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Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning misleading and comparative advertising COM(2006) 222 final — 2006/0070 (COD)
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning misleading and comparative advertising COM(2006) 222 final — 2006/0070 (COD)
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning misleading and comparative advertising COM(2006) 222 final — 2006/0070 (COD)
ĠU C 324, 30.12.2006, p. 10–10
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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30.12.2006 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 324/10 |
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning misleading and comparative advertising
COM(2006) 222 final — 2006/0070 (COD)
(2006/C 324/04)
On 6 June 2006, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Article 95 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the abovementioned proposal.
The Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, which was responsible for preparing the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 20 September 2006. The rapporteur was Mr Westendorp.
In view of the renewal of the Committee's term of office, the plenary assembly decided to vote on this opinion at its October plenary session and appointed Mr Westendorp as rapporteur-general under Rule 20 of the Rules of Procedure. In the absence of Mr Westendorp, the opinion was presented by Mr Pegado Liz.
At its 430th plenary session, held on 26 October 2006, the European Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 86 votes in favour, with one abstention.
1. Conclusions and recommendations
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1.1 |
In a ‘people's Europe’, it is important that Community law should be both understandable and transparent. The European Parliament, Council and Commission have therefore also highlighted the need to codify legislative acts that have been frequently amended, and have agreed by interinstitutional agreement that an accelerated procedure may be used. Codification may not involve any substantive changes to the acts in question. |
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1.2 |
The Commission proposal under discussion here is fully consonant with the objective of codification and with the rules involved. The EESC therefore endorses it. |
Brussels, 26 October 2006.
The President
of the European Economic and Social Committee
Dimitris DIMITRIADIS