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2. The Advisory Committee shall be composed of independent experts, who may include representatives of healthcare and social care workers and civil society representatives, selected by the Commission according to the fields of expertise and experience of those representatives, which are the most relevant to the specific threat that is occurring, and including representatives of the ECDC and EMA as permanent observers. The Advisory Committee shall have a multidisciplinary membership so that it can advise on public health, biomedical, behavioural, social, economic, cultural and international aspects. The representatives of the WHO may also participate as observers in the Advisory Committee. The representatives of other Union agencies or bodies relevant to the specific threat may participate as non-permanent observers in the Advisory Committee as necessary. The Commission may invite experts with specific expertise with regard to an item on the agenda to take part in the work of the Advisory Committee on an ad-hoc basis, in particular from the countries within whose territory the threat arises. The Member States may propose the appointment of relevant experts to the Commission, depending on the specific item.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.