Scientific Expert Group

SEG - Scientific Expert Group (1994) Recommendation from Scientific Expert Group on Occupational Exposure Limits for 1,4-Dichlorobenzene. SEG/SUM/65, 1994. 

In 1990, at the request of the European Council, the European Commission set up an informal group of scientists, known as the Scientific Expert Group (SEG), to give advice on setting limit values, after having reviewed the different approaches in the Member States. In 1991, the first set of 27 ILVs was proposed by the EC and agreed by Member States on the basis of pre-existing national positions (Directive 91/322/EEC)."... 

The scientific expert group evaluates available data in die scientific literatuxe. 

Proposals for changes/amendments/new OELs are submitted by either the Ministry (Section HI) or by social partn s and less often by members of the scientific expert group itself. The agenda is prepared by the Central Labour Inspectorate or Zentrales Arbeitsimpektorat (as part of the Ministry and Section which also chairs the meetings. 

The Senate Commission on the hivestigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area (The MAK Commission) is a scientific expert group of the German Science Foundation Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG). 

The knowledge that road users would, at least some of the time, change their behaviour in response to the introduction of road safety measures motivated the road safety community into action in the late 1980s, when the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) created a scientific expert group from among 16 OECD countries, whose mission was to review to what extent and... 

These German, Canadian, and Norwegian findings support another statement in the above-mentioned OECD report An important conclusion of the Scientific Expert Group is that behavioural adaptation exists, and does have an effect on the safety benefits achieved through road safety programmes (OECD, 1990 p. 6). A comparative study of cars with and without ABS conducted in the United States came to the striking conclusion that the evidence is clear that anti-lock brakes are associated with increased fatality risk to occupants of the ABS-equipped vehicle (Farmer et al.,... 

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development). 1990. Behavioural Adaptations to Changes in the Road Transport System. Report prepared by the OECD scientific expert group. Paris. Road safety research OECD. 

Work To Date. From 1977-80, the most intensive and productive OECD activities focused upon Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD) and the development of test guidelines and GLP s. Efforts also were devoted to the Step Sequence Group and, in particular, that body s efforts to develop a Minimum Pre-Marketing Set of Data (MPD). Technical and scientific work also progressed on the various hazard assessment issues and expert groups worked on recommendations concerning confidential data, definitions of key terms, and principles of information exchange. 

Within the frame of the EMEA, members of the CPMP and CVMP act independently of their nominating member state. The scientific committees are aided by a network of about 2300 European experts, nominated by the appropriate national authorities of the member states on the basis of proven experienee in the assessment of medicinal products. Experts may serve on working parties or expert groups of the CPMP or CVMP. 

In the EU until 2003, the European Commission s Scientific Committee for Food (SCF) performed safety evaluations of food additives and contaminants. This task has now been taken over by the EFSA. EFSA s risk assessments and other scientific work are undertaken by its Scientific Committee and nine scientific Panels, each responsible for a different aspect of food and feed safety. The scientific work is also supported by external Scientific Expert Working Groups, each specializing in a specific subject (EFSA 2006). 

The Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals (NEG) consisted of scientific experts from the five Nordic countries representing different fields of science, such as toxicology, occupational hygiene, and occupational medicine. The main task was to produce criteria documents (Figure 3.10) to be used by the regulatory authorities of the Nordic countries as the scientific basis for setting Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) for chemical substances. 

Common technical specifications (CTS) are to be adopted by the Article 7.2 Committee (a working group of scientific experts appointed by the Member States) which will apply to devices in Annex II List A and, when required, devices in Annex II List B. There is some uncertainty about the circumstances in which the requirement might apply to List B devices. CTS establish appropriate performance evaluation and re-evaluation criteria, batch release criteria, reference methods, and reference materials. If, for duly justified reasons, manufacturers do not comply with the CTS, they must adopt other solutions which are at least equivalent to these specifications. CTS are intended mainly for the evaluation of the safety of the blood supply and organ donations. 

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