BfR | Annual Report 2013
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How many scientists does the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment employ? Which bodies and committees
do they serve on? How does the institute finance itself? The answers to these questions are provided in the
following section on the key data of the BfR. The figures all refer to the reporting year 2013.
Key Data for 2013
96
34
Apprentices
Technical assistants
Scientists
PhD candidates
On behalf of the institute, BfR employees
conduct research, provide advice and perform
assessments in
404 bodies
.
A staff of
768
was
employed at the BfR
at the end of 2013.
Personnel
National
Number
Federal bodies
60
Federal government federal state bodies
45
BVL bodies
22
Bodies of other institutions
97
European Level
Number
Bodies of the European Commission
41
Bodies of the European Food Safety
Authority
46
Bodies of the European Chemicals
Agency
5
Bodies of other European institutions
20
Worldwide
Number
WHO/FAO: Bodies of Codex
Alimentarius
12
WHO/FAO: other bodies
4
Bodies of other United Nations
specialised Agencies
6
OECD bodies
37
Other bodies involved in global
standardisation activities
9
Participation in bodies
293
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