Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Decision on the Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union including relations between the European on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (“Overseas Association Decision”)’

(COM(2018) 461 final)

(2019/C 62/53)

Referral	Commission, 12.7.2018
Legal basis	Article 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Section responsible	Section for External Relations
Adopted at plenary	17.10.2018
Plenary session No	538
Outcome of vote (for/against/abstentions)	207/0/6

Since the Committee endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided, at its 538th plenary session of 17 and 18 October 2018 (meeting of 17 October 2018), by 207 votes to 0 with 6 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.