ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

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English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 57
11 June 2014

Notice No

Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

495th plenary session of the EESC on 21 and 22 January 2014

2014/C 177/1

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Collaborative or participatory consumption, a sustainability model for the 21st century’ (own-initiative opinion)

1

2014/C 177/2

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘A strategy against the shadow economy and undeclared work’ (own-initiative opinion)

9

2014/C 177/3

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Accessibility as a human right for persons with disabilities’ (own-initiative opinion)

15

2014/C 177/4

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the affordability of SGEIs: definition, measurement, challenges, European initiatives (own-initiative opinion)

24

2014/C 177/5

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR)’ (exploratory opinion)

32

2014/C 177/6

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States’COM(2013) 803 final — 2013/0392 (NLE)

40

2014/C 177/7

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 260/2012 as regards the migration to Union-wide credit transfers and direct debits COM(2013) 937 final 2013/0449 (COD)

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III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

495th plenary session of the EESC on 21 and 22 January 2014

2014/C 177/8

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts’COM(2013) 641 final — 2013/314 (COD)

42

2014/C 177/9

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting to Article 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny’COM(2013) 751 final — 2013/0365 (COD)

48

2014/C 177/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on new psychoactive substances’COM(2013) 619 final — 2013/0305 (COD), COM(2013) 618 final — 2013/0304 (COD)

52

2014/C 177/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Naiades II package, comprising the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 on a Community-fleet capacity policy to promote inland waterway transport COM(2013) 621 final — 2013/0303 (COD), Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council COM(2013) 622 final — 2013/0302 (COD) and Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Towards quality inland waterway transport — Naiades II COM(2013) 623 final

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2014/C 177/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘New measures on the EU single market for telecoms’ covering the following two documents: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures concerning the European single market for electronic communications and to achieve a Connected Continent, and amending Directives 2002/20/EC, 2002/21/EC and 2002/22/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1211/2009 and (EU) No 531/2012 COM(2013) 627 final — 2013/0309 (COD) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the Telecommunications Single Market COM(2013) 634 final

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2014/C 177/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘European higher education in the world’COM(2013) 499 final

71

2014/C 177/14

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 — Consultative communication on the sustainable use of phosphorus’COM(2013) 517 final

78

2014/C 177/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species’COM(2013) 620 final — 2013/0307 (COD)

84

2014/C 177/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in view of the implementation by 2020 of an international agreement applying a single global market-based measure to international aviation emissions COM(2013) 722 final — 2013/0344 (COD)

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