European Food Safety Authority: appointment of 14 members of the Management Board

PURPOSE : to appoint the members of the Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Decision 2002/0727 appointing the members of the Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority. CONTENT : it is vital to ensure the independence, high scientific quality, transparency and efficiency of the European Food Safety Authority. Cooperation with Member States is also indispensable. The candidatures have been examined on the basis of the documentation provided by the Commission and in the light of the views expressed by the European Parliament with the aim of securing the highest standard of competence, a broad range of relevant expertise, for instance in management and in public administration, and the broadest possible geographic distribution within the Union. Four of the members should have a background in organisations representing consumers and other interests in the food chain. The members of the Management Board should generally be appointed for a period of four years; however, for the first appointment of the Board half of the members should be appointed for a period of six years. The following shall be appointed members of the Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2008: - Giorgio Calabrese - Catherine Geslain-Laneelle - Matthias Ludwig Horst - Deirdre Hutton - Joao Pedro Machado - PirkkoMarjatta Raunemaa - Patrick Gerard Wall. The following shall be appointed members of the Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2006: - Angeliki Assimakopoulou - Ernst Bobek - Carlos Escribano Mora - Peter Gaemelke - Bart Sangster - Stuart Alexander Slorach - Roland Vaxelaire.