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Citation: OJ EPO 2006, 540
Online publication date: 31.10.2006
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 7 to 9 March 2006:

 

 

AHRENGART, Kenneth Ulf

ALBERS, Markus

ALLEN, Carrie Leigh

ALTHAUSEN, Sonja

ANDERSON, James Edward George

ANDERSSON, Inga-Lill

ANDRAUD, Stéphane

ANDREASSON, Per Thomas

ANDREWS, Christopher John

APPL, Thomas

AURELL, Lars Henrik

BACKUS, Cassandra Virginie

BAETEN, Ernest Henricus Alfonsus

BAILEY, Sam Rogerson

BALESTA, Pierre

BALLOT, Gabriel

BALS, Rüdiger

BANHOLZER, Vivien

BARBE, Laurent

BARTELSEN, Bernd

BATES, Alan Douglas Henry

BAUMANN, Jörg

BEAUDOUIN-LAFON, Emmanuel

BEBBINGTON, Nicholas Paul

BEHM, Sonja Marianne

BENDA, Ralf

BENDELE, Tanja

BENETIERE, Marion

BENSON, Christopher

BENTHIN, Stig

BERGADANO, Mirko

BESNARD, Christophe Laurent

BESSI, Lorenzo

BESSOTH, Fiona

BESTEL MIALLIER, Delphine

BEYER, Andreas

BHOGAL, Jasber Kaur

BIAZZI, Riccardo

BINHAM, Sarah Jane

BIRNTHALER, Robert Johannes

BLAIN, Pierre-Jérôme

BLANCHARD, Eugène

BLASER, Stefan

BLOKHUIS, Sophia Elisabeth Dionysia

BODIN, Andre

BOGARD, Anne

BOHLINGER, Ines

BÖHMER, Sabine

BONNEL, Claudine

BÖRNER, Heike

BOSMAN, Cesare

BOUNAGA, Sakina

BOURRIÈRES, Patrice

BRAZZINI, Silvia

BREARLEY, Helen Rebecca

BRENNAN, Eimer Mary

BRIATORE, Andrea

BRINKMANN, Maik

BROHEZ, Véronique Anne Jeanne Marie

BROHMI, Karim

BRUCE, Alexander Richard Henry

BRYAN, Ian Bennett

BUCHENAU, Thomas

BUMKE, Jakob Wenzel

BUTLER, Daniel James

CALLEWAERT, Koen

CAMPABADAL I MONFÀ, Gemma

CAMPBELL, Lachlan Clive

CARE, Alison

CARINA, Riccardo Filippo

CAWLEY, Aimee Elizabeth

CELAIRE, Stéphanie Angélique

CHATELAN, Florence Anne

CIESLA, Bettina

CLABAUT, Muriel

CLAESSENS, John A. J.

