BartStaes

General Data

 * Born on 07 August 1958, Izegem
 * Country: Belgium
 * Political Group: Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance (Verts/ALE) Party: Groen

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 * Parlement européen
 * Parlement européen


 * Email: [mailto:bart.staes@europarl.europa.eu bart.staes(at)europarl.europa.eu]
 * Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=4751
 * Site web: www.bartstaes.be

Functions in European Parliament

 * Committee on Budgetary Control (Vice-Chair)
 * Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (Vice-Chair)
 * Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (Member)
 * Committee on Development (Substitute)
 * Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Substitute)
 * Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (Substitute)
 * Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Teacher training (Dutch, English and economics) (1981)
 * Political group assistant, European Parliament (1983-1999)
 * Member of the Young Volksunie executive (1980-1981, 1984-1987)
 * Member of the Volksunie Council (1984-1987, 1995-2001)
 * Member of the Volksunie executive (1995-2001)
 * Member of the Groen! (Green Party) executive committee (2002)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
 * Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (1999-2002)
 * Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-2004)

Votes

 * 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 99.8/100
 * 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 0.0/100
 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 100.0/100
 * 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 100.0/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 90.0/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 85.5/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 100.0/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 93.9/100

Positions
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28/03/2010 Written Declaration 12/2010 (ACTA)
Has signed written declaration 12/2010 on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable content.