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Citation: OJ EPO 2005, 522
Online publication date: 31.10.2005
REPRESENTATION
Examination Board for the European Qualifying Examination

Examination results

In accordance with Article 17(1) of the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives (REE), the following candidates were successful in the European qualifying examination which took place from 8 to 10 March 2005:

ABRAHAM, Richard

AERTS, Robert J.

AHNER, Philippe

AINSCOW, Georgina Frances

AIRD, Alison

ÅKESSON, Sten Jan-Åke

ALBRECHT, Dirk

ALBUTT, Anthony John

ALLAIN, Laurent

ANDERS, Karsten

ANDERSSON, Mikael Per Robert

ANDRÉASSON, Ivar

ASPACHER, Karl-Georg

ATKINSON, Ian Anthony

ATTALI, Pascal

AUGUSTIN-CASTRO, Barbara

AULINGER-FUCHS, Angela Katharina

BARBOT, Willy Serge René

BARONI, Matteo

BARTON, Matthew Thomas

BAUCH-KOEPE, Katharina Anna

BAUER, Clemens Philipp

BEDER, Jens

BEDFORD, Grant Richard

BERGEMANN, Holger

BESIER, Thomas Christian

BIAGINI, Giuditta

BIDDLE, Laura Joanna

BIRKEN, Lars Martin Otto

BITTNER, Bernhard

BLANCHARD, Amanda Jane

BLANCHARD, Isabelle Jackie Marie-France

BOECKH, Tobias Wilhelm Walter

BOKINGE, Hans Ole

BÖRLIN, Maria

BÖRNER, Robert Karl Helmut

BORNHÄUSER, Frank

BOSCH, Matthias

BOSS, Dieter

BOURA, Olivier Patrick

BRADL, Joachim

BRAMLEY, Sarah Jane

BRASCA, Marco

BRATT, Hanna Catharina

BRÉDA, Jean-Marc

BREMSER, Martina

BRÖCHER, Dirk Joachim

BROEKKAMP, Christophorus Louis Eduard

BROWN, Deborah Frances

BROWN, George Laurence

BRUN, Jonny Rein

BRUNETTI, Fabrizio

BRUNNER, John Michael Owen

BÜCHNER, Jörg

BÜHLER, Dirk

BURKHART, Fred

BURT, Matthew Thomas

BYSTRÖM, Kurt Linus

CAERS, Raphaël Frans Ivo

CAILLET, Isabelle

CARBONELL, Enric

CARLIN, Robert George

CARSTENS, Dirk Wilhelm

CASADEWALL, Barbara Myriam

CEFAI, Robin

CHAMBERLAIN, Alan James

CHANDRANI, Vandita

CHAPMAN, Desmond Mark

CHAPMAN, Lee Phillip

CHIVA, Andrew Peter

CLARK, David James

CLEMENTS, Andrew Russell Niel

CLERIX, Andre

CLOSS, Friedrich Otto

COGNIAT, Eric Jean Marie

COLE, Douglas LLoyd

COLLING-HENDELKENS, Miriam

COLO', Chiara

CONRAD, Lars Sparre

CONRADI, Magnus

COOPER, Simon Mark

COOPER-ROLFE, Elizabeth Louise (ROLFE)

CORDIER, Pascal Christian

CORNUT, Isabelle

CRÉPIN, Carine Marie Blanche

CREST, Véronique

CUNDY, Jack William

DANFELTER, Maria Anna Erika

DAUSTER, Katja

DAVEPON, Björn Eric

DE BAAT, Michiel Anton

DE BATTISTA, Elisabeth

DE HAAN, Poul Erik

DE HAAN-CAZEMIER, Anne Engeline

DE MAREÜIL-VILLETTE, Caroline

DELAVEAU, Sophie

DELUMEAU, François Guy Gilbert

DEMSKI, Siegfried

DENJEAN, Frédérique Cécile

DESROIS, Julie

DIAS, Sonia

DIEL, Susanne

DIETZEN, Norbert

DOCHERTY, Andrew John

DUFFY, James Edwin Marsh

DUNKELBERG, Oliver Thomas Michael

DUNNE, Emma Louise

DUVERT, Sandra

DUX, Roland

DYER, James

ECKHARDT, Conrad

EGE, Guido

EGRELIUS, Fredrik

EHLICH, Eva Susanne

EHNIS, Tobias

EINSEL, Christian

ELLENS, Andries

ELLIS, Katherine Elizabeth Sleigh

ELLIS, Robin Patrick

ELLWANGER, Arndt

ENDLER, Gabriele

ENGDAHL, Stefan Per

ERIKSSON, Tommy Roland

ESCHENBACHER, Karl-Heinz

EVE, Rosemary Margaret

FARROW, Matthew Paul

FAY, Omoboyede Jennifer O.

