ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2013.044.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 44

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 56
15 February 2013

Notice No

Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

485th plenary session held on 12 and 13 December 2012

2013/C 044/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Developing a macro-regional strategy in the Mediterranean — the benefits for island Member States’ (exploratory opinion for the Cyprus Presidency)

1

2013/C 044/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Getting EU energy islands connected: growth, competitiveness, solidarity and sustainability in the EU internal energy market’ (exploratory opinion requested by the Cyprus presidency)

9

2013/C 044/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The Trends and consequences of future developments in the area of personal social, health and educational services industries in the European Union’ (own-initiative opinion)

16

2013/C 044/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The partnership principle in the implementation of the Common Strategic Framework Funds — elements for a European Code of Conduct on Partnership’ (own-initiative opinion)

23

2013/C 044/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The Implementation and monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the EU institutions and the role of the EESC’ (own-initiative opinion)

28

2013/C 044/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The European Year of Mental Health — Better work, better quality of life’ (own-initiative opinion)

36

2013/C 044/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Social farming: green care and social and health policies’ (own-initiative opinion)

44

2013/C 044/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The quality of rail services in the EU’ (own-initiative opinion)

49

2013/C 044/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Issues with defining social housing as a service of general economic interest’ (own-initiative opinion)

53

2013/C 044/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘An emerging civil society in China: civil society’s contribution to the EU-China Year of Intercultural Dialogue and its enduring impact’

59

2013/C 044/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Rio+20: current situation and future prospects’ (additional opinion)

64

III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

485th plenary session held on 12 and 13 December 2012

2013/C 044/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Council Directives 77/91/EEC and 82/891/EEC, Directives 2001/24/EC, 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2005/56/EC, 2007/36/EC and 2011/35/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010’COM(2012) 280 final — 2012/0150 (COD)

68

2013/C 044/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006’COM(2012) 496 final — 2011/0276 (COD)

76

2013/C 044/14

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: Report on Competition Policy 2011’COM(2012) 253 final

83

2013/C 044/15

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 Key Enabling Technologies — A bridge to growth and jobs’COM(2012) 341 final

88

2013/C 044/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on insurance mediation (recast)’COM(2012) 360 final — 2012/0175 (COD)

95

2013/C 044/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC’COM(2012) 369 final — 2012/0192 (COD)

99

2013/C 044/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online uses in the internal market’COM(2012) 372 final — 2012/0180 (COD)

104

2013/C 044/19

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 443/2009 to define the modalities for reaching the 2020 target to reduce CO2 emissions from new passenger cars’COM(2012) 393 final — 2012/0190 (COD) and the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 to define the modalities for reaching the 2020 target to reduce CO2 emissions from new light commercial vehicles’COM(2012) 394 final — 2012/0191 (COD)

109

2013/C 044/20

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 — The EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012-16’COM(2012) 286 final

115

2013/C 044/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the European Innovation Partnership “Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability”’COM(2012) 79 final

119

2013/C 044/22

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 1342/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting these stocks’COM(2012) 498 final

125

2013/C 044/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Roadworthiness Package containing the following three documents: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC’COM(2012) 380 final — 2012/0184 (COD),‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles’COM(2012) 381 final — 2012/0185 (COD) and the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union and repealing Directive 2000/30/EC’COM(2012) 382 final — 2012/0186 (COD)

128

2013/C 044/24

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 — Renewable Energy: a major player in the European energy market’COM(2012) 271 final

133

2013/C 044/25

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the comprehensive risk and safety assessments (“stress tests”) of nuclear power plants in the European Union and related activities’COM(2012) 571 final

140

2013/C 044/26

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 the European Innovation Partnership on Water’COM(2012) 216 final

147

2013/C 044/27

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Central Bank, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank Action for stability, growth and jobs’COM(2012) 299 final

153

2013/C 044/28

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 2187/2005 for the conservation of fishery through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound’COM(2012) 591 final — 2012/0285 (COD)

157

2013/C 044/29

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 626 final/3 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)’COM(2012) 535 final — 2012/0281 (COD)

158

2013/C 044/30

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 625 final/3 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy’COM(2012) 552 final — 2011/0280 (COD)

159

2013/C 044/31

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 627 final/3 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)’COM(2012) 553 final — 2012/0282 (COD)

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