Stefano Zappalà

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Stefano Zappalà

Stefano Zappalà (born 06 February 1941, Acibonaccorsi) is a former MEP (1999-2009) from the former Christian democratic political party Forza Italia.

Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Vice-Chair:

22.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

22.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Member:

20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

21.07.1999 / 06.10.1999 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

07.10.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market

06.07.2000 / 11.02.2001 : Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system

17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market

20.07.2004 / 14.02.2007 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

21.07.2004 / 21.07.2004 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council

31.01.2007 / 14.02.2007 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

15.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council

18.06.2008 / 13.07.2009 : Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Substitute:

21.07.1999 / 06.10.1999 : Committee on Budgets

07.10.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

15.09.2004 / 17.10.2006 : Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia

15.09.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

19.01.2006 / 14.02.2007 : Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners

18.10.2006 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya)

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

09.02.2007 / 17.06.2008 : Subcommittee on Security and Defence

15.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya)

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Secondary school-leaving certificate in classical subjects (1959).
• Military College (Modena, 1960-1962).
• Artillery College (Turin, 1962-1964).
• Higher technical course (Rome, 1971-1973).
• Graduate in strategic sciences (1964).
• Degree in mathematics (1973).
• Degree in civil engineering (1976).
• Officer in the Italian army (until 1979).
• Self-employed engineer and businessman (1980-1994).
• Deputy coordinator of Forza Italia for Lazio region (1994-2005).
• Member of Latina City Council (1997-2002).
• Member of Lazio Regional Council (1995-2000).
• Mayor of Pomezia, Rome (2002-2005).
• Member of Sabaudia Municipal Council, Latina (since 2007).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
• EPP-ED Group coordinator on the Subcommittee on Security and Defence.

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http://www.zappalaonline.org

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Dichiarazione degli Interessi di carattere finanziario dei deputati: Stefano Zappalà, 14 January 2009, accessed 16 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Stefano Zappalà, accessed 16 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Stefano Zappala', accessed 05 December 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 16 April 2009.