FERRO, Frodo Nunes

FINGER, Catrin

FLUIT, Jeroen

FOOT, Paul Matthew James

FORNER, Thomas

FORRESTER, Simon Joseph

FORSTER, Anna

FORSTER, Frank

FRAEFEL, Christoph Josef Wolfgang

FREIHERR SCHENCK ZU SCHWEINSBERG, Elard

FROGER, Marie-Hélène

FULTON, David James

GALLO, Luca

GANGL, Markus

GARNER, Jonathan Charles Stapleton

GAVIN, Pablo

GEBHARDT, Sabine

GENDRON, Vincent Christian

GERHARD, Till

GERHARDS, Frank

GERNET, Samuel

GIUDICELLI, Cathy

GLUFKE, Uta

GÖRG, Andreas

GOTTSCHALD, Jan

GRAND, Guillaume

GRIFFIN, Philippa Jane

GRIFFITH, Johanna Elise

GROSSE, Hanns-Jürgen

GSCHWEND, Thomas Peter

GUERRE, Fabien

GUYON, Rodolphe Charles

HACKENBERG, Julia

HAEUSLER, Rüdiger Hans-Jörg

HAGEN, Klaus Bach

HAILE, Alison Victoria

HALBIG, Dirk

HALD, Lars

HANDS, Lewis Roger

HANSEN, Jesper Rømer

HANSEN, Marianne Katja

HANSEN, Norbert

HANSEN, Rasmus Rune

HARRIS, Jennifer Lucy

HARRISON, Paul Richard

HATEBOER, Guus

HAYDEN, Nick Mark

HAYS, Bertrand

HEIDE, Ute

HEIDINGER, Andreas

HEIDRICH, Gerold Stefan

HEIJMAN, Renske Harriet

HEINEMANN, Christoph

HEINS, Matthias

HELLMICH, Karl-Winfried

HENDERSON, Lucy Elizabeth

HENRIOT, Marie-Pierre

HERMANN, Bettina

HESSLEWOOD, Ian Philip

HETTERSCHEIDT, Stephan

HEWSON, Timothy John

HILDEBRAND, Steven

HILLER, Volker

HIRSCHBERGER, Petra

HOBEL, Klaus

HOCKING, Adrian Niall

HODSDON, Stephen James

HÖFFE, Moritz

HOFFMANN, Claus

HOLZAPFEL, Waltraud

HOWARD, Phillip Jan

HÜBEL, Andreas

HUEBNER, Stefan Rolf

HULL, John Philip

HUMPHREYS, Elizabeth Jane

HUTTER, Anton

IGARTUA, Ismael

IHLE, Kornelia

IMBERT DE TREMIOLLES, Ghislain

IYER-BALDEW, Angeliqze Urmiladevie

JACKSON, Jonathan Andrew

JÄGER, Andreas

JEANNET, Olivier

JEFFRIES, Charles Edward

JERCHER, Melitta

JOHNSON, Richard Alan

JÖNRUP, Emil

JOUANNIC, Nathalie

JUNTUNEN, Anne Kaarina

KAISER, Axel Werner

KALLIOLA, Sanna Marketta

KAMIBAYASHI, Lynne

KARY, Pierre Denes

KATSCHER, Ute Erika Ilse

KECK, Hans-Georg

KEMPER, Oliver

KENDRICK, David Alan

KENT, Sarah

KESTON, Susan Elizabeth

KING, Alex

KING, Hilary Mary

KLAVERS, Cornelis

KLEIN, Peter

KLINGELE, Verena

KLINGENSTEIN, Markus

KLOCKMANN, Nils

KOCH, Andreas

KOCH, Henning

KOCH, Raphael Alexander Klaus

KORN, Richard Mervyn

KORSTEN, Marius

KOTITSCHKE, Ralf Thomas

KRAHBICHLER, Erik

KUDERA, Michael

KÜHN, Ralph Dieter

KÜMMEL, Hansjörg

KURRA, Sirpa Eliina

LACEY, Dean Andrew

LANG, Roland

LARGEAU, Beatrice Odette Pierrette

LATZEL, Christoph

LAUFER, Gabriele

LEATHLEY, Anna Elisabeth

LEBKIRI, Alexandre

LEBRETTE, Camille

LECOEUR, Jean-Baptiste Marie Raoul

LEDEBOER, Johannes Albertus

LEIHKAUF, Steffen Falk

LEINUNG, Christian

LEMPKE, Carola

LENKKERI-SCHÜTZ, Ulla Riitta Tuulikki

LERHO, Marc J. A.

