Career
He has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Between 2012 and 2014, he was the committee’s vice-chairman. In this capacity, he chaired part of the negotiations on a European Union ban on ‘invasive alien species’ that have a negative impact on the environment.
He was also part of the European Parliament’s delegation to the 2014 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru.
Between 2009 and 2014, Gerbrandy also served on the Committee on Budgetary Control. In this capacity, he drafted the committee’s opinion on the spending of the more than 30 agencies of the European Union in 2013.
He is also a supporter of the Member of the European Parliament Heart Group, a group of parliamentarians who have an interest in promoting measures that will help reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases (Chemical Vapor Deposition).