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| EFLA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2006 | |
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Dr. Michael Blass, Director General, FIAA Nicole Coutrelis, Attorney, EFLA Secretariat General Dirk Detken, Deputy Director of Legal Affairs, EFSA (replacing Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle) Ronald Dwinger, Hygiene and Control Measures Unit, European Commission Dietrich Gorny, President of EFLA Daniela Muchna, Vice-President of EFLA Christine Guittard, Member of the Panel of Experts on Food Safety of the European Parliament Dr. Christian Hauer, Schönherr Attorneys Mag. Ulrich Herzog, Ministry of Health, Austria Marie-José Jonczy, Legal Service European Commission (replacing Claire Durand) Andreas Kadi, UNESDA Bill Knock, Food Standard Agency, UK Peter Loosen, BLL Prof. Bernd van der Meulen, Wageningen University Hilary Ross, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP Univ. Prof. Dr. Werner Schröder, University of Innsbruck Dr. Christine Stix-Hackl, First Advocate General, European Court of Justice Dr. Victor Tutelyan, Director of the Institute of Nutrition, Russian Academy of Medical Science
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Since 1998 Director General of the Food Industries Association
of Austria (FIAA). Member of the Austrian Codex Commission and lecturer
(food law) at Austrian universities. Represents the Austrian food
industry at CIAA (Confederation of the food and drink industries
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Nicole COUTRELIS is a lawyer at the Paris Bar since 1985. Before starting her private practice, she was at the French "Office National Interprofessionnel des Céréales" (Cereals Authority) where she was in charge of the European Affairs (1972-1978). She was then nominated at the French Permanent Representation to the EC in Brussels, ("Attaché Agricole" from 1978 to 1982) and joined afterwards the Legal Service of the European Commission (1982-1985). |
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Nicole COUTRELIS is a partner of COUTRELIS & ASSOCIES, a French Law Firm with Offices in Paris and in Brussels, specializing in EU Law, mainly in Antitrust, Agriculture, Food and Drug regulations, Alcoholic Beverages, Free Movement of Goods and all matters related to the Single Market. She is particularly in charge of the Food Law Practice of the Firm, counseling, lobbying and litigating, in France, in other Member States of the EU and before the European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance in Luxembourg. Secretary General of the European Food Law Association. Vice President of the International Wine Law Association. She is a Member of the International Bar Association and is the author of many articles and Conferences related to European Food Law. Nicole COUTRELIS can be reached at n.coutrelis@coutrelis.com
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Dirk Detken, Deputy Director of Legal Affairs, EFSA (replacing Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle) |
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Dirk Detken Deputy Director of Legal Affairs In his capacity as Deputy Director of the Legal Department at EFSA
Dirk Detken shares the responsibility of maintaining a legally sound
environment in compliance with Community law for all EFSA activities.
He is specifically involved with questions emerging from EFSA's
scientific operations in the Panels/Scientific Committee and the
respective EFSA secretariats. This covers areas as the legislation
on regulated substances, the legal framework on confidentiality
and transparency obligations and the rules linked to the operations
of the scientific panels. |
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Prior to joining EFSA in April 2004 he was legal advisor at the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) in London with focus on authorisation procedures for veterinary medicinal products. In an earlier appointment he worked as a lawyer at the Brussels's office of the German Federal Bar and as an assistant to the MEP Dagmar Roth Behrendt in the Committee for Environment, Public Health and Food Safety at the European Parliament in Brussels/Strasburg. He has studied in Berlin, Bonn and Lausanne.
