Following adoption on 7 August 2015 of the Decision establishing a new structure for the non-food Scientific Committees, the Commission has launched a call for membership in the Scientific Committees (2016-2021), for scientists who wish to apply as members to:
• The Scientific Committees on Consumer Safety, and/or
• The Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging risks.
The call will run until 2 November 2015. Interested parties are invited to register here.
The above Committees assist the European Commission in its policy making by providing risk assessment and scientific advice on matters related to public health, consumer safety and the environment.
The major changes put in place with the 7 August 2015 Decision are:
• The Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER), and the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) are merged into one Scientific Committee.
• The pool of advisors no longer exists. It has been replaced by reserve list of members.
• The length of the term of the members of the Scientific Committees has been extended from three to five years.
• Revised rules on special allowances and conflict of interest have been put into place.
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