ISSN 1725-2423

doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2011.018.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 18

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 54
19 January 2011

Notice No

Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

462nd plenary session held on 28 and 29 April 2010

2011/C 018/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Strengthening the European agri-food model’ (exploratory opinion)

1

2011/C 018/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The Community agricultural model: production quality and communication with consumers as factors of competitiveness’ (exploratory opinion)

5

2011/C 018/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The role of civil society in EU-Montenegro relations’

11

2011/C 018/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Education for inclusion: a tool for fighting poverty and social exclusion’ (exploratory opinion)

18

2011/C 018/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Accessing consumer and household credit: abusive practices’ (own-initiative opinion)

24

2011/C 018/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘European Foundation Statute’ (own-initiative opinion)

30

2011/C 018/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The European shipbuilding industry dealing with the current crisis’

35

2011/C 018/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘New trends in self-employed work: the specific case of economically dependent self-employed work’ (own-initiative opinion)

44

III   Preparatory acts

European Economic and Social Committee

462nd plenary session held on 28 and 29 April 2010

2011/C 018/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Green Paper — Reform of the common fisheries policy’COM(2009) 163 final

53

2011/C 018/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — Building a sustainable future for aquaculture — A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture’COM(2009) 162 final

59

2011/C 018/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament — Beyond GDP — Measuring progress in a changing world’COM(2009) 433 final

64

2011/C 018/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council — Partnership between the European Union and Africa — Connecting Africa and Europe: working towards strengthening transport cooperation’COM(2009) 301 final

69

2011/C 018/13

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 — Solidarity in health: reducing health inequalities in the EU’COM(2009) 567 final

74

2011/C 018/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection and the content of the protection granted’COM(2009) 551 final/2 — 2009/0164 (COD)

80

2011/C 018/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection’COM(2009) 554 final — 2009/0165 (COD)

85

2011/C 018/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on alternative investment fund managers and amending Directives 2004/39/EC and 2009/…/EC’COM(2009) 207 final — 2009/0064 (COD)

90

2011/C 018/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘25th Annual report from the Commission on monitoring the application of Community law (2007)’COM(2008) 777 final

95

2011/C 018/18

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 enforcement of the consumer acquis’COM(2009) 330 final

100

2011/C 018/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee — Enhancing the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market’COM(2009) 467 final

105

2011/C 018/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the participation by the Community in a Joint Baltic Sea Research and Development Programme (BONUS-169) undertaken by several Member States’COM(2009) 610 final — 2009/0169 (COD)

109

2011/C 018/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European Union financial contributions to the International Fund for Ireland (2007-2010)’COM(2010) 12 — 2010/0004 (COD)

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