CLARK, David Julian

CLAUSWITZ, Kai-Uwe Wolfram

COGHLAN, Judith Elizabeth Kensy

COLES, Pamela Ruth

COLOMBIÉ, Damien

CORTICCHIATO, Olivier Yves Lucien

COUSIN, Geoffroy

CREMER, Christian

CROFTS, Graham John

CUNNINGTON, James Conrad

DABRINGHAUS, Marc

DARE, Carrie Gwendolyn

DAUNCEY, Mark Peter

DAY, Caroline Margaret

DE JONG, Robbert Arij Jeroen

DE RAMON AMAT, Elisabet

DEBETS, René Jozef Willem

DEBLON, Jörg-Stephan

DESCAMPS, Cécile

DESCHAMPS, Samuel

DETKEN, Andreas Christian

DEVIC, David Maurice François

D'HALLEWEYN, Nele Veerle Trees Gertrudis

DITTMAR, Kersten

DITTRICH, Michael

DONALD, Jenny Susan

DÖRFLER, Michael

DOUXCHAMPS, Nicolas

DRAGSTED, Helle Rude

DUGAST-ZRIHEN, Maryse Joséphine

DURAND, Patrice Jean Marie

EHLICH, Hendrik

EINFELD, Tina Swantje

ERDLENBRUCH, Barbara Nicole

FABIAN, Ferdinand

FABIANO, Piero

FARRINGTON, Edward John

FELDMANN, Ute

FERRI, Isabella

FICHTER, Robert Arno

FLECK, Barbara

FLETCHER, Matthew James Edwin

FLEXER, Elizabeth Mary

FORSYTHE, Dominic

FOURCADE, Emmanuelle

FRANCHINI-LARANGÉ, Françoise

FRIEBE, Heike

FRIESER, Ralf

FRITSCHE, Erich Roland

FRY, David John

FUCHS, Bernhard

GABRIEL, Markus

GARBERG, Morten

GARDE, Charlotte Kammer

GÄRTNER, Stephan

GASLONDE, Aude

GAUER, Pierre

GEBAUER, Dieter Edmund

GIESEN, Nicole

GOEDEN, Christian

GOËTGHEBEUR, Stéphane Paul Jean-Marie

GONELLA, Mario

GRASBON, Jan Felix

GRAY, Thomas

GREGORY, John David Charles

GREHAN, Kieron

GRÖSCHEL, Andreas

GROSS, Christine Dorothee

GRÖTZINGER, Thilo

GRUBER, Markus

GRÜNBERGER, Christian

GUDER, André

GUÉRY-JACQUES, Géraldine Marie Alexia

GURNEY, Steven

HAAK, Kasper Frederik Immanuël

HAHN, Antje

HALL, Louise Diane

HANDKE-ERGÜDEN, Gabriele

HANEMANN, Otto

HARDY, Rosemary

HARMSEN, Dirk

HARRIS, David James

HART, Deborah Mary

HART, Walter Willem Hubertus

HAUGE, Sidsel

HECK, Dieter

HEINE, Christian Klaus

HEINER, Thomas

HEINRICH, Hanjo

HEISE, Michael

HENDRY, Niall James

HERMELE, Daniel Stephen

HERREN, Barbara

HIRSCHBECK, Stefan

HITCHCOCK, Lucy Rose

HNICH-GASRI, Naïma

HODGE, Emma Jane

HOFFMANN, Matthias

HOLMES, Jeremy Mark

HOLTBY, Christopher Lawrence

HONKASALO, Terhi Marjut Anneli

HORLER, Hans

HOTOP, Torsten

HUBER, Florian Alexander

HUCHET, Anne

HUFTON, Victoria Alice

HUMPHREY, Lorraine Eila Louise

HUSSAIN, Deeba

HUTCHISON, John Robert

HÜTTERMANN, Aloys

ICELY, Dominic

JACOBS, Philippe

JAEGER, Michael David

JAEGER, Olav

JAUREGUI URBAHN, Kristian

JOHANSSON, Hans Magnus

JOHNSTON, Caroline Louise

JONES, Michelle Ann

JORDA PETERSEN, Santiago

JOUANNEAU, Lionel

KABELITZ, Matthias

KASRIEL, Gwenaelle

KASSOW, Anders

KENT, Josephine

KIDD, Sara Jean

KING, Lawrence

KINGMA, Roelofke Leentje

KLAUER, Stephan

KLEMM, Gabi

KLINSKI, Robert

KLÖCKER, Thomas Johannes

KNOOP, Philipp

KOCHER, Mark

KOCK, Ina

KONKONEN, Tomi-Matti Juhani

KORBER, Frank

KORENBERG, Alexander Tal

KÖRNER, Thomas Ottmar

KOSCH, Ute

KOSSMANN, Jan Henrik

KÖSTER, Christian

KÖTTER, Ulrich

KRAFT, Jens Oliver

KREBS, Achim

KRÜGER, Jérôme

LANGENHUIJSEN, Bastiaan Wilhelmus Herman

LARBIG, Karen Dorothee

LATSCHA, Silvan

LAVÉ, Stéphanie

LAVILLE, Hélène

LEBLOIS-PRÉHAUD, Hélène Marthe Georgette

LECHNER, Armin Anton

LEE, Michael David

LEHMANN, Stephan Alfred

LEINS, Axel

LEISCHNER, Stefan

LEITHE, Eva Ingeborg

LENGLET, Eric Louis Henri

LEWIS, Darren John

 