LERMER, Christoph

LÉVEILLÉ, Christophe

LIEDTKE, Markus

LIGI, Stefano

LIGTENBARG, Alette Gerda Jeannet

LINDEMANN, Robert

LOCKE, Andrew Robert

LOIDL, Manuela Bettina

LOMHOLT, Stig Bredsted

LORENZ, Markus

LÖSER, Iris Inge Else

LUCKE, Andreas

LUNDQUIST, Tomas

LUX, Berthold

MACKISACK, Anna Elizabeth

MÄDER, Annette

MADSEN, Steen

MÄGERLEIN, Ulrich

MANCONI, Stefano

MANTEL, Berthold Friedrich

MANTEN, Annemieke

MARQUARDT, Ulf

MCBRIDE, Peter Hill

MCCAUSLAND, Susan Mary

MCLAUGHLIN, Michael Gerard

MEDENWALDT, Robin

MEIER OBERTÜFER, Jürg Peter

MEYRIAL, Valérie Marie Noelle

MICHEL, Aude

MILLER, John Owen

MISCHUNG, Ralf

MISTRY, Meeta

MOMMER, Niels

MONTELATICI, Linda Anna

MORAN, Kate Cecilia

MOREAU, Stéphane

MÜLLEJANS, Inge

MÜLLER, Christian Stefan Gerd

MÜLLER, Frank

MÜLLER, Wolf-Christian

MUTTOCK, Neil John

NÄGERL, Joël

NEGENDANCK, Matthias Rolf Erik

NEIJ, Hans

NEILSON, Martin Mark

NIELSEN, Hans Jørgen Vind

NIKOLOPOULOU, Sofia

NILSSON, Henrik

NILSSON, Peter

NOACK, Andreas

NOLLEN, Maarten Dirk-Johan

NORDMEYER, Philipp

NORTHWAY, Daniel Robert

NÜHRING, Anja

OBERWALLENEY, Stephan Joseph Ferdinand

O'BRIEN, Niall James

OBST, Bernhard

OLSEN, Henrik Bagger

OLTHOFF, Margaretha

O'NEILL, Michelle

ØRSNES , Henrik Egede

PARRINI, Lorenzo

PATEL, Binesh

PATTISON, Serena Louise

PAUL, Benjamin

PENNY, Daryl

PESCE, Michele

PETER, Beate

PETIRSCH, Markus

PETTERLECHNER, Martina

PEUKERT, Christof David

PFANDLER, Siegfried

PINTSCH, Tanja

PITCHFORD, James Edward

PITMAN, Richard Stephen

PLEYER, Hans Anno

POMMERENKE, Alexander

POTHMANN, Karsten

POWER, Bridget Claire

PREIßINGER, Franziska

PRESLAND, Torbjörn

PREVEL, Estelle Nicole Marie

PUCHINGER, Manfred

RADZIMSKI, Eric

RAISER, Franz

RAPP, Josef Max

RAULINE, Mathilde

REINHARDT, Annette

REISS, Gilles François

REMUS, Alvaro Johannes

RIDLAND, John

RIEMANN, Sabine

RIEPE, Hans-Gerd

ROBERTS, Nicholas John

ROBERTS, Scott Anthony

ROBINSON, Simon Marc

ROBSON, Hazel Marie

ROGERS, Alex Lee

RÜFENACHT, Philipp Michael

RUIS, Alain

RUIZ, Nicolas Vincent

RUPPRECHT, Anja

RUTHERFORD, Jodie

SACHS, Rudolf Erhardt

SACKIN, Robert

SALMINEN, Hannu Ilmari

SAMMER, Thomas

SAMPSON, Catherine Paula Barbara

SANCHINI, Alessandro

SANDER, Jürgen

SANTI, Filippo

SARDHARWALA, Fatema Elyasali

SARTORIUS, Jérôme

SAUER, Frank

SCHABERG, Ulf Günther

SCHAEFER, Sebastian

SCHAETTGEN, Frank

SCHMIDT, Annett

SCHMIDT, Martin Peter

SCHMIDT, Oliver

SCHMIDT, Steffen

SCHMIDT-UHLIG, Thomas

SCHNALKE, Dagmar

SCHNEIDER, Stefan Michael

SCHOLZ, Volker

SCHOOFS, Hilde M. E.

