Official Journal
of the European Communities

ISSN 0378-6986

C 397
Volume 37
31 December 1994

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 October 1994

94/C 397/01

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 92/12/EEC of 25 February 1992 on the general arrangements for products subject to excise duty and on the holding, movement and monitoring of such products, Council Directive 92/81/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonization of the structures of excise duties on mineral oils and Council Directive 92/82/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the approximation of the rates of excise duties on mineral oils

1

94/C 397/02

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) applying a three-year scheme of generalized tariff preferences (1995-97) in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries

3

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending into 1995 the application of Regulations (EEC) No. 3833/90, (EEC) No. 3835/90 and (EEC) No. 3900/91 applying generalized tariff preferences in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries

3

Session of November 1994

94/C 397/03

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Directive on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea

6

94/C 397/04

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Directive on the Interoperability of the European High Speed Train Network

8

94/C 397/05

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 89/655/EEC on the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work

13

94/C 397/06

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision establishing 1996 as the European Year of Lifelong Learning

15

94/C 397/07

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Draft Council Decision concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986-1994)

17

94/C 397/08

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 64/433/EEC on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat

18

94/C 397/09

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy

19

94/C 397/10

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No. 3759/92 on the common organization of the market in fishery products and aquaculture

20

94/C 397/11

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) establishing the rules for access to certain Community fishing areas and resources

21

94/C 397/12

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network

23

94/C 397/13

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the continued development of the HANDYNET system within the framework of Decision 93/136/EEC establishing a third Community action programme to assist disabled people (HELIOS II 1993-1996)

31

94/C 397/14

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the White Paper on European Social Policy - A Way Forward for the Union

33

94/C 397/15

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Decision establishing rules for the recognition of third country health and veterinary inspection measures for fresh meat and meat products as equivalent to those applied to Community production, and for the conditions to be met for importation into the Community and amending Council Directive 72/462/EEC on health and veterinary-inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat and meat products from third countries

37

94/C 397/16

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Parliament and Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1576/89 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks and Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/91 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails following the Uruguay Round of the multilateral trade negotiations

39

94/C 397/17

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Communication concerning the application of the Agreement on Social Policy presented by the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament

40

Session of December 1994

94/C 397/18

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC and determining the scope of Article 14(1)(d) as regards exemption from value added tax on the final importation of certain goods

50

94/C 397/19

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Draft Council Decision amending Council Decision 91/115/EEC establishing a Committee on Monetary Financial and Balance-of-Payments Statistics

52

94/C 397/20

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Commission' s Communication to the Council and the European Parliament on the improvement of the fiscal environment of small- and medium-sized enterprises

53

94/C 397/21

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the XXIIIrd Report on Competition Policy

59

94/C 397/22

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 90/684/EEC on aid to shipbuilding

68

94/C 397/23

OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE on the Proposal for a Council Directive concerning the ecological quality of water

71

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