Article 3 Appointment of Committee members

The Committee shall be composed of not more than twenty-one individual experts selected from a list of suitable candidates established following publication of a call for expression of interest in the Official Journal of the European Union and on the Commission website. A link from the Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities (‘the Register’) to the web page where the call is published shall also be provided.

The members shall be appointed in a personal capacity by the Commission.

The members shall be selected on the basis of their proven scientific expertise and experience, having regard to the need to ensure:

• that the full range of scientific expertise which is necessary to fulfil the mission is reflected, including, in particular, chemistry, toxicology, epidemiology, occupational medicine and industrial hygiene, and general competence in setting OELs;

• a balanced geographical distribution of the members of the Committee.

The members’ names shall be published in the Register as well as in the Official Journal of the European Union for information purposes.

Personal data shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1.

Members appointed by Decision 2009/985/EU in accordance with Decision 95/320/EC shall remain in office under the present Decision until the appointment of members for a new term of office in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraphs 1 and 2.