Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund’

COM(2011) 336 final — 2011/0147 (COD)

2011/C 376/21

On 14 and 19 July 2011 respectively, the Council and the European Parliament decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Article 175, third paragraph of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, on the

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund

COM(2011) 336 final — 2011/0147 (COD).

Since the proposal in question has no further purpose than to extend a temporary derogation brought about by Regulation (EC) No 546/2009, and since the Committee has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier opinion CESE 627/2009 (1), adopted on 24 March 2009, it decided, at its 474th plenary session of 21 and 22 September 2011 (meeting of 21 September 2011), by 160 votes to 2 with 12 abstentions, not to draw up a new opinion on the subject, but to refer to the position it had taken in the above-mentioned document.

(1)  EESC opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund COM(2008) 867 final – COD 2008/0267 – OJ C 228, 22.9.2009, p. 103.