ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 487

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 59
28 December 2016

Notice No

Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

519st plenary session of the EESC on 21 and 22 September 2016

2016/C 487/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘New measures for development-oriented governance and implementation — evaluation of the European Structural and Investment Funds and ensuing recommendations’ (Own-initiative opinion)

1

2016/C 487/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The rights of live-in care workers’ (own-initiative opinion)

7

2016/C 487/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The biodiversity policy of the EU’ (own initiative opinion)

14

2016/C 487/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The road from Paris’ (own-initiative opinion)

24

2016/C 487/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The position of the EESC on specific key issues of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations’ (own-initiative opinion)

30

2016/C 487/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Sustainable development: a mapping of the EU’s internal and external policies’ (exploratory opinion)

41

2016/C 487/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Future proof legislation’ (exploratory opinion)

51

III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

519st plenary session of the EESC on 21 and 22 September 2016

2016/C 487/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Union legal framework for customs infringements and sanctions’(COM(2013) 884 final — 2013/0432 (COD))

57

2016/C 487/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches [COM(2016) 198 — 2016/0107 (COD)]

62

2016/C 487/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the use of the Entry/Exit System’(COM(2016) 196 final — 2016/0105 (COD)) and on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States of the European Union and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes and amending Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011’(COM(2016) 194 final — 2016/0106 (COD))

66

2016/C 487/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 (COM(2016) 52 final — 2016/0030 (COD))

70

2016/C 487/12

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 an EU strategy for liquefied natural gas and gas storage (COM(2016) 49 final)

75

2016/C 487/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing an information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments between Member States and third countries in the field of energy and repealing Decision No 994/2012/EU’(COM(2016) 53 final)

81

2016/C 487/14

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: European Cloud Initiative — Building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe’(COM(2016) 178 final)

86

2016/C 487/15

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 — ICT Standardisation Priorities for the Digital Single Market’(COM(2016) 176 final)

92

2016/C 487/16

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 eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020 — Accelerating the digital transformation of government’(COM(2016)179 final)

99

2016/C 487/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission — Nuclear Illustrative Programme presented under Article 40 of the Euratom Treaty for the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee’(COM(2016) 177 final)

104

2016/C 487/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability [COM(2016) 418 final — 2016/0193 (COD)]

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2016/C 487/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America (codification) [COM(2016) 408 final — 2014/0175 (COD)]

112

2016/C 487/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work [COM(2016) 248 final — 2016/0130 COD]

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