Call for expression of interest in membership of the Scientific Committee of the EMCDDA

This call is addressed to scientists who wish to be considered for membership of the EMCDDA Scientific Committee. The official text of the call for expressions of interest was published in the Official Journal and is available here >>.

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), based in Lisbon, Portugal, was established to provide the European Union and its Member States with 'factual, objective, reliable and comparable information at European level concerning drugs and drug addiction and their consequences'.

EMCDDA Scientific Committee

The task of the Scientific Committee is to assist the Management Board and the Director of the EMCDDA by delivering an opinion on any scientific matter concerning the Centre's activity which the Management Board or the Director may submit to it.

In addition, the risk assessment of new psychoactive substances is held under the auspices of the Scientific Committee, in accordance with the provisions of article 6 of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA of 10 May 2005 on the information exchange, risk-assessment and control of new psychoactive substances.

The closing date for submission of the applications is: 15/04/2013 at 17h00, Lisbon time.

For more information about the call, please click here.

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