Giuseppe Gargani

Giuseppe Gargani (born 23 April 1935, Morra De Sanctis) is a former MEP from the former Italian political party Forza Italia (between 20.07.1999-13.07.2009).European Parliament, MEP Directory: Giuseppe Gargani, accessed 17 November 2010.
==Affiliations==
*Chairman, Committee on Legal Affairs
*Member, Conference of Committee Chairmen
*Member, Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries
*Member, Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America
*Substitute, Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya)
==Record and Controversies==
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
*Nothing to declare.European Parliament, Dichiarazione degli Interessi di carattere finanziario dei deputati: Giuseppe Gargani, 13 January 2009, accessed 18 April 2009.
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
*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 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.
*Voted against 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 against the directive on "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against 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 (1958).
*Enrolled in Democrazia Cristiana in 1956. 
*National deputy-Delegate of the DC Youth Movement in 1960. 
*Member of DC National Council since 1964. 
*Member of the national executive of the DC. 
*DC Regional Secretary in Campania. 
*Member of the DC, responsible for the justice section of the DC Secretariat.
*Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (1972-1994); several terms as Chairman of the Committee on Justice.
*Under-Secretary-of-State at the Ministry of Justice (1979-1984). 
*Commissioner of the Authority for Communications Guarantees (1998).
*Head of the justice department of Forza Italia (since 2001).
*Member of the European Parliament (since 1999). 
*Chairman of the Committee on Culture (1999-2002) and the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002- ).
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==Resources==
*European Parliament, Dichiarazione degli Interessi di carattere finanziario dei deputati: Giuseppe Gargani, 13 January 2009, accessed 18 April 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Giuseppe Gargani, accessed 18 April 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Giuseppe Gargani, accessed 17 November 2010.
*Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 18 April 2009.
==Notes==
Gargani, Giuseppe