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Dirk STERCKX



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Constituencies

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  • Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten icon: BE Belgium 2009/07/14 - 2011/09/06
  • Open VLD icon: BE Belgium 2008/04/18 - 2009/07/13
  • Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten - Vivant icon: BE Belgium 2004/07/20 - 2008/04/17
  • Vlaamse liberalen en democraten icon: BE Belgium 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19

Groups

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  • icon: ELDR ELDR Member Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 1999/07/20 - 1999/09/12
  • icon: ELDR ELDR Vice-Chair Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 1999/09/13 - 2004/07/19
  • icon: ALDE ALDE Member of the Bureau Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
  • icon: ALDE ALDE Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2009/07/14 - 2009/07/19
  • icon: ALDE ALDE Member of the Bureau Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2009/07/20 - 2011/09/06

EP staff

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  • Member of Conference of Delegation Chairs 2004/09/22 - 2009/07/13

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Member of Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism 1999/07/21 2002/01/14
Substitute of Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy 1999/07/21 2002/01/14
Member of Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Substitute of Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Member of Temporary committee on improving safety at sea 2003/11/20 2004/04/21
Member of Committee on Fisheries 2004/07/21 2007/01/14
Member of Committee on Transport and Tourism 2004/07/21 2007/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2004/07/22 2007/01/14
Member of Committee on Fisheries 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Substitute of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Member of Committee on Transport and Tourism 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Substitute of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Member of Committee on Transport and Tourism 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Substitute of Temporary Committee on Climate Change 2007/05/10 2009/02/04
Substitute of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2009/07/16 2011/09/06
Substitute of Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 2009/07/16 2011/09/06
Member of Committee on Transport and Tourism 2009/07/16 2011/09/06

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Member of Delegation for relations with the United States 1999/09/29 2002/01/14
Substitute of Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee 2002/02/07 2004/04/30
Member of Delegation for relations with the United States 2002/02/07 2004/07/19
Member of Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China 2004/09/15 2004/09/20
Substitute of Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 2004/09/15 2009/07/13
Substitute of Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia 2004/09/15 2009/07/13
Chair of Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China 2004/09/21 2007/03/13
Chair of Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China 2007/03/14 2009/07/13
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China 2009/09/16 2011/09/06
Member of Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee 2009/09/16 2011/09/06
Member of Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly 2009/09/16 2011/09/06

Rapporteur

TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
Committee Opinion 2010/2301(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs EU and China: unbalanced trade?
Opinion Committee Shadow 2010/2137(INI) TRAN Transport and Tourism Report on competition policy 2009
Opinion Committee Shadow 2009/0173(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles
Former Committee Opinion 2009/0035(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Company law: annual accounts of micro-entities
Responsible Committee 2009/0005(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States
Responsible Committee Shadow 2008/0147(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of infrastructure: differentiated charging
Responsible Committee 2005/0239(COD) CODE Conciliation Committee Maritime safety: establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system
Former Responsible Committee 2005/0239(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Maritime safety: establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system
Former Responsible Committee 2005/0239(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Maritime safety: establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system
Committee Opinion 2004/0163(AVC) PECH Fisheries European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), European Social Fund (ESF) and Cohesion Fund, 2007-2013
Responsible Committee 2004/0049(COD) CODE Conciliation Committee Railway transport: international rail passengers' rights and obligations. 3rd package
Former Responsible Committee 2004/0049(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Railway transport: international rail passengers' rights and obligations. 3rd package
Former Responsible Committee 2004/0049(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Railway transport: international rail passengers' rights and obligations. 3rd package
Responsible Committee 2003/2066(INI) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Sea pollution: Prestige accident, improving safety at sea
Responsible Committee 2002/0022(COD) DELE EP Delegation to Conciliation Committee Community's railways: safety, licensing, levying of charges, certification. 2nd package
Former Responsible Committee 2002/0022(COD) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Community's railways: safety, licensing, levying of charges, certification. 2nd package
Former Responsible Committee 2002/0022(COD) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Community's railways: safety, licensing, levying of charges, certification. 2nd package
Responsible Committee 2000/0325(COD) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Maritime safety: monitoring, control and information for traffic, package Erika II (repeal. Directive 93/75/EEC)
Former Responsible Committee 2000/0325(COD) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Maritime safety: monitoring, control and information for traffic, package Erika II (repeal. Directive 93/75/EEC)
Responsible Committee 1999/2113(COS) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism The European airline industry: competitiveness, from singlemarket to world-wide challenges
Responsible Committee 1998/0272(COD) ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Consumers and environment: availibility of information on fuel economy of new passengers cars

Activities

Stats

Amendment Co-authors
Name Group Country Ams
Sophia IN 'T VELD icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 31
Marian HARKIN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Ireland Ireland 16
Chris DAVIES icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 11
Olle SCHMIDT icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Sweden Sweden 9
Jürgen CREUTZMANN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 6
Jeanine HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 5
Holger KRAHMER icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 3
Roberts ZĪLE icon: ECR ECR icon: Latvia Latvia 3
Jim HIGGINS icon: PPE PPE icon: Ireland Ireland 3
Inés AYALA SENDER icon: S&D S&D icon: Spain Spain 3
Ivo BELET icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE icon: Belgium Belgium 3
Sharon BOWLES icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 2
Wolf KLINZ icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 2
Vladko Todorov PANAYOTOV icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 2
Brian SIMPSON icon: S&D S&D icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 2
Fiona HALL icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 2
Lena EK icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Sweden Sweden 2
Mathieu GROSCH icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE icon: Belgium Belgium 2
Georg JARZEMBOWSKI icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE icon: Germany Germany 2
Willi PIECYK icon: PSE PSE icon: Germany Germany 2
Anne E. JENSEN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Denmark Denmark 2
Elisabeth JEGGLE icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE icon: Germany Germany 2
Carl HAGLUND icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Finland Finland 1
Sylvie GOULARD icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 1
Jelko KACIN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Slovenia Slovenia 1
Elizabeth LYNNE icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 1
Anja WEISGERBER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 1
Anne LAPERROUZE icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 1
Paolo COSTA icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Italy Italy 1