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Ronald Dwinger, Hygiene and Control Measures Unit, European Commission |
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Ron Dwinger started work as a veterinary practitioner in Kano,
Nigeria, in 1977 as part of a Dutch program assisting developing
countries. Subsequently, he has worked for more than 20 years as
a veterinary scientist on tropical animal diseases and veterinary
epidemiology in projects in Kenya, The Gambia, Costa Rica, Argentina
and Austria. The work resulted in many scientific publications,
including a PhD thesis on trypanosomiasis. |
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When he returned to The Netherlands in 2000, he joined the National Inspection Service for Livestock and Meat, which is part of the Ministry of Agriculture in The Netherlands. The Ministry sent him in 2003 on secondment to the Directorate General of Health & Consumer Protection of the European Commission to assist as a legislative officer with the drafting of implementing measures as part of the new food hygiene Regulations.
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Attorney at Law & Certified Accountant in Frankfurt am Main After completing a degree in law first active in the petroleum industry, afterwards in a management position in the candy industry (legal, HRM, PR), since 1989 self-employed with own legal offices. |
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Author of numerous publications concerning food law, in particular
“Das externe Lebensmittelaudit” (The External Food Audit),
“Kommentar Nährwertkennzeichnung” (Commentary on
Nutritional Information Labels), co-author “Zusatzstoff-Recht
- Kommentar der europäischen und deutschen Rechtsvorschriften”
(Additive Law - Commentary on the European and German Law), “Grundlagen
des Europäischen Lebensmittelrechts - Kommentar zur Verordnung
(EG) Nr. 178/2002” (Foundations of the European Food Law -
Commentary on the Law (EG) Nr. 178/2002). President of the European
Food Law Association (EFLA), Chairman of the German EFLA, Co-Chairman
of the Expert Committee for Medicine and Food Law in the German
Association for Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright.
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Daniela Muchna heads the Regulatory & Scientific Affairs of
Red Bull GmbH, Austria since 2000. |
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Professional focus: European food law, competition law and lobbying
activities towards the European Institutions.
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Christine Guittard, Member of the Panel of Experts on Food Safety of the European Parliament |
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Food and Chemical industry
executive, with broad expertise in: - Nutrition and Scientific Affairs - Regulatory and Governmental/Public Affairs - Processed foods / Food Safety / Health and Nutrition |
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SENIOR CONSULTANT IN NUTRITION, REGULATORY
AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS SCIENTIFIC AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD INGREDIENTS DEVELOPMENT OF CHILLED DAIRY PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD INGREDIENTS
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Partner of the law firm Schönherr
since 1975 Special areas are food law, trademark law, unfair trade, medicinal products law, and EU law Member of the Codex Commission that publishes the Austrian Food Codex Permanent advisor to the Association of Austrian Brand Manufacturers |
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Publications:
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Marie-José Jonczy, Legal Service, European Commission (replacing Claire Durand) |
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Andreas Kadi graduated as Master of Science in Food Chemistry from
the Natural Sciences Faculty of the University of Vienna in 1991.
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His main interests are food regulatory aspects of product and packaging
development including all aspects of food labeling and claims, role
of beverages in the diet and recycling of packaging materials. Previous
employments include applied engineering and product development
for plastic compounds and plastic packaging.
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Bill Knock is currently responsible for co-ordinating the Food Standards Agency's EU and international activities and strategy. Until July 2006, Bill was the Deputy Head of the Food Standard Agency's Nutrition Division. His main focus was on negotiating the two proposed EC Regulations on nutrition and health claims and the addition on nutrients to food. During the UK Presidency of the EU he represented the EU, with the EC Commission, at the November 2005 meeting of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses. |
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Before joining the nutrition side in September 2006, Bill was temporary head of the Agency's Chemical Contaminants and Animal Feed Division, where he had responsibility for two branches which dealt with chemical contaminants as well as the Incidents Response Branch and the Animal Feed Unit. Bill led the Animal Feed Unit until 2003. Prior to the establishment of the Food Standards Agency in April 2000, he headed a branch in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) dealing with the composition and labelling of animal feeds and fertilisers. Before 1991, Bill worked within MAFF in a number of areas including food standards and animal welfare.
