ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 129

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 61
11 April 2018

Notice No

Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

530th EESC plenary session, 6 and 7 December 2017

2018/C 129/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Wealth inequality in Europe: the profit-labour split between Member States’ (own-initiative opinion)

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2018/C 129/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Sustainable social security and social protection systems in the digital era’ (own-initiative opinion)

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2018/C 129/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Cooperation with civil society to prevent the radicalisation of young people’ (own-initiative opinion)

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2018/C 129/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Civil society’s contribution to the development of a comprehensive food policy in the EU’ (own-initiative opinion)

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2018/C 129/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The core role of trade and investment in meeting and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’ (own-initiative opinion)

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2018/C 129/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Advantages of the Community-led Local Development (CLLD) approach for integrated local and rural development’ (exploratory opinion)

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III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

530th EESC plenary session, 6 and 7 December 2017

2018/C 129/07

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 an initiative to support work-life balance for working parents and carers’[COM(2017) 252 final] — ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU’[COM(2017) 253 final – 2017/0085 (COD)]

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2018/C 129/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘European Defence Industrial Development Programme’[COM(2017) 294 final]

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2018/C 129/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Launching the European Defence Fund’(COM(2017) 295 final)

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2018/C 129/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Communication from the Commission of 28 April 2017 — Commission Notice on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters’(C(2017) 2616 final)

65

2018/C 129/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on proposal for a ‘Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2006/1/EC on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road’(COM(2017) 282 final — 2017/0113 (COD))

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2018/C 129/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail transport statistics’[COM(2017) 353 final — 2017/0146 (COD)]

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2018/C 129/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘A Renewed Partnership with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries’(JOIN(2016) 52 final)

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2018/C 129/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the western Mediterranean’(COM(2017) 183)

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2018/C 129/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — An Action Plan for nature, people and the economy’(COM(2017) 198 final)

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2018/C 129/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations’(COM(2017) 481 final — 2017/0219 (COD))

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2018/C 129/17

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 the changes to the resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion and to the resources for the investment for growth and jobs goal and for the European territorial cooperation goal’(COM(2017) 565 final — 2017/0247 COD)

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