ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2014.067.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 67

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 57
6 March 2014

Notice No

Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

493rd plenary session held on 16 and 17 October 2013

2014/C 067/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The Involvement of the private sector in the post-2015 development framework’ (exploratory opinion)

1

2014/C 067/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Sustainable change in transition societies’ (exploratory opinion)

6

2014/C 067/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps: enabling and encouraging citizens from across the Union’s Member States to participate in EVHAC’ (exploratory opinion requested by the Lithuanian presidency)

11

2014/C 067/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘A more inclusive citizenship open to immigrants’ (own-initiative opinion)

16

2014/C 067/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Towards more sustainable consumption: industrial product lifetimes and restoring trust through consumer information’ (own-initiative opinion)

23

2014/C 067/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Incentivising the growth potential of the European beer industry’ (own-initiative opinion)

27

2014/C 067/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Irregular immigration by sea in the Euromed region’ (own-initiative opinion)

32

2014/C 067/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Securing essential imports for the EU — through current EU trade and related policies’

47

2014/C 067/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The Single Market Act — identifying missing measures’ (additional opinion)

53

III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

493rd plenary session held on 16 and 17 October 2013

2014/C 067/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing uniform rules and a uniform procedure for the resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism and a Single Bank Resolution Fund and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council’COM(2013) 520 final — 2013/0253 (COD)

58

2014/C 067/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions concerning the added value of macro-regional strategies’COM(2013) 468 final

63

2014/C 067/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation’COM(2013) 348 final — 2013/0188 (CNS)

68

2014/C 067/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Long-term Investment Funds’COM(2013) 462 final — 2013/0214 (COD)

71

2014/C 067/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Commission report on Competition Policy 2012’COM(2013) 257 final

74

2014/C 067/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic invoicing in public procurement’COM(2013) 449 final — 2013/0213 (COD)

79

2014/C 067/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union’COM(2013) 404 final — 2013/0185 (COD) and on the ‘Communication from the Commission on quantifying harm in actions for damages based on breaches of Article 101 or 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union’ C(2013) 3440

83

2014/C 067/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Copernicus Programme and repealing Regulation (EU) No 911/2010’COM(2013) 312 final — 2013/0164 (COD)

88

2014/C 067/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on fees payable to the European Medicines Agency for the conduct of pharmacovigilance activities in respect of medicinal products for human use’COM(2013) 472 final — 2013/0222 (COD)

92

2014/C 067/19

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 End-to-end e-procurement to modernise public administration’COM(2013) 453 final

96

2014/C 067/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to making available on the market of pressure equipment’COM(2013) 471 final — 2013/0221 (COD)

101

2014/C 067/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny’COM(2013) 451 final — 2013/0218 (COD) and the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union a number of legal acts in the area of Justice providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny’COM(2013) 452 final — 2013/0220 (COD)

104

2014/C 067/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Recommendation on effective Roma integration measures in the Member States’COM(2013) 460 final — 2013/0229 (NLE)

110

2014/C 067/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on enhanced cooperation between Public Employment Services’COM(2013) 430 final — 2013/0202 (COD)

116

2014/C 067/24

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — Strengthening the social dimension of the Economic and Monetary Union’COM(2013) 690 final

122

2014/C 067/25

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 — Towards a more competitive and efficient defence and security sector’COM(2013) 542 final

125

2014/C 067/26

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 Energy technologies and innovation’COM(2013) 253 final

132

2014/C 067/27

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European telecommunications networks and repealing Decision No 1336/97/EC’COM(2013) 329 final — 2011/0299 (COD)

137

2014/C 067/28

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission — Blue Belt, a Single Transport Area for shipping’COM(2013) 510 final

141

2014/C 067/29

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 2015 International Climate Change Agreement: Shaping international climate policy beyond 2020’COM(2013) 167 final

145

2014/C 067/30

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 — Strategic Guidelines for the sustainable development of EU aquaculture’COM(2013) 229 final

150

2014/C 067/31

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 Green Infrastructure (GI) — Enhancing Europe’s Natural Capital’COM(2013) 249 final

153

2014/C 067/32

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 302/2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean’COM(2013) 250 final — 2013/133 (COD)

157

2014/C 067/33

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the European Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on an EU strategy on adaptation to climate change’COM(2013) 216 final

160

2014/C 067/34

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health, plant reproductive material, plant protection products and amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, 1829/2003, 1831/2003, 1/2005, 396/2005, 834/2007, 1099/2009, 1069/2009, 1107/2009, Regulations (EU) No 1151/2012, […]/2013, and Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC, 2008/120/EC and 2009/128/EC (Official controls Regulation)’COM(2013) 265 final — 2013/0140 (COD) and on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material, amending Council Directives 98/56/EC, 2000/29/EC and 2008/90/EC, Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 882/2004 and (EC) No 396/2005, Directive 2009/128/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and repealing Council Decisions 66/399/EEC, 76/894/EEC and 2009/470/EC’COM(2013) 327 final — 2013/0169 (COD)

166

2014/C 067/35

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013’COM(2013) 480 final — 2013/0224 (COD)

170

2014/C 067/36

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 — A European Strategy for Micro- and Nanoelectronic Components and Systems’COM(2013) 298 final

175

2014/C 067/37

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council directive amending Directives 2006/112/EC and 2008/118/EC as regards the French outermost regions and Mayotte in particular’COM(2013) 577 final — 2013/0280 (CNS)

181

2014/C 067/38

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 the financial allocation for certain Member States from the European Social Fund’COM(2013) 560 final — 2013/0271 (COD)

182

2014/C 067/39

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Draft proposal for a Council Regulation laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of food and feed following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency — Draft presented under Article 31 of the Euratom Treaty for opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee’COM(2013) 576 DRAFT

183

2014/C 067/40

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation opening and providing for the administration of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union on imports of certain fishery products into the Canary Islands from 2014 to 2020’COM(2013) 552 final — 2013/0266 CNS

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