Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers (recast)’

COM(2011) 566 final — 2011/0243 (COD)

2012/C 43/22

On 29 September 2011 the European Parliament and on 18 October 2011 the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Article 100(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), on the

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers (Recast)

COM(2011) 566 final — 2011/0243 (COD).

Since the Committee endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided, at its 476th plenary session of 7 and 8 December 2011 (meeting of 7 December), by 177 votes with 11 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.