Official Journal
of the European Communities

ISSN 0378-6986

C 30
Volume 40
30 January 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 September 1996

97/C 30/01

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision creating a network for the epidemiological surveillance and control of communicable diseases in the European Community'

1

97/C 30/02

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on European Community Water Policy'

5

97/C 30/03

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Commission Green Paper on Legal Protection for Encrypted Services in the Internal Market'

10

97/C 30/04

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Article 12 of Directive 77/780/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions, Articles 2, 6, 7, 8 and Annexes II and III of Directive 89/647/EEC on a solvency ratio for credit institutions and Article 2 and Annex II of Directive 93/6/EEC on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions'

13

97/C 30/05

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Cohesion policy and the environment'

15

97/C 30/06

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Decision regarding the definition and implementation of Community policy in the field of telecommunications and postal services'

18

97/C 30/07

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for an eighth European Parliament and Council Directive on Summer-time arrangements'

20

97/C 30/08

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Universal service for telecommunications in the perspective of a fully liberalized environment'

22

97/C 30/09

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 on the harmonization of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation'

25

97/C 30/10

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources'

26

97/C 30/11

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on 'The problems of agriculture in the EU's most remote regions and islands'

30

97/C 30/12

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed'

34

97/C 30/13

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending for the fourth time Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 laying down criteria and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and for processing and marketing of its products'

36

97/C 30/14

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on:
— the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) derogating, for the 1996/97 marketing year, from Regulation (EC) No 1035/77 laying down special measures to encourage the marketing of products processed from lemons', and
— the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 1543/95 as regards the period of application'

37

97/C 30/15

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs'

39

97/C 30/16

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road passenger transport services within a Member State'

40

97/C 30/17

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Role of the EU in urban matters'

44

97/C 30/18

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on aid to shipbuilding'

55

97/C 30/19

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of equal treatment of men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions'

57

97/C 30/20

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'White Paper on the preparation of the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe for integration into the internal market of the Union'

59

97/C 30/21

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Impact of Economic and Monetary Union: Economic and social aspects of convergence and measures to increase awareness of the single currency'

73

97/C 30/22

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources'

93

97/C 30/23

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Report on the operation of Directive 90/88 and the Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 87/102 (as amended by Directive 90/88) for the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning consumer credit'

94

97/C 30/24

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Council Directive 89/647/EEC on a solvency ratio for credit institutions'

99

97/C 30/25

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) introducing transitional measures into Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean'

101

97/C 30/26

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'First Multiannual Programme to assist European Tourism (1997-2000) - Philoxenia'

103

97/C 30/27

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests'

112

97/C 30/28

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending European Parliament and Council Decision No 1254/96/EC laying down a series of guidelines on trans-European energy networks'

114

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