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Paolo COSTA



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Constituencies

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  • Partito Democratico icon: IT Italy 2008/02/07 - 2009/07/13
  • La Margherita icon: IT Italy 2005/02/18 - 2008/02/06
  • Uniti nell'Ulivo icon: IT Italy 2004/07/20 - 2005/02/17
  • I Democratici icon: IT Italy 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19

Groups

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  • icon: ELDR ELDR Vice-Chair Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 1999/07/20 - 2002/03/06
  • icon: ELDR ELDR Vice-Chair Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 2002/03/07 - 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

EP staff

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  • Member of Conference of Committee Chairs 2003/09/09 - 2004/07/19
  • Member of Conference of Committee Chairs 2004/07/28 - 2007/01/15
  • Member of Conference of Committee Chairs 2007/02/01 - 2009/07/13

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Substitute of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 1999/07/21 2002/01/14
Member of Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism 1999/07/21 2002/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism 2002/01/17 2003/08/31
Member of Committee on Constitutional Affairs 2002/01/17 2003/09/21
Substitute of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Member of Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism 2003/09/01 2003/09/08
Chair of Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism 2003/09/09 2004/07/19
Member of Committee on Transport and Tourism 2004/07/21 2004/07/21
Substitute of Committee on Fisheries 2004/07/22 2007/01/14
Chair of Committee on Transport and Tourism 2004/07/22 2007/01/14
Substitute of Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 2004/07/22 2007/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Fisheries 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Chair of Committee on Transport and Tourism 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Substitute of Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Member of Committee on Transport and Tourism 2007/01/31 2007/01/31
Substitute of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2007/01/31 2008/06/23
Substitute of Committee on Fisheries 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Member of Committee on Petitions 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Chair of Committee on Transport and Tourism 2007/02/01 2009/07/13
Substitute of Temporary Committee on Climate Change 2007/05/10 2009/02/04

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Member of Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand 1999/10/06 2002/01/14
Vice-Chair of Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee 2002/02/07 2004/04/30
Substitute of Delegation for relations with Mercosur 2004/09/15 2007/03/13
Member of Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 2004/09/15 2007/03/13
Member of Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly 2004/09/15 2009/07/13
Substitute of Delegation for relations with Mercosur 2007/03/14 2009/07/13
Member of Delegation for relations with India 2007/03/15 2009/07/13

