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The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (Dutch abbreviation: CCMO]) is a Dutch independent governmental administrative body. The CCMO carries out tasks for the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport on the basis of the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (Dutch abbreviation: WMO) and the Embryos Act. The CCMO was installed by Minister Els Borst on 6 April 1999 and has its seat in The Hague, the Netherlands.

The CCMO has the following statutory duties:


 * Supervisor of the activities of the recognized medical ethics review committees (MRECs)
 * Reviewing the types of research files laid down by law in the field of medical research involving human subjects
 * Competent authority for (marginal) testing of clinical research with medicinal products
 * Administrative appeal and objection body
 * Registration of medical scientific research involving human subjects
 * Providing information about the implementation and application of the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act

External link
Website CCMO