Division 2.7 Scientific Committees

The activity of Scientific Committees relevant to Public Health should be financed under budget line 17 03 06 — Community action in the field of health.

An overall amount of EUR 254 000 will be earmarked for the payment of allowances to participants in meetings relating to the work of the scientific committees and of rapporteurs for completion of scientific committee opinions, in the framework of the Scientific Committees^f1. These allowances will cover all fields relevant to the second Health Programme, i.e. 100 % of costs for the SCHER (Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks) and 50 % (as an indicative percentage) of costs for the SCENIHR (Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks) and for Coordination.

In 2008, the Scientific Committees will be assessed against other EU Risk Assessment bodies in view of the forthcoming revision of the Committees. This will be by means of a Call for tender, as set out in 2.2.