediate evaluation of Directorate-General Health and Consumer Protection non-food scientific committees (Final report)

01 September 2004

Rules of procedure of the Scientific Committees

01 November 2003

Priorities in the EU for risk assessment in the non-food area

01 May 2003

Commission non-food Scientific Committees

Summary of the objectives and activities for risk assessment in the main areas of activity and evaluation of future needs

Reports and studies

20 October 2016

Activity Report of the Scientific Committees, term 2013-2016

11 October 2016

Second intermediate evaluation of the functioning of the SANTE non-food scientific committees

+ Annex
+ Executive summary (in EN, FR, DE)

01 February 2011

The Critical Review of Methodologies and Approaches to Assess the Inherent Skin Sensitization Potential (skin allergies) of Chemicals

01 December 2009

The collection and evaluation of data on incidence and severity of skin and respiratory allergy related to exposure of chemicals from non-food sources

Annex V: Skin sensitizers (.zip)
Annex V: Respiratory sensitizers (.zip)
Annex VI: Chemical reports - Skin sensitizers
Annex VI: Chemical reports - Respiratory sensitizers

25 June 2009

Final report on the Scientific Committees 2004-2009

01 September 2008

Second implementation report of the Council Recommendation on the limitation of the exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz)

01 March 2008

Meeting report on the possibility for an EU training course in Risk Assessment, Brussels

01 November 2007

Informal Brainstorming on Risk Assessment Capacity in Europe – Supply and training of Risk Assessors

01 November 2007

Comparative review of terminology and expressions used by the three non-food scientific committees

01 October 2007

Inventory of formal (graduate and post graduate) and "on-the-job" risk assessment training schemes of relevance to the work of the non-food scientific committees

Study prepared by the UK Central Science Laboratory at the request of the European Commission DG SANCO, with the objective to establish a comprehensive inventory of training schemes capable of training scientists to serve on the non-food Risk Assessment committees.
Please see also: Database of risk assessment training scheme

25 April 2007

Action Plan to the technical report on Intermediate Evaluation of SANCO non-food scientific Committees made by the contractor 'RAND'

01 January 2007

Intermediate evaluation of Directorate-General Health and Consumer Protection non-food scientific committees (Final report)

01 January 2002

First Implementation Report of the Council Recommendation on the limitation of the exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz - 300 GHz)

This report list the guidelines and legislatives measures taken by the member states to limit the exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields. Elements of information for some of the candidate countries are also included.