Go to the Content Friday, 3 February 2012
Your search for "Dirk Sterckx" produced 16 items.
| 1. Parliament committees battle over annual accounts exemption | February 18, 2010 |
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Commission has estimated that the exemption could save businesses €6.3 billion each year. The European Parliament's legal affairs committee is at loggerheads with the... | |
| 2. Tendering law targets greener transport | January 10, 2008 |
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The public sector will have to take green criteria into consideration when procuring vehicles and transport services from 2012, under proposals published by the European... | |
| 3. Who should finance a loss-making industry? | June 21, 2007 |
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Two MEPs discuss public transport. | |
| 4. Commission wants end to hazardous scrapping of ships in poor countries | February 15, 2007 |
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EU governments must find a way of ending the dangerous breaking up of old ships in poor countries, according to a green paper to be presented by the European Commission next... | |
| 5. Bringing maritime policy into the mainstream | May 4, 2006 |
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Two MEPs discuss the EU's maritime policy The EU can be a leading player on maritime issues if it realises that this is a global issue, too, says | |
| 6. MEPs to back improved rail passengers' rights | September 22, 2005 |
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MEPs are next week expected to back European Commission proposals for improved rights for rail passengers. The European Parliament's plenary in Strasbourg (26-29 September)... | |
| 7. Spain under fire as report calls for EU coastguard | April 15, 2004 |
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A REPORT to be discussed by MEPs next week calls for the setting up of a European coastguard service to deal with disasters such as the 2002 Prestige oil spill. It states... | |
| 8. Parliament wins fight to investigate Prestige | October 30, 2003 |
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AFTER a bitter struggle over such a committee's right to exist, the European Parliament has set up an inquiry to get to the bottom of what went wrong when the Prestige oil... | |
| 9. Row looms over rail deregulation | October 23, 2003 |
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THE European Parliament set itself on a collision course this week with member states over plans to open up Europe's rail network to competition before the end of the... | |
| 10. Pollution fears raised over ‘ghost ships' | September 25, 2003 |
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MEPS this week voiced concern about the pollution threat posed by a fleet of dilapidated US Navy ships which are due to be decommissioned at a British yard. On the way to... | |
| 11. Rail shake-up plans put Parliament on collision course with Commission | January 16, 2003 |
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MEPS have backed proposals for the biggest-ever shake-up of Europe's rail network. Under the plans, the whole European network will be opened up to competition for... | |
| 12. Member states set to hit brakes after MEPs give green light to rail liberalisation | December 5, 2002 |
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IN 2008, MEPs from Budapest to Bilbao want to be able to get on a train in their constituency and speed all the way to Strasbourg or Brussels on a completely liberalised EU... | |
| 13. Parliament to push for swift action on rail liberalisation | June 29, 2000 |
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THE European Parliament is increasing pressure on Union governments to open up their rail networks to competition as quickly as possible, calling for an ambitious 2010... | |
| 14. Tasteless question | April 13, 2000 |
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Don't read this if you are about to eat. Belgian Liberal MEP Dirk Sterckx has highlighted a rather unsavoury issue for the Commission. He has asked whether there are rules... | |
| 15. MEPs divided over financial control plan | January 27, 2000 |
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MEPS are divided over a key element of the plans unveiled last week to overhaul the European Commission's financial controls to stamp out fraud, prompting fears that... | |
| 16. Belgium's rising star | December 16, 1999 |
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A new face has begun to grace EU summits. Few have heard of him outside Belgium, he has yet to make his mark on the international stage and his knowledge of the Union is, by... | |