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Born in September 1966, married |
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From 1992 to 1995 professional experience in a law firm
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B.M.J. van der Meulen
(Bernd) was born on Queensday (April 30) 1960. He studied law (1984)
and governance sciences (1986) at the Free University [Vrije Universiteit]
in Amsterdam. He taught constitutional and administrative law at several
Universities in the Netherlands. He practised as a lawyer for five
years and worked at the Netherlands' Competition Authority for four
years lastly as litigation officer. Currently he is Professor of Law and Governance at Wageningen University. The Law and Governance Group focus their research and teaching on the legal and socio-legal aspects of natural resources and the agro-food-chain (see www.law.wur.nl). |
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Some publications in English: - The Right to Adequate Food. Food Law Between the Market and Human
Rights, Reed/Elsevier 2004
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Hilary specialises in EU and UK Regulatory compliance issues for foods. She has extensive experience in relation to compliance and marketing regimes for a broad range of food products including functional foods, PARNUTs, food supplements, herbals as well as genetically modified and novel foods. This includes significant experience in preparing applications for marketing authorisations for novel foods and helping companies launch their products across the 25 EU Member States. |
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Hilary provides advice to all food industry sectors including importers,
distributors, manufacturers, caterers and retailers. She provides
strategic advice on HACCP, safe-assured catering and due diligence
systems. In addition she provides advice on composition, labelling,
packaging, menu claims and advertising. Hilary is recognised by the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession as the leader in the field of food law. She authored a report for Monitor Law Press called Novel Foods: A Guide to the Law & Technology of GMOs in Europe. She has contributed the concluding chapter to Food Law International and wrote the chapter on food law for Work Place Law Handbook. She frequently writes and speaks on food safety matters in Europe as well as North America. Hilary is a committee member of the Food Law Group, the European Food Law Association and is an affiliate member of the Institute of Food Science and Technology. She is recognised as a Leader in the Field by the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession.
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Born May 1, 1962 in Cologne |
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1993-1999: Assistant, Law Faculty, University of Passau Research interests:
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Dr. Christine Stix-Hackl, First Advocate General, European Court of Justice |
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Christine Stix-Hackl was elected First Advocate General at the ECJ on 6 October 2005 by a body consisting of all 25 Judges and eight Advocates General of the Court. Since 7 October 2000, Christine Stix-Hackl has already been employed as Advocate General in the service of the ECJ in Luxembourg and she supports the Court in the fulfilment of its duties with the presentation of conclusions or preparation of judgments, among other things. |
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After obtaining a law degree from the University of Vienna and post-graduate studies in European Law at the College of Europe, Bruges, Stix-Hackl became a member of the Austrian Diplomatic Service in 1982, where she worked as an expert on European Union matters in the office of the Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1985. After one year with the Legal Service of the European Commission, she returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as head of the Legal Service – EU from 1992 to 2000. After her participation in the negotiations on the EEA and on the accession of the Republic of Austria to the European Union, Stix-Hackl also became the Agent of the Republic of Austria at the European Court of Justice from 1995. In 2000 she was appointed Austrian Consul-General in Zurich. The European Court of Justice is the Supreme Court, i.e. the court of last instance in Europe. It is responsible for ensuring that European law is respected and guarantees compliance with and uniform interpretation of Community law. The European Court of Justice rules on disputes in which Member States, Community organs, companies and private individuals may be involved. The ECJ consists of 25 Judges and eight Advocates General. The Judges are appointed by the governments for a six-year term of office, whereby renewal of the term of office is possible.
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Dr. Victor Tutelyan, Director of the Institute of Nutrition, Russian Academy of Medical Science |
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Victor A. Tutelyan graduated from
the Moscow Medical Institute in 1965. He is an academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Science and has been the chief secretary of its Presidium since 2000. Currently, Mr. Tutelyan is the head of the Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Science. From 1980 to 2000, Mr. Tutelyan was the Deputy Director of the Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Science. |
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