ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2012.351.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 351

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 55
15 November 2012

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

483rd plenary session held on 18 and 19 September 2012

2012/C 351/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Smart and inclusive growth’ (own-initiative opinion)

1

2012/C 351/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘A framework for advertising aimed at young people and children’ (own-initiative opinion)

6

2012/C 351/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Vulnerable groups’ rights at the workplace — in particular issues of discrimination based on sexual orientation’ (own-initiative opinion)

12

2012/C 351/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The contribution of migrant entrepreneurs to the EU economy’ (own-initiative opinion)

16

2012/C 351/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Eradicating domestic violence against women’ (own-initiative opinion)

21

2012/C 351/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Civil society's role in combating corruption in the southern Mediterranean countries’ (own-initiative opinion)

27

2012/C 351/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Responsible use of social networks and the prevention of related problems’ (own-initiative opinion)

31

2012/C 351/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Towards an updated study of the cost of non-Europe’ (own-initiative opinion)

36

III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

483rd plenary session held on 18 and 19 September 2012

2012/C 351/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee — Tackling cross-border inheritance tax obstacles within the EU’COM(2011) 864 final

42

2012/C 351/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Committee of the Regions, and to the European Economic and Social Committee — An action plan to improve access to finance for SMEs’COM(2011) 870 final

45

2012/C 351/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Green Paper — Towards an integrated European market for card, internet and mobile payments’COM(2011) 941 final

52

2012/C 351/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Statute for a European Foundation (FE)’COM(2012) 35 final — 2012/0022 (APP)

57

2012/C 351/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services’COM(2012) 131 final — 2012/0061 COD

61

2012/C 351/14

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: Innovation for a Sustainable Future — The Eco-innovation Action Plan (Eco-AP)’COM(2011) 899 final

65

2012/C 351/15

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 Strategy for a Better Internet for Children’COM(2012) 196 final

68

2012/C 351/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market’COM(2012) 238 final

73

2012/C 351/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee — Trade, growth and development — Tailoring trade and investment policy for those countries most in need’COM(2012) 22 final

77

2012/C 351/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 concerning the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009’COM(2012) 298 final — 2012/0158 (COD)

83

2012/C 351/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry’COM(2012) 93 final — 2012/0042 (COD) and on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Accounting for land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) in the Union’s climate change commitments’COM(2012) 94 final

85

2012/C 351/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy’COM(2012) 277 final — 2012/143 (COD)

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2012/C 351/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing’COM(2012) 332 final — 2012/162 (COD)

90

2012/C 351/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2008/971/EC as regards the inclusion of forest reproductive material of the “qualified” category within the scope of that Decision and the updating of the name of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production’COM(2012) 355 final — 2012/172 (COD)

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2012/C 351/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC by extending its period of application and by updating the names of a third country and of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production’COM(2012) 343 final — 2012/0165 (COD)

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