SCHOONJANS, Reinhilde Alfred Rachel

SCHUT, Frederik

SCHWAHN, Hartmut

SEEHAUS, Bernhard

SEITZ, Holger Fritz Karl

SHARPLES, Andrew John

SIEBER, Frank

SIEPE, André

SILCOCK, Peter James

SKOGLÖSA, Ylva Margareta

SLATTERY, David Austin

SMITH, Gary John

SNEARY, Adrian Bernard

SOMMER, Andrea

SÖRBY, Karl Lennart

SPALTMANN, Frank

SPENCER, Matthew Peter

SPINNER, David Richard

SPORER, Gerhard

STAMMBERGER, Tobias

STEFFANIE, Leonardus Gerardus

STEFFEN, Thomas

STONES, James Alexander

SUAREZ-MILES, Ana Sanchiz

SUCHY, Ulrich Johannes

SUMMERER, Christian

TAPPE, Udo

TARENGHI, Anna

TARRERE, Blandine Marie Françoise

THEWS, Karl

THIBAUD, Jean-Baptiste

THIEL, Frédéric Claude

THIELKING, Klaus

THOM, Russell

THOMAS, Michael Andrew

THOMPSON, Andrew John

TORNO, Nicolas Roger Marc

TOSTMANN, Holger Carl

TOWLSON, Samantha Jayne

TOWNSEND, Stephen

TRÖSCH, Dominique Johannes Marcel

TRUFFAUT, Christophe

TURNBULL, Alexander James

TURNER, Mark Frederic Paris

VALENTINO, Cédric

VAN BOUWELEN, Franciscus Maria

VAN DAM, Eveline Martina Alette

VAN DE VEN, Jan-Piet

VAN DOORN, Saskia Theresa

VAN GRIEKEN-PLOOSTER, Izabella Johanna

VAN IERSEL, Hannie Cornelia Patricia Maria

VAN KOOIJ, Adriaan

VAN LIEMPD, Johannes Petrus Josephus Gerardus

VANZINI, Christian

VEENSTRA, Eva

VERHAGE, Richard Abraham

VERHASSELT, Jörn

VERSCHAREN, Petrus Antonius Johannes Maria

VIENNE, Aymeric Charles Emile

VOCKE, Henrik

VON HOMEYER, Anders Tassilo

VON PICHLER, Cletus

VOUGNY, Christophe

WACHENHAUSEN, Marc

WALLIS, Helen Frances Mary

WÄNNINGER, Stefanie

WARRILOW, David Thomas

WATKINS, Charlotte Helen

WEBSTER, Jeremy Mark

WEDDIGEN, Andreas Klaus Dietrich

WEERTS, Wilhelmina Louisa Maria

WELLS, Andrew

WESER, Thilo

WESSE, Michaela Christiane

WESTBERG, Marie Suzanne

WESTPHAL, Thomas

WESTWOOD, Joanna

WHITE, Kevin Andrew

WILDSCHÜTZ, Sabine

WILLIAMS, Anne Rachel Burton

WILLIAMS, Bryn David

WILLIAMSON, Claire Louise

WÖHLTJEN, Karsten

WOLF, Michael

WORBS, Michael

WORTMANN, Jens

WURBS, Guido

YDRESKOG, Margareta

YELLAND, Carl

YORQUEZ RAMIREZ, Maria Isabel

ZEILER, Wolfgang

ZEIS, Georg

ZELLER, Alissa Charlotte

ZEMAN, Steven Michael

ZIEGLER, Anja Elisabeth

ZIMMERMANN-CHOPIN, Rainer

ZUMSTEIN, Angela

ZURHORST, Stefan

 

In accordance with Article 17(2) REE, the following candidate was successful in the European qualifying examination:

PÉRU, Laurence (2002)


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