1.The following persons are hereby appointed as members of the Supervisory Committee of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) as from 23 January 2012:
Mr Herbert BÖSCH,
Mr Johan DENOLF,
Ms Catherine PIGNON,
Ms Rita SCHEMBRI,
Mr Christiaan TIMMERMANS.
2.Should any of the above persons resign from the Supervisory Committee, die or become permanently incapacitated, they shall immediately be replaced by the first named person on the following list who has not yet been appointed to the Supervisory Committee:
Mr Jens MADSEN,
Ms Cristina NICOARĂ,
Mr Tuomas Henrik PÖYSTI,
Mr Dimitrios ZIMIANITIS.
In carrying out their duties, the Members of the Supervisory Committee shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government or any institution, body, office or agency.
They shall not deal with a matter in which, directly or indirectly, they have any personal interest such as to impair their independence, and, in particular, family and financial interests.
They shall treat the files submitted to them and their deliberations concerning them in strict secrecy.
Members of the Supervisory Committee shall be reimbursed for expenses they may incur in the course of their duties, and shall receive a daily payment for each day spent on those duties. The amount of that payment and the procedure for reimbursement shall be determined by the Commission.
The Commission shall inform the above persons of this Decision, and shall immediately inform any person subsequently appointed to the Supervisory Committee pursuant to Article 1(2).
This appointment is made pursuant to Article 11(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999. It is without prejudice to any future amendments to these provisions which may be adopted by the European Parliament and the Council, especially the potential modification of the duration of their mandate in order to ensure the possible introduction of a staggered renewal of the members of the Committee.
The Decision shall enter into force on 23 January 2012.
Done at Brussels, 23 January 2012.
For the European Parliament
The President
Martin Schulz
For the Council
The President
Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen
For the Commission
Algirdas Šemeta
Member of the Commission