Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union’

COM(2009) 510 final — 2009/0138 (CNS) (1)

2010/C 354/17

The Council and the European Parliament decided on 19 February 2010 and 18 February 2010, respectively, to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Article 43 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (ex Article 37 of the Treaty establishing the European Community), on the

‘Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union’

COM(2009) 510 final — 2009/0138 (CNS) (1).

Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the contents of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier opinion(s) CESE 771/2008 and CESE 255/2010, adopted on 22 April 2008 (2) and 17 February 2010 (3), it decided, at its 461st plenary session of 17 and 18 March 2010 (meeting of 17 March), unanimously, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the above-mentioned documents.

(1)  (The acronym should read COD.

(2)  EESC Opinion on Strategy for the outermost regions: achievements and future prospects - OJ C 211, 19.8.2008, p. 72.

(3)  EESC Opinion on The impact of the Economic Partnership Agreements on the outermost regions (Caribbean region) – OJ C …,…, p. ….