LINCOLN, Ben James

LINDBERG, Berndt Åke

LINDUM, Peter Würtz

LLOYD, John Scott

LOPEZ, Frédérique

LOVELL, Catherine Jane

LOWE, Alastair

LUCEY, Michael

LUTHE, Stefan

MAATZ, Gero

MADER, Joachim

MAJER, Dorothea

MALAMUD-COHEN, Tessa Mirjam

MALLENS, Erik Petrus Johannes

MANFRIN, Marta

MARTIN, David John

MARX, Thiemo Patrick

MARZANO MONTEROSSO, Michelangelo

MASSELINK, Johannes Hendrikus Bernardus

MATTHEWS, Paul

MAUGHAN, Sophie Louise

MAY, Carolyn

MCDONALD, Christopher Ian

MCILROY, Steven David

MEGGLE-FREUND, Martin

MEISINGER, Christian

MENEGOZZI, Regina

MESSULAM, Adam Clive

MEYER, Rudolf

MEYER-GRAMANN, Klaus Dieter

MIKKOLA, Joni Juhani

MISANDER, Henriette

MODROW, Stephanie

MOISAND, Thomas

MOLONY, Anna

MONACO, Vania

MÖNKEMEYER, Philipp

MOORE, Christopher Mark

MOUTTET, Marie-Paule

MÜLLER, Michael Franz Paul

MÜLLER, Thomas

MÜLLER, Utz

MÜNZER, Marc Eric

MURGITROYD, George Edward

MURPHY, Joeeta

MURRAY, Adrian

MUSSAUER, Heiko Werner

NESS, Mark David

NEUBECK, Wolfgang

NICHOL, Maria Zenarosa

NÜBOLD, Henrik

O'HANLON, Olivia Joanne

ORTON, Erica Louise

ØSTERGAARD, Steen

OSTERMANN, Dirk

PAOLIZZI, Marco

PASCUAL, Lise Jeanine Solange

PASSARET-FRAGNAUD, Aude

PATZELT, Andrea

PELLEGRINI, Marie-Claude

PERSSON, Albin

PFAFFENZELLER, Oliver Michael

PHILLIPS, Gillian Margaret

PHILLIPSON, Ross Peter

PI, Rafael

PISANI, Diana Jean

PLETT, Oliver

PLÖGER, Jan Manfred

PLÖTZ, Josef

PORTAL, Frédéric

POSTIGLIONE, Ferruccio

PRIORI, Enrico

QUANZ, Martin

RÅDBO, Lars Olof

RAGOT, Sébastien Pierre

RAISCH, Philipp Michael

RANÇON, Xavier Lucien Abel

RANTANEN, Reijo Kalervo

REES, Kerry

REES, Simon John Lewis

RIEGEL, Werner

RIENSCHE, Marco

RINCK, Kay-Jochen

RITTER, Thomas Kurt

ROBERT-LE MEUR, Murielle

RÖCKL, Karl

RÖDIGER , Malte

ROGER, Walter Stéphane Philippe

ROHDE, Vibeke Warberg

ROLFE, Edward William

ROMAN, Alexis

ROSE, Matthew David

ROßBERG, Karin Helga

ROTH, Thomas

ROUKOUNAS, Dimitrios

ROUQUAYROL, Céline Hélène

ROWE, Daniel Thomas David

RÜHLAND, Hans Constantin

RUHRMANN, Andrea Elizabeth

RUSS, Hanns Holger

RUSSELL, John Alistair

RUTHERFORD, Claire

RÜTTEN, Peter Laurenz

SACH, Greg Robert

SACROUG, Olivier

SÁEZ GRANERO, Francisco Javier

SAHR, Oliver Michael

SANDS, Howard Simon

SAYCE, Alastair George

SAZONOVA, Tatiana Borisovna

SCADDAN, Gareth Casey

SCHAEFER, Anne-Sophie Barbe Rosalie

SCHÄFER, Anja

SCHELLHAAS, Kurt

SCHEUVENS, Bernhard

SCHICKER, Silvia Maria

SCHINKEL, Olaf

SCHIPPLING, Susanne

SCHLEITZER, Dirk-Karsten

SCHLÖGL, Markus

SCHMITT, Cristopher Tobias

SCHMITZ, Alexander

SCHREIBER, Ina

