Dieter-Lebrecht Koch

Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, MEP

Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (born 07 January 1953, Weissenfels) is an MEP from Christian Democratic Union of Germany (since 1994).

Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Vice-Chair:

22.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council

20.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Transport and Tourism

Member:

19.07.1994 / 19.07.1999 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group)

21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Transport and Tourism

17.11.1994 / 11.07.1995 : Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

12.07.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

16.01.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council

16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Transport and Tourism

14.10.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council

24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council

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

21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism

17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism

07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council

20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Transport and Tourism

15.09.2004 / 31.12.2006 : Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee

15.09.2004 / 13.11.2007 : Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Transport and Tourism

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Transport and Tourism

15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Japan

10.05.2007 / 04.02.2009 : Temporary Committee on Climate Change

14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)

16.07.2009 / 19.07.2009 : Committee on Transport and Tourism

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with Japan

Substitute:

21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection

16.01.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with Israel

16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection

14.10.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation for relations with Israel

24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation for relations with Israel

21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

22.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula

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 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.
• Voted against 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

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• 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.

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Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Doctorate in architecture (1985).
• Design officer for chemical plants (1976).
• Research assistant, Institute for Architecture and Construction, Weimar (now Weimar Bauhaus University) (1977-1989).
• Member of Weimar CDU District Executive.
• Member of Taubach district council (since 2004).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1994).
• Vice-President, European Transport Safety Council (since 1999).
• Regional Chairman, European Movement, Thuringia (since 2003).
• Federal Order of Merit (1999).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

10E258

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45761

Email:

dieter-lebrecht.koch AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.europaabgeordneter.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, 05 January 2009, accessed 21 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, accessed 21 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, accessed 29 November 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 21 March 2009.