Composition

The Committee consists of nine permanent members and nine substitutes. Two of the nine members are also Commission members, supported by:

  • seven external members appointed because of their expertise in the sector.

The Committee has been divided into two sections:

  • a Social Security Section with six members: two Commission members and four external members (a physician, a computer scientist and two legal experts);
  • a Health Section with six members: two Commission members and four external members (physicians).

Moreover, every section has additional members with a purely advisory vote.

In principle, the Commission's President chairs the Committee. If he renounces the presidency, the Commission will designate a member as President.

The Social Security Section is composed as follows:
(D= Dutch native speaker; F=French native speaker)

President

Mr Yves Roger (F)

Commission member

Members by law

Mr Jan Remans (D)

Commission member

Working members

Mr Paul Schoukens (D)

Ph D/Law graduate at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Mr Bart Viaene (D)

Medical Head of the ICT service ICT/Company doctor

Mr Michel Dispersyn (F)

Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Mr Jean Ramaekers (F)

Professor at the Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix of Namur (FUNDP)

Substitute members

Mr Stefan Verschuere (F)

Vice-President of the Commission

Mr Rudy Trogh (D)

Commission member

Mr Dirk Van Der Kelen (D)

Ph D/Law graduate, Chairman of the Court of First Instance

Mr Pascal Hubain (F)

Lawyer

Mr Bart Sijnave (D)

IT expert

Mr Stefaan Bartholomeeusen (D)

GP/physician – specialist

Members with an advisory vote

Mr Frank Robben (D)

General Administrator of the Crossroads Bank of Social Security (CBSS)

Mr Emmanuel Quintin (F)

Assistant General Administrator of the Crossroads Bank of Social Security (CBSS)

Mr Jean-Marie Delrue (F)

President of the General Coordination Committee for the CBSS and its Sectoral committee

The Health Department is composed as follows:
(D= Dutch native speaker; F=French native speaker)

President

Mr Yves Roger (F)

Commission member

Members by Law

Mr Jan Remans (D)

Commission member

Working members

Mr Bart Viaene (D)

Medical Head of the ICT service/company doctor

Mr Christian Smulders (F)

Physician

Mr Benoît Debande (F)

Physician/Hospital Director

Mr Georges De Moor (D)

Physician/Head of the IT and Statistics Service

Substitute members

Mr Stefan Verschuere (F)

Vice-President of the Commission

Mr Rudy Trogh (D)

Commission member

Mr Stefaan Bartholomeeusen (D)

GP/physician – specialist

Mr Etienne De Clercq (F)

Physician – expert

Mr Didier Thillaye du Boullay (F)

Physician

Mr Michel Deneyer (D)

Member of the National Council of the Order of Physicians / Paediatrician

Members with an advisory vote

Mr Frank Robben (D)

General Administrator of the Crossroads Bank of Social Security (CBSS) and leading civil servant for the eHealth platform

Mr Emmanuel Quintin (F)

Assistant General Administrator of the Crossroads Bank of Social Security (CBSS)

Mr Jean-Marie Delrue (F)

President of the General Coordination Committee for the CBSS and its Sectoral committee