Official Journal
of the European Communities

ISSN 0378-6986

C 296
Volume 40
29 September 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 July 1997

97/C 296/01

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive relating to motor vehicles and their trailers with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road and amending Directive 70/156/EEC in respect of the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers'

1

97/C 296/02

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Directive on transportable pressure equipment'

6

97/C 296/03

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Communication from the Commission on Benchmarking - Implementation of an instrument available to economic actors and public authorities'

8

97/C 296/04

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 Europe at the forefront of the global information society: rolling action plan'

13

97/C 296/05

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Green Paper on vertical restraints in EC competition policy'

19

97/C 296/06

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on 'Equal opportunities for women and men in the European Union - 1996'

24

97/C 296/07

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 in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound'

31

97/C 296/08

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the present and proposed Community role in combating tobacco consumption'

32

97/C 296/09

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on 'Taxation in the European Union - Report on the development of tax systems'

37

97/C 296/10

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on 'A common system of VAT - a programme for the Single Market'

51

97/C 296/11

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Green Paper on relations between the European Union and the ACP countries on the eve of the 21st century - challenges and options for a new partnership'

65

97/C 296/12

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) establishing a revised Community Eco-label Award Scheme'

77

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