ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 227

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 61
28 June 2018

Contents

page

I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

532nd EESC plenary session, 14.2.2018-15.2.2018

2018/C 227/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Lessons learned for avoiding the severity of austerity policies in the EU’ (own-initiative opinion)

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2018/C 227/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Industrial change in the health sector’ (own-initiative opinion)

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2018/C 227/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The role of Turkey in the refugee crisis’ (own-initiative opinion)

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2018/C 227/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Trade and sustainable development chapters (TSD) in EU Free Trade Agreements (FTA)’ (own-initiative opinion)

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2018/C 227/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Boosting climate actions by non-state actors’ (exploratory opinion at the request of the European Commission)

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III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

532nd EESC plenary session, 14.2.2018-15.2.2018

2018/C 227/06

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 — Making public procurement work in and for Europe (COM(2017) 572 final) — Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Helping investment through a voluntary ex-ante assessment of the procurement aspects for large infrastructure projects (COM(2017) 573 final) — Commission Recommendation of 3 October 2017 on the professionalisation of public procurement — Building an architecture for the professionalisation of public procurement (C(2017) 6654 final — SWD(2017) 327 final)

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2018/C 227/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union’s integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007’(COM(2017) 676 final — 2017/0293 (COD))

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2018/C 227/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amended proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects concerning contracts for the sales of goods, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2009/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council’(COM(2017) 637 final)

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2018/C 227/09

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 1093/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority); Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 on European venture capital funds; Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds; Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments; Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European long-term investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds; and Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market’(COM(2017) 536 final — 2017/0230 (COD)) and the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments and Directive 2009/138/EC on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II)’(COM(2017) 537 final — 2017/0231 (COD)) and the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010 on European Union macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board’(COM(2017) 538 final — 2017/0232 (COD))

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2018/C 227/10

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, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank: Investing in a smart, innovative and sustainable Industry — A renewed EU Industrial Policy Strategy’(COM(2017) 479 final)

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2018/C 227/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in Brazil on fodder plant seed-producing crops and cereal seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of fodder plant seed and cereal seed produced in Brazil, and as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in Moldova on cereal seed-producing crops, vegetable seed-producing crops and oil and fibre plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of cereal seed, vegetable seed and oil and fibre plant seed produced in Moldova’(COM(2017) 643 final — 2017/0297 (COD))

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2018/C 227/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union’(COM(2017) 495 final — 2017/0228(COD))

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2018/C 227/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ENISA, the “EU Cybersecurity Agency”, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/2013, and on Information and Communication Technology cybersecurity certification (“Cybersecurity Act”)’(COM(2017) 477 final/2 2017/0225 (COD))

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2018/C 227/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Central Bank, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank — Annual Growth Survey 2018’(COM(2017) 690 final)

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2018/C 227/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/66/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease’(COM(2017) 742 final — 2017/0329 (COD))

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2018/C 227/16

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) 2016/1139 as regards fishing mortality ranges and safeguard levels for certain herring stocks in the Baltic Sea’(COM(2017) 774 final — 2017/0348 COD)

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2018/C 227/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Repealing Regulation (EU) No 256/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the European Union’(COM(2017) 769 final — 2017/347 (COD))

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