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Information and Notices

Volume 49
30 December 2006

Notice No

Contents

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II   Preparatory Acts

European Economic and Social Committee

430th plenary session held on 26 October 2006

2006/C 324/1

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Green Paper — Damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules COM(2005) 672 final

1

2006/C 324/2

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property (codified version) COM(2006) 226 final — 2006/0073 (COD)

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2006/C 324/3

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (codified version) COM(2006) 219 final — 2006/0071 (COD)

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2006/C 324/4

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning misleading and comparative advertising COM(2006) 222 final — 2006/0070 (COD)

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2006/C 324/5

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the space for mounting the rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles COM(2006) 478 final — 2006/0161 (COD)

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2006/C 324/6

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks COM(2005) 125 final — 2005/0028 (COD)

12

2006/C 324/7

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture COM(2006) 154 final — 2006/0056 (CNS)

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2006/C 324/8

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010 COM(2006) 13 final

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2006/C 324/9

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field COM(2006) 273 final — 2006/0098 (CNS)

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2006/C 324/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the quality required of shellfish waters (codified version) COM(2006) 205 final — 2006/0067 (COD)

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2006/C 324/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Directive laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves (codified version) COM(2006) 258 final — 2006/0097 (CNS)

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2006/C 324/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (codified version) COM(2006) 286 final — 2006/0100 (COD)

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2006/C 324/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Decision laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (codified version) COM(2006) 315 final — 2006/0104 (CNS)

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2006/C 324/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on an EU Forest Action Plan COM(2006) 302 final

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2006/C 324/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council correcting Directive 2002/2/EC amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs COM(2006) 340 final — 2006/0117 (COD)

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2006/C 324/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Decision on a procedure for prior examination and consultation in respect of certain laws, regulations and administrative provisions concerning transport proposed in Member States COM(2006) 284 final — 2006/0099 (COD)

36

2006/C 324/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Regulation amending the Statutes of the Galileo Joint Undertaking annexed to Council Regulation (EC) No 876/2002 COM(2006) 351 final — 2006/0115 (CNS)

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2006/C 324/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radio-navigation programmes COM(2006) 261 final — 2006/0090 (CNS)

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2006/C 324/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on roaming on public mobile networks within the Community and amending Directive 220/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services COM(2006) 382 final — 2006/0133 (COD)

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2006/C 324/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the elimination of controls performed at the frontiers of Member States in the field of road and inland waterway transport (codified version) COM(2006) 432 final — 2006/0146 (COD)

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2006/C 324/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Broad economic policy guidelines and economic governance — The conditions for more coherence in economic policy-making in Europe

49

2006/C 324/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Central Bank ‘Third report on the practical preparations for the future enlargement of the euro area’COM(2006) 322 final

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2006/C 324/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems COM(2006) 16 final — 2006/0006 (COD)

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2006/C 324/24

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — A new framework strategy for multilingualism COM(2005) 596 final

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2006/C 324/25

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on The Green Paper — European Transparency Initiative COM(2006) 194 final

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2006/C 324/26

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme for customs in the Community (Customs 2013) COM(2006) 201 final — 2006/0075 (COD)

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