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Official Journal

of the European Union

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Information and Notices

Volume 58
14 July 2015

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Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

503rd EESC plenary session, 10 and 11 December 2014

2015/C 230/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Community Led Local Development (CLLD) as a tool of Cohesion Policy 2014-20 for local, rural, urban and peri-urban development’ (exploratory opinion at the request of the Greek Council presidency)

1

2015/C 230/02

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

9

2015/C 230/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Airport capacity in the EU’ (exploratory opinion requested by the European Commission)

17

2015/C 230/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Completing EMU — The role of taxation policy’ (Own-initiative opinion)

24

2015/C 230/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Industrial changes in the European packaging sector’ (own-initiative opinion)

33

2015/C 230/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Contribution of the woodworking sector to the carbon balance’ (own-initiative opinion)

39

2015/C 230/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘European film in the digital era’ (own-initiative opinion)

47

2015/C 230/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on civil society in Russia (own-initiative opinion)

52

III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

503rd EESC plenary session, 10 and 11 December 2014

2015/C 230/09

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 — Research and innovation as sources of renewed growth (COM(2014) 339 final — SWD(2014) 181 final)

59

2015/C 230/10

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 — Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT): State of Play and Outlook (COM(2014) 368 final)

66

2015/C 230/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee — Towards a renewed consensus on the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: An EU Action Plan’(COM(2014) 392 final)

72

2015/C 230/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘White Paper — Towards more effective EU merger control’(COM(2014) 449 final)

77

2015/C 230/13

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 on an EU strategic framework on health and safety at work (2014-2020) (COM(2014) 332 final)

82

2015/C 230/14

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 on resource efficiency opportunities in the building sector (COM(2014) 445 final) on the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe (COM(2014) 398 final) and on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment’(COM(2014) 397 final — 2014/0201 (COD))

91

2015/C 230/15

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 — Green Action Plan for SMEs — Enabling SMEs to turn environmental challenges into business opportunities’(COM(2014) 440 final) and the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Green Employment Initiative: Tapping into the job creation potential of the green economy’(COM(2014) 446 final)

99

2015/C 230/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — Better situational awareness by enhanced cooperation across maritime surveillance authorities: next steps within the Common Information Sharing Environment for the EU maritime domain’(COM(2014) 451 final)

107

2015/C 230/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Strategy for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries (Communication)’(COM(2014) 389 final)

112

2015/C 230/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the import into the Union of agricultural products originating in Turkey (codification)’(COM(2014) 586 final — 2014/0272 (COD))

117

2015/C 230/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council suspending certain concessions relating to the import into the Union of agricultural products originating in Turkey (Codification)’(COM(2014) 593 final — 2014/0275 (COD))

118

2015/C 230/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council opening and providing for the administration of certain Union tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues (codification)’(COM(2014) 594 final — 2014/0276 COD)

119

2015/C 230/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 (COM(2014) 614 final — 2014/0285 COD)

120

2015/C 230/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safeguard measures provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland (codification)’(COM(2014) 308 final — 2014/0160 (COD))

121

2015/C 230/23

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 imports (codification)’(COM(2014) 322 final — 2014/0167 (COD))

122

2015/C 230/24

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 imports (codification)’(COM(2014) 321 final — 2014/0166 (COD))

123

2015/C 230/25

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 imports from certain third countries (recast)’COM(2014) 323 final — 2014/0168 (COD)

124

2015/C 230/26

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 imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Union import rules (recast)’COM(2014) 345 final — 2014/0177 (COD)

125

2015/C 230/27

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down Union procedures in the field of the common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Union’s rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (codification) COM(2014) 341 final — 2014/0174 (COD)

126

2015/C 230/28

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the measures that the Union may take following a report adopted by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body concerning anti-dumping and anti-subsidy matters (codification)’COM(2014) 317 final — 2014/0163 (COD)

127

2015/C 230/29

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (codification)’COM(2014) 374 final — 2014/0190 (COD)

128

2015/C 230/30

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (codification)’COM(2014) 660 final — 2014/0305 (COD)

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