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Information and Notices

Volume 49
3 February 2006

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Contents

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II   Preparatory Acts

European Economic and Social Committee

421st plenary session, held on 26 and 27 October 2005

2006/C 028/1

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Green Paper on succession and wills (COM(2005) 65 final)

1

2006/C 028/2

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Current situation and prospects for traditional energy sources — coal, oil and natural gas — in a future energy mix

5

2006/C 028/3

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a multiannual funding for the action of the European Maritime Safety Agency in the field of response to pollution caused by ships and amending Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002’(COM(2005) 210 final — 2005/0098 (COD))

16

2006/C 028/4

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council on risk and crisis management in agriculture’(COM(2005) 74 final)

18

2006/C 028/5

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production’(COM(2005) 221 final — 2005/0099 CNS)

25

2006/C 028/6

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 the programme “Citizens for Europe” to promote active European citizenship’(COM(2005) 116 final — 2005/0041 (COD))

29

2006/C 028/7

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council on European policies concerning youth — Addressing the concerns of young people in Europe — Implementing the European Youth Pact and promoting active citizenship’(COM(2005) 206 final)

35

2006/C 028/8

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Reflection period: structure, items and framework for appraisal of the debate on the European Union’

42

2006/C 028/9

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The mobility of persons in the enlarged Europe and its impact on means of transport’

47

2006/C 028/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the

52

2006/C 028/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament — Reporting on the implementation of the EU Forestry Strategy’(COM(2005) 84 final)

57

2006/C 028/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation on the common organisation of the market in seeds’(COM(2005) 384 final — 2005/0164 (CNS))

66

2006/C 028/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine’(COM(2005) 395 final — 2005/0160 CNS)

68

2006/C 028/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund’(COM(2005) 108 final — 2005/0033 (COD))

69

2006/C 028/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Ethical Trade and Consumer Assurance Schemes’

72

2006/C 028/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation on the common organisation of the market in hops’(COM (2005) 386 final — 2005/0162 (CNS))

82

2006/C 028/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities’(COM(2005) 181 final — 2005/0090 (CNS))

83

2006/C 028/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directive 77/388/EEC, to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country but established in another Member State’(COM(2004) 728 final — 2005/0807 (CNS))

86

2006/C 028/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directive 90/544/EEC on the frequency bands designated for the coordinated introduction of pan-European land-based public radio paging in the Community’(COM(2005) 361 final — 2005/0147 (COD))

88

2006/C 028/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 2256/2003/EC in view of the extension of the programme in 2006 for the dissemination of good practices and monitoring ICT take-up (COM(2005) 347 final — 2005/0144 (COD))

89

2006/C 028/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘EESC position in preparation for the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference’

90

2006/C 028/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Civil society dialogue between the EU and candidate countries’(COM(2005) 290 final)

97

2006/C 028/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/14/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors’(COM(2005) 370 final — 2005/0149 (COD))

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