ISSN 1725-2423

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Information and Notices

Volume 51
15 January 2008

Notice No

Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

RESOLUTIONS

European Economic and Social Committee
438th plenary session held on 26 and 27 September 2007

2008/C 010/01

Resolution of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Natural disasters’

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III   Preparatory Acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

438th plenary session held on 26 and 27 September 2007

2008/C 010/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Green Paper on improving the efficiency of the enforcement of judgments in the European Union: the attachment of bank accounts’COM(2006) 618 final

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2008/C 010/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Simplification of the regulatory environment for the machinery sector’

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2008/C 010/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and Council — A Competitive Automotive Regulatory Framework for the 21st Century — Commission's position on the CARS 21 High Level Group Final Report — A contribution to the EU's Growth and Jobs Strategy’COM(2007) 22 final

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2008/C 010/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version)’COM(2007) 310 final — 2007/0107 (COD)

21

2008/C 010/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coupling device and the reverse of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version)’COM(2007) 319 final — 2007/0117 (COD)

21

2008/C 010/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on statutory plates and inscriptions for motor vehicles and their trailers, and their location and method of attachment’COM(2007) 344 final — 2007/0119 (COD)

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2008/C 010/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission — Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential’COM(2006) 545 final

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2008/C 010/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on airport charges’COM(2006) 820 final — 2007/0013 (COD)

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2008/C 010/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Sustainable power generation from fossil fuels: aiming for near-zero emissions from coal after 2020’COM(2006) 843 final

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2008/C 010/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for access to the market for coach and bus services (Recast)’COM(2007) 264 final — 2007/0097 (COD)

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2008/C 010/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law’COM(2007) 51 final — 2007/0022 (COD)

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2008/C 010/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90’COM(2007) 194 final — 2007/0064 (COD)

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2008/C 010/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy’COM(2007) 196 final — 2007/0070 (CNS)

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2008/C 010/15

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 96/22/EC concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyreostatic action and of beta-agonists’COM(2007) 292 final — 2007/0102 (COD)

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2008/C 010/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods’COM(2007) 368 final — 2007/0128 (COD)

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2008/C 010/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Global trade integration and outsourcing: How to cope with the new challenges’

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2008/C 010/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Patients' rights’

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2008/C 010/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Promoting sustainable productivity in the European workplace’

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2008/C 010/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Harmonised indicators in the field of disability as an instrument for monitoring European policies’

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2008/C 010/21

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 — Towards a more effective use of tax incentives in favour of R&D’COM(2006) 728 final

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2008/C 010/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The EU Economy: 2006 Review — Strengthening the euro area: key policy priorities’COM(2006) 714 final — SEC(2006) 1490

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2008/C 010/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The economic and social consequences of financial market trends’

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2008/C 010/24

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Economic policies that contribute to the European industrial strategy’

106

2008/C 010/25

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the

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