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Dr. Matti VAINIO
Deputy Head of Clean Air and Transport Unit of the
Environment Directorate General of the European Commission

Dr. Matti Vainio Deputy Head of Unit European Commission ENV.C.1 Environment Directorate General Air, Noise and Transport Unit Rue de la Loi 200 (BU-5 4/125) B-1049 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 2 2996138 Fax: +32 2 2969554 E-mail: matti.vainio@cec.eu.int Url: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/environment/i ndex_en.htm

Dr. Matti Vainio is the Deputy Head of Clean Air and Transport Unitof the
Environment Directorate General of the European Commission. He is
responsible for the economic analysis of all aspects of European legislation
related to air pollution, noise emissions and greenhouse gas emissions from
transport sector. He is coordinating the Clean Air for Europe Programme
(http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/air/cafe/index.htm), which will lead
to a Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution in mid 2005.

Earlier Matti Vainio carried out the economic analysis underpinning the
recently adopted directive of EU-wide emission trading in greenhouse gases.
Prior to joining the Commission, he worked at the United Nations, the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and as a consultant. He holds Ph.D.
(Econ.) from Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration in
1995.