In carrying out its expert appraisal mission, the Agency is assisted, on the one hand, by a Medical and Scientific Committee, the chairman and members of which are appointed by the Director General of the Agency after obtaining the opinion of the Steering Committee and, on the other hand, by groups of experts appointed by the Director General, who determines the scope and duration of their mission.
The operating procedures of this committee and these groups are determined according to the same procedures as the Agency’s internal regulations and after obtaining the opinion of the Policy Board.