EGE
The Group is an independent,
pluralist and multidisciplinary body
which advises the European Commission
on ethical aspects of science and new
technologies in connection with the
preparation and implementation of
Community legislation or policies.
In December 1997 the
European Commission set up the European
Group
on Ethics to
succeed the Group
of Advisors on the Ethical
Implications of Biotechnology (GAEIB 1991-1997). During its
first mandate the EGE
(1998-2000) provided
Opinions on subjects as diverse as
human tissue banking, human embryo
research, personal health data in the
information society, doping in sport
and human stem cell research. At a
specific request of the President of
the Commission, Romano Prodi, the
Group also wrote the Report on the
Charter on Fundamental Rights related
to technological innovation. The EGE
finished its activities in 2015.
Mandate
2000-2005
On 24 April 2001 the
Commission has appointed the twelve
Members for the period 2000-2005 and
amended the EGE remit in order to
strengthen the role of the Group. The
secretariat of the Group is an
integral part of the Group of Policy
Advisers.
1. Prof. Göran HERMERÉN
(Sweden), President, Philosopher,
Professor of Medical Ethics, Faculty
of Medicine, Lund University.
2. Prof. Linda NIELSEN
(Denmark), Vice-President,
Professor of Law, Rector of the
University of Copenhagen.
3. Prof. Nicos C.
ALIVIZATOS (Greece), Professor of
Constitutional Law, University of
Athens.
4. Prof. Rafael CAPURRO
(Germany), Professor of Information
Management and Information Ethics at
Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart
University of Applied Sciences.
5. Prof. Inez DE
BEAUFORT (The Netherlands), Professor
of Health Care Ethics at the Medical
Faculty of the Erasmus University,
Rotterdam.
6. Prof. Yvon ENGLERT
(Belgium), Head of Fertility Clinic,
Free University of Brussels (ULB),
Professor of Medical Ethics and
Deontology, ULB.
7. Prof. Catherine
LABRUSSE-RIOU (France), Centre de
recherche en droit privé, Université
de Paris.
8. Dr. Anne McLAREN
(United Kingdom), Geneticist, Research
Associate at Wellcome CRC Institute,
Cambridge.
9. Prof. Pere
PUIGDOMÈNECH ROSELL (Spain), Research
Professor at the Department for
Molecular Genetics, Director of
Institut de Biologia Molecular de
Barcelona, CSIC
10. Prof. Stefano RODOTA
(Italy), Professor of Civil Law,
University of Rome, Chairman of the
Italian Data Protection Authority,
Chairman of the European Group of the
Data Protection Authorities.
11. Prof. Günter VIRT
(Austria), Professor of Theology,
Institute of Catholic Moral Theology,
University of Vienna.
12. Prof. Peter
WHITTAKER (Ireland), Biologist,
Professor of Biology, Institute of
Environment, Philosophy and Public
Policy, University of Lancaster,
Furness College.
On November 2005 the
Commission has appointed fifteen
Members for the period 2005-2010 and
amended the EGE remit.
1. Prof. Emmanuel AGIUS,
Faculty of Theology, University of
Malta, Malta.
2. Prof. Diána BÁNÁTI, Director
General of the Central Food Research
Institute, Hungary
3. Prof. Anne CAMBON-THOMSEN, Research
Director, CNRS, Inserm U558,
Epidemiology and Public Health
Analyses, France.
4. Prof. Rafael CAPURRO, Professor of
Information Management and Information
Ethics at Hochschule der Medien,
Stuttgart, Germany.
5. Prof. Carlo CASINI, Member of the
National Committee of Bioethics, Italy
(left EGE in 2007 as he became member
of the European Parliament); new
member: Prof. Francesco Donato
BUSNELLI, Italy.
6. Prof. Inez DE BEAUFORT, Professor
of Health Care Ethics at the Medical
Faculty of the Erasmus University,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
7. Prof. Jozef GLASA,
Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical
Pharmacology, Slovak Medial
University, Slovakia.
8. Prof. Hille HAKER, Moral
Philosophy / Social Ethics, Goethe
University, Frankfurt a. M., Germany.
9. Prof. Göran HERMERÉN, President, Philosopher,
Professor
of Medical Ethics, Faculty of
Medicine, Lund University, Sweden..
10. Prof. Julian
KINDERLERER, Sheffield Institute of
Biotechnological Law and Ethics, UK.
11. Prof. Krzysztof MARCZEWSKI,
Department of Ethics, Skubiszewski
Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
12. Prof. Paula MARTINHO DA SILVA,
Vice-President, President of the
National Council of Ethics for the
Science of Life, Portugal.
13. Prof. Linda NIELSEN, Professor of
Law, Rector of the University of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
14. Prof. Pere
PUIGDOMÈNECH ROSELL, Research
Professor at the Department for
Molecular Genetics, Director of
Institut de Biologia Molecular de
Barcelona, CSIC, Spain.
15. Prof. Günter VIRT,
Professor of Theology, Institute of
Catholic Moral Theology, University of
Vienna, Austria.