SCHREY, Rolf Erwin

SCHRÖDER, Jürgen

SCHUPP, Bernhard Volker Josef

SCHWARZWELLER, Thomas

SCOTT, Alistair Francis

SCOTT, Heather Joanne

SCRIVANO, Nicolas Jean Marie

SEEZINK, George

SEIBEL-THOMSEN, Nadja

SEIFERT, Thomas Martin

SEISENBERGER, Georg

SEITZ, Jürgen

SELIN WRETBLAD, Eva

SETHMANN, Svenja

SHAMSAEI FAR, Hassan

SIEBERT, Karsten

SIMPSON, Tobias Rutger

SJÖLANDER, Henrik

SLOBOSHANIN, Sergej

SMILDE-WESTMAAS, Mariëtte Johanna

SMITH, Andrew George

SMITHSON, Robert Alan

SPRAKEL, Vera Stefanie Irene

SPRING, Lauren Elizabeth

SPRUGNOLI, Claude Louis Victor

STADLER, Franz

STARCK-LOUDES, Anne-Caroline

STARK, Gordon Drummond

STARZ, Karl-Anton

STAUDTE, Ralph

STECZEK, Stefan

STEINIGER, Carmen

STENHUUS, Bo

STICHT, Andreas

STIGNANI, Stefano

STOCK, Wolfgang

STORZ, Ulrich

STRANG, Andrea Josephine

STUMKAT, Ulrich

SUNDERMANN, Corinna

SWABE, Benjamin

TAOR , Simon Edward William

TARABBIA, Luigi

TAYLOR, Kate Laura

TEASDALE, Nicola Joanne

TEICHMANN, Ulrike

TEPPER, Annemiek Delina

TER HEEGDE, Paul Gerard Michel

THIELE, Georg Friedrich

THIOLLIER, Clémence-Olivia Laure Marie

THOMPSON, Sarah Louise

THON, Julien

TIRLONI, Bartolomeo

TOLFTS, Pippa Helen

TOPF, Michael Klaus

TÖPKEN, Enno

TRAUB, Petra Christine

TRIER, Mikkel Roed

TRINKS, Ole

TÜNGLER, Eberhard

TURNER, Jennifer Alison

TURNER, Rhiannon Rosalind

VAIHINGER-FREY, Waltraud Dorothea

VÄISÄNEN, Olli Jaakko

VAN ADRICHEM GEISSELER, Johanna Helena Maria

VAN DEN BERG, Frans Richard

VAN DEN HAZEL, Hendrik Bart

VAN EEUWIJK, Alexander Henricus Waltherus

VAN GORKOM, Lucas Marijn

VANDENBROECK, Josiane Anne Marie

VANEK, Volker

VEITCH, Karen

VENNE-DUNKER, Sabine

VERBRUGGE, Vivien François Emeric

VERGE, Amy Helen

VERRIEST, Philippe

VERSCHOOR, Bas Christiaan

VETTER, Christoph

VIAL, Lionel

VINK, Charlotta Sofie Magdalena

VIRGILI BERNADÓ, Neus

VOLLMER, Dirk Carsten

WAGNER, Kathrin

WAHL, Petra

WAIBEL, Stefan

WAINWRIGHT, Jane Helen

WALKE, Christoph Martin

WARREN, Caroline

WATTERSON, Peer Marten John

WEDEKIND, Frank

WEINZIERL, Gerhard

WEIßENBERG, Dirk

WESCH, Arno

WIJERS, Barbara Laetitia

WIJNSTRA, Reinier

WILDHACK, Andreas

WILLIAMS, Paul Howard

WILMING, Martin

WILSON, Glen

WINTER, Andreas

WISE, Daniel Joseph

WITTKOPP, Alexander

WOHLFROM, Karl-Heinz

WOLF, Christian

WOLF, Oliver

WONNEMANN, Jörg

WOOLLEY, Lindsey Claire

WRAIGE, David Leslie Charles

WUNSCH, Alexander

ZIJLSTRA, Robert Wiebo Johan

ZWICK, Evelyn

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

BERTRAND, Gilbert (1995)

 

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