ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2013.341.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 341

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 56
21 November 2013

Notice No

Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

492nd plenary session held on 18 and 19 September 2013

2013/C 341/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Enhancing civil society partnerships to deliver the Baltic Sea Region Strategy more effectively in 2014-20’ (exploratory opinion)

1

2013/C 341/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The female employment in relation to growth’ (exploratory opinion)

6

2013/C 341/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Establishing sustainable development goals — European civil society’s contribution to the EU position’ (exploratory opinion)

11

2013/C 341/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Food security and bioenergy’ (own-initiative opinion)

16

2013/C 341/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘For coordinated European measures to prevent and combat energy poverty’ (own-initiative opinion)

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III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

492nd plenary session held on 18 and 19 September 2013

2013/C 341/06

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 1083/2006 as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability and to the decommitment rules for certain Member States’COM(2013) 301 final — 2013/0156 (COD)

27

2013/C 341/07

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: EU space industrial policy — releasing the potential for economic growth in the space sector’COM(2013) 108 final

29

2013/C 341/08

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: state of the Innovation Union 2012 — Accelerating change’COM(2013) 149 final

35

2013/C 341/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account switching and access to payment accounts with basic features’COM(2013) 266 final — 2013/0139 (COD)

40

2013/C 341/10

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) No 528/2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products with regard to certain conditions for access to the market’COM(2013) 288 final — 2013/0150 (COD)

44

2013/C 341/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deployment of the interoperable EU-wide eCall’COM(2013) 315 final — 2013/0166 (COD) and on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system and amending Directive 2007/46/EC’COM(2013) 316 final — 2013/0165 (COD)

47

2013/C 341/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, pupil exchange, remunerated and unremunerated training, voluntary service and au pairing’COM(2013) 151 final — 2013/0081 (COD)

50

2013/C 341/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers’COM(2013) 236 final — 2013/0124 (COD)

54

2013/C 341/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Green Paper on a European Plastic Waste Strategy’COM(2013) 123 final

59

2013/C 341/15

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 maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management’COM(2013) 133 final — 2013/0074 (COD)

67

2013/C 341/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down certain transitional provisions on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and amending Regulation (EU) No […] [RD] as regards resources and their distribution in respect of the year 2014 and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and Regulations (EU) No […][DP], (EU) No […][HZ] and (EU) No […][sCMO] as regards their application in the year 2014’COM(2013) 226 final — 2013/0117 (COD)

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2013/C 341/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 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(2013) 428 final — 2013/0200 (COD)

75

2013/C 341/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Action Plan for a Maritime Strategy in the Atlantic area — Delivering smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’COM(2013) 279 final

77

2013/C 341/19

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 Future of Carbon Capture and Storage in Europe’COM(2013) 180 final

82

2013/C 341/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Preparing for a Fully Converged Audiovisual World: Growth, Creation and Values (Green Paper)’COM(2013) 231 final

87

2013/C 341/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Draft proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2009/71/Euratom establishing a Community Framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations’COM(2013) 343 final

92

2013/C 341/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending certain Regulations in the field of fisheries and animal health by reason of the change of status of Mayotte with regard to the Union’COM(2013) 417 final — 2013/0191 (COD) and on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending certain Directives in the fields of environment, agriculture, social policy and public health by reason of the change of status of Mayotte with regard to the Union’COM(2013) 418 final — 2013/0192 (COD)

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2013/C 341/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State’COM(2013) 311 final — 2013/0162 (COD)

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