Qualifications of the members of the Board of Appeal

1. The Board of Appeal shall consist of technically and legally qualified members. The Chairman shall be legally qualified.

2. The technically qualified members and their alternates shall hold a university degree or an equivalent qualification and shall have substantial professional experience in hazard assessment, exposure assessment or risk management with regard to human health or environment risks of chemical substances or in related fields.

3. The legally qualified members and their alternates shall be graduates in law and have recognised experience in Community law.

Article 2

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 October 2007.

For the Commission

Günter

VERHEUGEN

Vice-President

(1)

OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1

, corrected by

OJ L 136, 29.5.2007, p. 3