Rapporteur

TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
Responsible Committee 2009/0042(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Air transport: allocation of slots at Community airports
Committee Opinion 2008/2063(INI) TRAN Transport and Tourism Parliament's new role and responsibilities implementing the Treaty of Lisbon
Responsible Committee 2008/0111(NLE) TRAN Transport and Tourism EU/International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Memorandum of Cooperation: security audits/inspections and related matters
Responsible Committee 2008/0068(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Israel agreement: air services
Responsible Committee 2008/0036(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Pakistan Agreement: air services
Responsible Committee 2008/0017(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Nepal agreement: air services
Responsible Committee 2007/0251(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Armenia agreement: air services
Responsible Committee 2007/0183(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Morocco agreement: air services, protocol following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
Former Responsible Committee 2007/0181(NLE) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Morocco Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement, protocol following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
Responsible Committee 2007/0125(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Georgia, Lebanon, Maldives, Moldova, Singapore and Uruguay Agreements: air services; accession of Bulgaria and Romania
Responsible Committee 2007/0111(NLE) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/USA agreement: cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety
Responsible Committee 2007/0074(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Jordan Agreement: air services
Responsible Committee 2007/0065(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Kyrgyzstan agreement: air services
Responsible Committee 2007/0057(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Panama agreement: air services
Responsible Committee 2007/0052(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/United Arab Emirates agreement: air services
Responsible Committee 2007/0037A(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism Inland transport: abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions (amend. Regulation No 11, in implementation Art. 79(3) TEC)
Responsible Committee 2006/2129(INI) TRAN Transport and Tourism Tourism policy: towards a stronger partnership for Europe, Lisbon strategy
Committee Opinion 2006/2043(INI) TRAN Transport and Tourism Public-private partnerships and Community law on public procurement and concessions
Responsible Committee 2006/0274(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism European Railway Agency: new tasks
Former Responsible Committee 2006/0274(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism European Railway Agency: new tasks
Responsible Committee 2006/0272(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Safety on the Community's railways (Railway Safety Directive)
Former Responsible Committee 2006/0272(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Safety on the Community's railways (Railway Safety Directive)
Responsible Committee 2006/0210(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Technical requirements for inland waterway vessels: implementing powers conferred on the Commission
Responsible Committee 2006/0209(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation: implementing powers conferred on the Commission
Responsible Committee 2006/0202(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Malaysia agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2006/0183(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Road safety: retrofitting of mirrors to existing fleet of heavy goods vehicles
Responsible Committee 2006/0094(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Paraguay agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2006/0027(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Maldives agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2006/0016(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Uruguay agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0241(COD) CODE Conciliation Committee Liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents
Former Responsible Committee 2005/0241(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents
Former Responsible Committee 2005/0241(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents
Responsible Committee 2005/0208(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Singapore agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0191(COD) CODE Conciliation Committee Civil aviation security
Former Responsible Committee 2005/0191(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Civil aviation security
Former Responsible Committee 2005/0191(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Civil aviation security
Responsible Committee 2005/0161(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Morocco agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0155(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Ukraine agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0151(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Moldova agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0150(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Statistics of goods transport by inland waterways
Responsible Committee 2005/0148(NLE) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Romania agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0146(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia FYROM agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0143(NLE) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Albania agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0141(NLE) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Serbia and Montenegro agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0140(NLE) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Bosnia and Herzegovina agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0113(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/New Zealand agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0112(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Australia Agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Committee Opinion 2005/0088(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism European Railway Agency: term of office of Executive Director
Committee Opinion 2005/0087(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism European Aviation Safety Agency: term of office of Executive Director and Directors
Committee Opinion 2005/0086(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism European Maritime Safety Agency: Executive Director’s term of office
Responsible Committee 2005/0060(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Bulgaria agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0059(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Croatia agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0012(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Lebanon agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0011(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Azerbaijan agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2005/0009(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Georgia agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2004/0290(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/China Agreement on maritime transportation: Protocol following the 2004 enlargement
Responsible Committee 2004/0289(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism EC/Chile agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
Responsible Committee 2003/0291(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Implementation of the International Safety Management Code within the Community
Former Responsible Committee 2003/0291(COD) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Implementation of the International Safety Management Code within the Community
Responsible Committee 2003/0269(NLE) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism International Carriage by Rail: accession to the COTIF Convention, as amended by the Vilnius Protocol, June 1999
Responsible Committee 2003/0136(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Road safety: anchorages of safety belts (amend. Directive 76/115/EEC)
Former Responsible Committee 2003/0136(COD) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Road safety: anchorages of safety belts (amend. Directive 76/115/EEC)
Responsible Committee 2003/0130(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Road safety: safety belts and restraint systems (amend. Directive 77/541/EEC)
Former Responsible Committee 2003/0130(COD) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Road safety: safety belts and restraint systems (amend. Directive 77/541/EEC)
Responsible Committee 2003/0122(COD) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Speed limitation devices or similar speed limitation on-board systems of certain categories of motor vehicles (amend. Directive 92/24/EEC)
Responsible Committee 2001/0310(COD) DELE EP Delegation to Conciliation Committee Road transport: ecopoints for heavy vehicles transiting through Austria for 2004
Former Responsible Committee 2001/0310(COD) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Road transport: ecopoints for heavy vehicles transiting through Austria for 2004
Responsible Committee 2000/2030(INI) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Charging for transport infrastructure

Activities

Stats

Amendment Co-authors
Name Group Country Ams
Emanuel Jardim FERNANDES icon: PSE PSE icon: Portugal Portugal 16
Gilles SAVARY icon: PSE PSE icon: France France 4
Dominique VLASTO icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE icon: France France 4
Luigi COCILOVO icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Italy Italy 3
Dirk STERCKX icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Belgium Belgium 1

