ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2011.376.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 376

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 54
22 December 2011

Notice No

Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

474th plenary session held on 21 and 22 September 2011

2011/C 376/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The promotion of renewable energies and the European Neighbourhood Policy: the case of the Euro-Mediterranean region’ (exploratory opinion)

1

2011/C 376/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Metropolitan Areas and City Regions in Europe 2020’ (own-initiative opinion )

7

2011/C 376/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘LEADER as a tool for local development’ (own-initiative opinion)

15

2011/C 376/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The future of Europe's young farmers’ (own-initiative opinion)

19

2011/C 376/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Rural development and employment in the Western Balkans’ (own-initiative opinion)

25

2011/C 376/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Promoting representative civil societies in the Euromed region’ (own-initiative opinion)

32

2011/C 376/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Single European Sky II’ (own-initiative opinion)

38

III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

474th plenary session held on 21 and 22 September 2011

2011/C 376/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination — a new political framework for tourism in Europe’COM(2010) 352 final

44

2011/C 376/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions: Review of the “Small Business Act” for Europe’COM(2011) 78 final

51

2011/C 376/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation temporarily suspending autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain industrial products into the Canary Islands’COM(2011) 259 final — 2011/0111 (CNS)

58

2011/C 376/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on entrusting the Office for harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with certain tasks related to the protection of intellectual property rights, including the assembling of public and private sector representatives as a European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy’COM(2011) 288 final — 2011/0135 (COD)

62

2011/C 376/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain permitted uses of orphan works’COM(2011) 289 final — 2011/0136 (COD)

66

2011/C 376/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Standardisation and amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/105/EC and 2009/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council’COM(2011) 315 final — 2011/0150 (COD)

69

2011/C 376/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission — Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by the European Union’COM(2010) 573 final

74

2011/C 376/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — European Disability Strategy 2010-2020: A renewed commitment to a barrier-free Europe’COM(2010) 636 final

81

2011/C 376/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of matrimonial property regimes’COM(2011) 126 final — 2011/0059 (CNS) and the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions regarding the property consequences of registered partnerships’COM(2011) 127 final — 2011/0060 (CNS)

87

2011/C 376/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: The European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015 — Harnessing ICT to promote smart, sustainable & innovative Government’COM(2010) 743 final and the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Towards interoperability for European public services’COM(2010) 744 final

92

2011/C 376/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the Committee of the Regions: A resource-efficient Europe — Flagship initiative under the Europe 2020 Strategy’COM(2011) 21 final

97

2011/C 376/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Rio+20: towards the green economy and better governance’COM(2011) 363 final — The contribution of European organised civil society

102

2011/C 376/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050’COM(2011) 112 final

110

2011/C 376/21

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)

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