By types

Amendments (234)
Opinions (3)
Plenary speeches (121)
Reports (16)
Shadow opinions (2)
Shadow reports (2)
Written declarations (1)

By dossiers

CountDossier ReferenceTitle
312009/2222(INI)Future for social services of general interest
192010/2239(INI)Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems
182010/2010(INI)Developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy
122009/0108(COD)Measures to safeguard security of gas supply
122009/0005(COD)Reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States
112008/0240(COD)Electrical and electronic equipment: restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances. Recast
112008/0147(COD)Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of infrastructure: differentiated charging
102010/2156(INI)Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries
102010/0253(COD)Single European railway area. Recast
102008/2041(INI)Towards a new culture for urban mobility
92010/2137(INI)Report on competition policy 2009
82011/2084(INI)Online gambling in the internal market
82007/0098(COD)Road transport: conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator
72008/2008(INI)Freight transport in Europe
62011/2010(INI)Insurance guarantee schemes
62010/2053(INI)Implementation of the Services Directive 2006/123/EC
62010/2009(INI)Remuneration of directors of listed companies and remuneration policies in the financial services sector
62004/0049(COD)Railway transport: international rail passengers' rights and obligations. 3rd package
52010/0363(COD)Wholesale energy market integrity and transparency
52009/0010(COD)Programme to aid economic recovery: financial assistance to projects in the field of energy, European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR)
42009/0004(CNS)Taxation: administrative cooperation
42010/0271(COD)Approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles
42008/0016(COD)Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. Renewable Energy Directive
32009/0035(COD)Company law: annual accounts of micro-entities
32009/0173(COD)Emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles
32009/2096(INI)Sustainable future for transport
32007/0099(COD)Access to the international road haulage market. Recast
32008/0142(COD)Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare
32008/2015(INI)
32002/0022(COD)Community's railways: safety, licensing, levying of charges, certification. 2nd package
32005/0239(COD)Maritime safety: establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system
22010/0250(COD)OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR, European Market Infrastructure Regulation)
22008/0241(COD)Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Recast
22008/2218(INI)Green Paper on the future of TEN-T policy
22005/0236(COD)Maritime safety: discharge by the Member States of their obligations as flag States in accordance with the IMO Conventions
22006/0196(COD)Internal market of postal services
22000/0325(COD)Maritime safety: monitoring, control and information for traffic, package Erika II (repeal. Directive 93/75/EEC)
12010/0281(COD)Economic governance: prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances. 'Six pack'
12009/0064(COD)Alternative Investment Fund Managers
12010/0242(COD)European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (2012)
12011/2082(INI)Future of VAT
12010/2235(INI)European road safety 2011-2020
12008/2007(INI)European ports policy
12008/0157(COD)Intellectual property: term of protection of copyright and related rights
12008/0246(COD)Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway; coordination between national authorities
12008/2240(INI)Greening transport package and the internalisation of external costs
12005/0237B(COD)Common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations. Recast
12007/2118(INI)Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany
12008/2585(RSP)Resolution on the natural disaster in China
12007/0097(COD)Access to the international market for coach and bus services. Recast
12007/2156(INI)Demographic future of Europe
12007/2678(RSP)Resolution on the EU-China Summit and the EU/China human rights dialogue
12007/2624(RSP)Resolution on the safety of products and particularly toys
12005/0241(COD)Liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents
12004/0047(COD)Railway transport of passengers: opening to international competition, Rail Market Access. 3rd package
12005/2161(INI)European Union and China relations
12000/0069(COD)Air transport, civil aviation: technical requirements and administrative procedures, EU-OPS Regulation (amend. Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91)
12006/2576(RSP)Resolution on the next steps for the period of reflection and analysis on the future of Europe
12005/2168(INI)Deployment of the European rail signalling system ERTMS/ETCS
12004/2264(INI)Inshore fishing and the problems encountered by inshore fishermen
12003/0242(COD)Environment: access to information and justice, public participation, application of the Arhus Convention
12008/0237(COD)Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport; cooperation between national authorities
12008/0195(COD)Organisation of working time: persons performing mobile road transport activities
12003/2235(INI)Improving safety at sea
12003/2066(INI)Sea pollution: Prestige accident, improving safety at sea
11999/2113(COS)The European airline industry: competitiveness, from singlemarket to world-wide challenges
11998/0272(COD)Consumers and environment: availibility of information on fuel economy of new passengers cars
12009/2095(INI)Strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018

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Born

1946/09/25 - Herent

  • Degree in Germanic philology (1969).
  • Teacher (1969). Journalist, BRT television (1975). Copy editor, VRT television news (1986). Copy editor and anchorman on Terzake, television news interpretation programme (1994). Head of news and anchorman on VRT television news (1996).
  • Member of Lint Municipal Council (January 2001). VLD Chairman (February - June 2004).
  • Member of the European Parliament (since 1999). Member of the Conference of Delegation Chairmen.

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

CV
  • Degree in Germanic philology (1969).
  • Teacher (1969). Journalist, BRT television (1975). Copy editor, VRT television news (1986). Copy editor and anchorman on Terzake, television news interpretation programme (1994). Head of news and anchorman on VRT television news (1996).
  • Member of Lint Municipal Council (January 2001). VLD Chairman (February - June 2004).
  • Member of the European Parliament (since 1999). Member of the Conference of Delegation Chairmen.