Luigi Cocilovo

Luigi Cocilovo (born 07 October 1947, Palermo) is a former MEP from the Italian Democratic Party (20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Partito Popolare Italiano, and 20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Uniti nell'Ulivo).European Parliament, MEP Directory: Luigi Cocilovo, accessed 05 October 2010.
==Affiliations==
*Vice-President, European Parliament
*Vice-President, Parliament's Bureau
*Member, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
*Member, Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia
*Substitute, Committee on Transport and Tourism
*Substitute, Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
==Record and Controversies==
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
*Nothing to declare.European Parliament, Dichiarazione degli Interessi di carattere finanziario dei deputati: Luigi Cocilovo, 03 January 2009, accessed 17 April 2009.
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
*Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the Commission White Paper on "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy" (A5-0356/2001). The amendment helps avoid the necessary precautionary approach towards some chemical substances that are not proven to be completely safe.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
*Voted in favour of the report on "Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network" (A5-0135/2002). The Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T) is a network of so-called 'transport corridors' through Europe. This amendment calls for a full Strategic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of the TEN-T.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Abstained from voting the regulation concerning "traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms" (A5-0229/2002). The amendment allows customers the right to choose GM free food.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
==Personal Information==
===Curriculum Vitae===
*Graduate in law (1969).
*Chairman of the publishing company EL (until 1991). 
*Chairman of the insurance company Unionvita (1994-1998). 
*Member of the CNEL (1993-1997).
*Provincial Secretary of CISL of Palermo (1977). 
*Regional Secretary of CISL for Sicily (1982). 
*National Secretary of CISL (1989-1999).
*Member of the European Parliament (since 1999). 
*Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-2004).
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==Resources==
*European Parliament, Dichiarazione degli Interessi di carattere finanziario dei deputati: Luigi Cocilovo, 03 January 2009, accessed 17 April 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Luigi Cocilovo, accessed 17 April 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Luigi Cocilovo, accessed 05 October 2010.
*Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 17 April 2009.
==Notes==
Cocilovo, Luigi