Official Journal
of the European Communities

ISSN 0378-6986

C 206
Volume 40
7 July 1997

English edition

Information and Notices

Notice No

Contents

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I Information

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II Preparatory Acts

Economic and Social Committee

Session of April 1997

97/C 206/01

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'European Commission Green Paper: Future noise policy'

1

97/C 206/02

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Communication from the Commission: implementing Community environmental law'

7

97/C 206/03

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Green Paper - Living and working in the information society: People first'

10

97/C 206/04

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Report of the Commission on the SLIM Pilot Project - Simpler Legislation for the Internal Market'

14

97/C 206/05

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Directive on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures'

17

97/C 206/06

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'White Paper: a strategy for revitalizing the Community's railways'

23

97/C 206/07

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 94/58/EC on the minimum level of training of seafarers'

29

97/C 206/08

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the '7th Annual Report on the Structural Funds 1995'

34

97/C 206/09

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Communication from the Commission on Energy for the future: renewable sources of energy (Green Paper for a Community Strategy)'

41

97/C 206/10

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Directive on the control of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith'

57

97/C 206/11

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops'

59

97/C 206/12

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) laying down general rules for the application of measures to improve the production and marketing of honey'

60

97/C 206/13

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision establishing an action programme to improve awareness of Community law for the legal professions (Robert Schuman Project)'

63

97/C 206/14

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the impact and effectiveness of the single market'

65

97/C 206/15

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on 'SMEs in frontier regions - problems encountered in cross-border business relations, including those relating to technical requirements'

70

97/C 206/16

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'First cohesion report'

78

97/C 206/17

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Communication from the Commission on The nuclear industries in the European Union (An illustrative nuclear programme according to Article 40 of the Euratom Treaty)'

88

97/C 206/18

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the '1997 Annual Economic Report Growth, employment and convergence on the road to EMU'

104

97/C 206/19

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Directive on the registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships'

111

97/C 206/20

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on:
— the 'Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on a future strategy for the control of atmospheric emissions from road transport taking into account the results from the Auto/Oil Programme',
— the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC', and
— the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles and amending Council Directives 70/156/EEC and 70/220/EEC'

113

97/C 206/21

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on 'The European Union and the external dimension of human rights policy'

117

97/C 206/22

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the organization of cooperation around agreed Community energy objectives'

123

97/C 206/23

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on 'The situation and problems of forestry in the European Union and potential for developing forestry policies'

128

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