Official Journal
of the European Communities

ISSN 0378-6986

C 116
Volume 40
14 April 1997

English edition

Information and Notices

Notice No

Contents

Page

I Information

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II Preparatory Acts

Committee of the Regions

Session of January 1997

97/C 116/01

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on 'Spatial planning in Europe'

1

97/C 116/02

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the 'Communication on the implementation of EU regional policies in Austria, Finland and Sweden'

19

97/C 116/03

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on 'The global challenge of international trade: a market access strategy for the European Union'

26

97/C 116/04

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the 'Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Universal service for telecommunications in the perspective of a fully liberalized environment - An essential element of the information society'

33

97/C 116/05

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on 'The CAP and eastward enlargement'

39

97/C 116/06

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on a 'Rural Development Policy'

46

97/C 116/07

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on 'The role of local and regional authorities in public service'

52

97/C 116/08

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the 'Green Paper: Towards fair and efficient pricing in transport - Policy options for internalizing the external cost of transport in the European Union'

58

97/C 116/08

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

58

97/C 116/09

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the European Commission's 'First Report on the consideration of cultural aspects in European Community action'

65

97/C 116/10

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the 'Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the review of the Community strategy for waste management'

74

97/C 116/11

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the 'Green Paper "Living and working in the information society: people first"'

81

97/C 116/12

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on 'Learning in the Information Society: Action Plan for a European Education Initiative (1996-1998)'

89

97/C 116/13

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions 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'

96

97/C 116/14

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on 'The role of local and regional authorities in linking education and training establishments to enterprises'

98

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