# Commission Decision of 5 September 2008 setting up an advisory structure of Scientific Committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment and repealing Decision 2004/210/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/721/EC), Division 2: Members of the Scientific Committees, scientific advisors from the Pool and external experts shall be entitled to an indemnity for acting as Rapporteur as follows:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) the indemnity shall be modulated, depending on the workload related to the complexity of the matter, the length of the period needed to complete the opinion, the amount and accessibility of data and scientific literature and information to be collected and processed and the extent and complexity of public and stakeholder consultations and contacts with other bodies, in light of the following indicative criteria:
Amount
Indicative criteria
EUR 385
Simple and routine issue
Opinion based on examination of a dossier, with limited data search and limited literature examination
No public consultation
No more than five months between first and last meeting
EUR 770
Complex issue
Opinion based on significant data and literature search and examination
Stakeholder and/or public consultation with limited feedback examination workload
From five to nine months between the first and the last meeting
EUR 1 155
Very complex issue
Need for very extensive data and literature search and analysis
Extensive and complex consultations with stakeholder, the public and other scientific bodies, with important feedback to be examined
More than nine months between the first and the last meeting
(b) in each specific case, on the basis of the criteria mentioned in point (a), the Commission shall indicate in the request for an opinion which of the amounts for the indemnity of the Rapporteur applies. The choice of the applicable amount may be modified by the Commission during the preparatory work for the requested opinion if that is justified by unforeseen changes in relation to the relevant criteria.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/721/annex/III/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-721/annex-III/division-2
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