Structure & Governance

General Assembly

Annual Technical Meetings

Open to all member companies and invited guests. The purpose is to highlight contemporary technical topics of interest to the Membership and seek feedback to help guide ECETOC strategy.

Board of Administration

The Board of Administration is empowered by the Annual General Meeting with the management and administration of ECETOC and delegates these tasks on a daily basis to its Secretary General.
The Board is composed of at least six member company representatives.

Two Board members are entitled to represent the Associate members. Board members have a two-year mandate and are responsible for the overall policy and finance of the association as well as appointing the members of the Scientific Committee.

Member companies may propose candidates for the Board; these candidates must have managerial duties within their company and possess scientific and technical experience.

Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee is responsible for the definition, management and peer review of the ECETOC work programme. The Board appoints the Chair and members of the Scientific Committee based on their scientific expertise.

• Lead the development and oversee the implementation of the ECETOC Scientific Programme
• Members of the Scientific Committee represent major scientific disciplines for the toxicological evaluation of chemicals.
• Provides a forum for sharing knowledge and experience.
• Scientific Committee members act as Stewards to ensure continued quality and scientific integrity of Manuscripts and Reports of Task Forces.
• Network with key stakeholders to share and promote ECETOC output that contributes to informed, reliable and science-based chemicals management decisions.
• Highlight the need to update Technical Reports in the light of new knowledge.