By types

Amendments (62)
Opinions (5)
Plenary speeches (69)
Reports (62)

By dossiers

CountDossier ReferenceTitle
162005/0237(COD)
142008/0147(COD)Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of infrastructure: differentiated charging
82005/0241(COD)Liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents
72005/0191(COD)Civil aviation security
52008/0247(COD)Rail transport: European rail network for competitive freight
52008/2240(INI)Greening transport package and the internalisation of external costs
42008/2218(INI)Green Paper on the future of TEN-T policy
42008/2334(INI)Report on a European Economic Recovery Plan
42005/0238(COD)Port State control. Recast
42006/0274(COD)European Railway Agency: new tasks
32008/0246(COD)Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway; coordination between national authorities
32009/0042(COD)Air transport: allocation of slots at Community airports
22008/0239(COD)Marco Polo II programme: financial assistance to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system
22007/2259(INI)Towards Europe-wide safer, cleaner and efficient mobility: the first Intelligent Car report
22005/0236(COD)Maritime safety: discharge by the Member States of their obligations as flag States in accordance with the IMO Conventions
22007/0037A(COD)
22006/2129(INI)Tourism policy: towards a stronger partnership for Europe, Lisbon strategy
22000/0212(COD)Passenger transport by rail, road, inland waterway: competition, public service exigences and contracts (repeal. Regulations (EEC) No 1191/69 and (EEC) No 1107/70)
22006/0183(COD)Road safety: retrofitting of mirrors to existing fleet of heavy goods vehicles
22004/0240(COD)Port services: market access and financing of maritime ports
22003/0291(COD)Implementation of the International Safety Management Code within the Community
22003/0136(COD)Road safety: anchorages of safety belts (amend. Directive 76/115/EEC)
22003/0130(COD)Road safety: safety belts and restraint systems (amend. Directive 77/541/EEC)
22006/0272(COD)Safety on the Community's railways (Railway Safety Directive)
12008/2008(INI)Freight transport in Europe
12005/0237B(COD)Common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations. Recast
12006/0273(COD)Rail transport: interoperability of the Community rail system. Recast
12006/2227(INI)Keep Europe moving: sustainable mobility for our continent
12005/0242(COD)Insurance of shipowners for maritime claims
12007/2525(RSP)Resolution on the air transport agreement between the EC and the USA
12004/0047(COD)Railway transport of passengers: opening to international competition, Rail Market Access. 3rd package
12006/2043(INI)Public-private partnerships and Community law on public procurement and concessions
12003/0242(COD)Environment: access to information and justice, public participation, application of the Arhus Convention
12005/2146(INI)Period of reflection: structure, subjects and context for an assessment of the debate on the European Union
12003/0269(NLE)International Carriage by Rail: accession to the COTIF Convention, as amended by the Vilnius Protocol, June 1999
12001/0310(COD)Road transport: ecopoints for heavy vehicles transiting through Austria for 2004
12003/0122(COD)Speed limitation devices or similar speed limitation on-board systems of certain categories of motor vehicles (amend. Directive 92/24/EEC)
12000/2030(INI)Charging for transport infrastructure
12008/0036(CNS)EC/Pakistan Agreement: air services
12008/0017(CNS)EC/Nepal agreement: air services
12008/0068(CNS)EC/Israel agreement: air services
12007/0251(CNS)EC/Armenia agreement: air services
12007/0111(NLE)EC/USA agreement: cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety
12008/0111(NLE)EU/International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Memorandum of Cooperation: security audits/inspections and related matters
12007/0052(CNS)EC/United Arab Emirates agreement: air services
12007/0037A(CNS)Inland transport: abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions (amend. Regulation No 11, in implementation Art. 79(3) TEC)
12007/0181(NLE)EC/Morocco Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement, protocol following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
12007/0183(CNS)EC/Morocco agreement: air services, protocol following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
12007/0125(CNS)EC/Georgia, Lebanon, Maldives, Moldova, Singapore and Uruguay Agreements: air services; accession of Bulgaria and Romania
12007/0057(CNS)EC/Panama agreement: air services
12007/0065(CNS)EC/Kyrgyzstan agreement: air services
12007/0074(CNS)EC/Jordan Agreement: air services
12006/0202(CNS)EC/Malaysia agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12006/0094(CNS)EC/Paraguay agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12006/0210(COD)Technical requirements for inland waterway vessels: implementing powers conferred on the Commission
12006/0209(COD)Harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation: implementing powers conferred on the Commission
12006/0027(CNS)EC/Maldives agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12006/0016(CNS)EC/Uruguay agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0208(CNS)EC/Singapore agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0113(CNS)EC/New Zealand agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0112(CNS)EC/Australia Agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0140(NLE)EC/Bosnia and Herzegovina agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0151(CNS)EC/Moldova agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0141(NLE)EC/Serbia and Montenegro agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0161(CNS)EC/Morocco agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0146(CNS)EC/Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia FYROM agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0143(NLE)EC/Albania agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0148(NLE)EC/Romania agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0155(CNS)EC/Ukraine agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0150(COD)Statistics of goods transport by inland waterways
12005/0059(CNS)EC/Croatia agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0060(CNS)EC/Bulgaria agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0012(CNS)EC/Lebanon agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0009(CNS)EC/Georgia agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12005/0011(CNS)EC/Azerbaijan agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement
12004/0290(CNS)EC/China Agreement on maritime transportation: Protocol following the 2004 enlargement
12004/0289(CNS)EC/Chile agreement: air services, replacing the bilateral agreements by a Community agreement

