COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 February 2015

amending Decision C(2013) 8915 establishing the European Research Council

(2015/C 58/04)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision 2013/743/EU of 3 December 2013 establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon 2020 — The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)(1), and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) By Commission Decision C(2013) 8915 of 12 December 2013 establishing the European Research Council(2), the Commission established the European Research Council (‘ERC’) for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 as the means of implementing the actions under Part I ‘Excellent science’ which relate to the specific objective ‘The European Research Council (ERC)’, referred to in point (a) of Article 3(1) of Decision 2013/743/EU.

(2) The ERC is composed of the independent Scientific Council provided for in Article 7 of Decision 2013/743/EU and the dedicated implementation structure provided for in Article 8 of Decision 2013/743/EU.

(3) The Scientific Council is composed of the President of the ERC (‘ERC President’) and 21 other members appointed for the term of office laid down in Annex I to Decision C(2013) 8915.

(4) Members of the Scientific Council are appointed for a term of up to four years, renewable once(3). They should be appointed in a manner to ensure the continuity of the work of the Scientific Council.

(5) The term of office of nine of the members of the Scientific Council ends on 31 December 2014 and there is a need for renewal of the Scientific Council membership.

(6) According to Article 7(1) of Decision 2013/743/EU, the members of the Scientific Council are appointed by the Commission, following an independent and transparent procedure for their identification agreed with the Scientific Council, including a consultation of the scientific community and a report to the European Parliament and the Council. For this purpose, a standing committee for the identification of future members of the Scientific Council has been set up. The Identification Committee made recommendations to the Commission for the replacement and reappointment of members of the Scientific Council that have been accepted.

(7) In line with recommendations of the Identification Committee three members of the Scientific Council are reappointed and three new members are appointed. The three remaining vacancies will be filled as soon as possible.

(8) Decision C(2013) 8915 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex I to Decision C(2013) 8915 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2015.

Done at Brussels, 17 February 2015.

For the Commission

Carlos MOEDAS

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 965

(2)

OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 23

(3) Article 2(3) of Decision C(2013) 8915.

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Members of the Scientific Council

Name and Institute	End of term of office
Klaus BOCK, Danish National Research Foundation	31 December 2016
Nicholas CANNY, National University of Ireland, Galway	31 December 2015
Sierd A.P.I. CLOETINGH, Utrecht University	31 December 2015
Athene DONALD, University of Cambridge	31 December 2016
Barbara ENSOLI, Instituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma	31 December 2016
Nuria Sebastian GALLES, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona	31 December 2016
Reinhard GENZEL, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics	31 December 2016
Timothy HUNT, Cancer Research UK, South Mimms	31 December 2015
Tomas JUNGWIRTH, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	31 December 2018
Matthias KLEINER, Technical University of Dortmund	31 December 2016
Eva KONDOROSI, Hungarian Academy of Sciences	31 December 2016
Mart SAARMA, University of Helsinki	31 December 2016
Nils Christian STENSETH, University of Oslo	31 December 2017
Martin STOKHOF, University of Amsterdam	31 December 2017
Janet THORNTON, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) European Molecular Biology Laboratory	31 December 2018
Reinhilde VEUGELERS, Catholic University of Leuven	31 December 2016
Michel WIEVIORKA, Centre for Sociological Analysis and Intervention, Paris	31 December 2017
Fabio ZWIRNER, University of Padova	31 December 2018’