Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals (recast)’

COM(2011) 245 final — 2011/0105 COD

2011/C 318/27

On 10 May 2011 the European Parliament and on 27 May 2011 the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Article 192, paragraph 1 of the Treaty and Article 304 on the Functioning of the European Union, on the

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals (recast)

COM(2011) 245 final — 2011/0105 COD.

Since the Committee endorses the contents of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier opinions CESE 493/2008, adopted on 12 March 2008 (1) and CESE 799/2007, adopted on 30 May 2007 (2), it decided, at its 473rd plenary session of 13 and 14 July 2011 (meeting of 13 July 2011), by 137 votes with 10 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the above-mentioned documents.

(1)  EESC opinion on the proposal for a Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, OJ C 204, p. 47 of 9 August 2008

(2)  EESC opinion on the proposal for a Regulation concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals, OJ C 175, p. 40 of 27 July 2007