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Born

1943/07/23 - Venezia

History

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    Graduate in business studies (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 1968). Visiting Professor (University of Reading, U.K., 1975); Visiting Research Scientist (New York University, 1980); ordinary professor of political economy (Ca' Foscari, 1982-1984); Visiting Professor (New York University (1983 and 1988); Ordinary professor of economic planning (Ca' Foscari, 1984-1995); Pro-rector of Ca' Foscari University (1989-1992); Ordinary professor of regional Economy (Ca' Foscari, 1995-2003); Rector of Ca' Foscari University (1992-1996).
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    Member of the Federal Assembly of the 'Margherita' party.
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    Municipal councillor (1997-2000) and Mayor of the municipality of Venice (since 2000).
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    Minister for Public Works (1996-1998).
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    Member of the European Parliament (since 1999); vice-chairman of the ELDR group (1999-2004); Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2003-2004).
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    Member and Vice-Chairman of the Council of the United Nations University of Tokyo.
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    Chairman and member of the Council of AISRE (Italian Association of Regional Science) (1982-1984); member of the Scientific Committee for the Italian General Transport Plan (1985-1987).
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    Knight of the Grand Cross, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1998).
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    • Graduate in business studies (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 1968). Visiting Professor (University of Reading, U.K., 1975); Visiting Research Scientist (New York University, 1980); ordinary professor of political economy (Ca' Foscari, 1982-1984); Visiting Professor (New York University (1983 and 1988); Ordinary professor of economic planning (Ca' Foscari, 1984-1995); Pro-rector of Ca' Foscari University (1989-1992); Ordinary professor of regional Economy (Ca' Foscari, 1995-2003); Rector of Ca' Foscari University (1992-1996).
    • Member of the Federal Assembly of the 'Margherita' party.
    • Municipal councillor (1997-2000) and Mayor of the municipality of Venice (since 2000).
    • Minister for Public Works (1996-1998).
    • Member of the European Parliament (since 1999); vice-chairman of the ELDR group (1999-2004); Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2003-2004).
    • Member and Vice-Chairman of the Council of the United Nations University of Tokyo.
    • Chairman and member of the Council of AISRE (Italian Association of Regional Science) (1982-1984); member of the Scientific Committee for the Italian General Transport Plan (1985-1987).
    • Knight of the Grand Cross, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1998).