1.8.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 205/11


COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 July 2013

renewing the membership of the Scientific and Technical Committee and repealing the Decision of 13 November 2012 appointing the members of the Scientific and Technical Committee

(2013/412/Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 134(2) thereof,

After consulting the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 134(2) of the Treaty, as amended by Article 11 of the Act of Accession of Croatia, provides that the Scientific and Technical Committee is to consist of 42 members.

(2)

By the Decision of 13 November 2012 (1), the Council appointed the members of the Scientific and Technical Committee for the period from 23 January 2013 to 22 January 2018. However, by virtue of Article 26(2) of the Act of Accession of Croatia, the membership of the Scientific and Technical Committee is to be completely renewed upon Croatia’s accession. Therefore, new members of the Committee should be appointed and the Decision of 13 November 2012 should be repealed.

(3)

In order to make full use of the wide range of expertise required to fulfil its tasks, the Scientific and Technical Committee may, subject to its internal rules, call on alternates to the members to participate in its meetings,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following persons are hereby appointed members of the Scientific and Technical Committee for the period from 25 July 2013 to 24 July 2018:

 

Rosa ALBA

 

Vanni ANTONI

 

Kathrin APEL

 

Evgenia BENOVA

 

Bernard BONIN

 

Michel BOURGUIGNON

 

Frank BRISCOE

 

Panicos DEMETRIADES

 

Daniela DIACONU

 

Tony DONNÉ

 

James DRAKE

 

Juan ESPOSITO

 

János GADÓ

 

Carlos HIDALGO VERA

 

Kyriakos HIZANIDIS

 

Sue ION

 

Eugene KENNEDY

 

Jan Leen KLOOSTERMAN

 

Wolfgang LIEBERT

 

Peter LĺŠKA

 

Merle LUST

 

Jens-Peter LYNOV

 

Gabriel MARBACH

 

José MARQUES

 

Emilio MÍNGUEZ

 

Martin MURRAY

 

Jerzy Wiktor NIEWODNICZAŃSKI

 

Milan PATRĺK

 

Pavol PAVLO

 

Rainer SALOMAA

 

Jean-Paul SAMAIN

 

Edouard SINNER

 

Borut SMODIŠ

 

Thomas SUNN PEDERSEN

 

Tonči TADIĆ

 

Ioan URSU

 

Eugenijus USPURAS

 

Theo VAN RENTERGEM

 

Carlos VARANDAS

 

Franck-Peter WEISS

 

Roman ZAGÓRSKI

 

Sándor ZOLETNIK

Article 2

The Decision of 13 November 2012 is hereby repealed with effect from 25 July 2013.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2013.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON


(1)  Council Decision of 13 November 2012 appointing the members of the Scientific and Technical Committee (OJ C 360, 22.11.2012, p. 2).