Herbert Bösch

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Herbert Bösch, MEP

Herbert Bösch (born 11 September 1954, Feldkirch) is an MEP from the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ).

Affiliations

• Chairman, Committee on Budgetary Control
• Member, Conference of Committee Chairmen
• Member, Committee on Budgets
• Member, Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Member, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Substitute, Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• Member of the European Parliament
• Member of the supervisory board of BEATUS Consulting & Partner GmbH

Background of Conflicts

Register of interests

• Member of the supervisory board of BEATUS Consulting & Partner GmbH According to a job-searching website (http://www.jobs.tt.com), the company is a management consultancy company that works on a large financial project for the region Tirol, South Tyrol and Vorarlberg.

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 against 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 in favour of 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 in favour of 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 in favour of 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 in favour of 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 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. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted in favour of the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.

Election Campaign 2009

Herbert Bösch has pledged to all four issues presented by the Election Campaign:

• to provide leadership in lobbying transparency and ethics,
• to provide leadership in reforming financial architecture,
• to promote a full-scale rethink of the EU trade policy,
• to promote corporate accountability.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Studied sociology and political sciences. Mag. phil. (1978).
• Head of the Dr Karl Renner Institute of Vorarlberg (1978-1979).
• Employed by the municipal authority of Bregenz, Vorarlberg (since 1980, currently on leave of absence).
• Land Chairman of the Young Generation in the SPÖ, Vorarlberg (1978-1988).
• Bregenz district chairman of the SPÖ (since 1989).
• Member of the Bundesrat (1989-1994).
• Member of the Nationalrat (19th legislative period, 1994-1995).
• Member of the Nationalrat (20th legislative period).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1995).
• Delegation Chairman, EU - Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1995-1999).
• Grand Gold Decoration with ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

13G102

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45677

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49677

Email:

herbert.boesch@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.herbertboesch.at

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Herbert Bösch, 27 November 2008, accessed 25 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Herbert Bösch, accessed 25 April 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 25 April 2009.
• jobs.tt.com, BEATUS Consulting & Partner GmbH, accessed 25 April 2009.