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 Therefore, new members of the Committee should be appointed and the Decision of 13 November 2012 should be repealed.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The Decision of 13 November 2012 is hereby repealed with effect from 25 July 2013.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