ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2012.181.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 181

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 55
21 June 2012

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

RESOLUTIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

479th plenary session held on 28 and 29 March 2012

2012/C 181/01

Resolution of the European Economic and Social Committee against discrimination on the grounds of race or ethnic origin, adopted at its 479th plenary session

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OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

479th plenary session held on 28 and 29 March 2012

2012/C 181/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Young persons with disabilities: employment, inclusion and participation in society’ (exploratory opinion)

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2012/C 181/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Specific problems facing islands’ (own-initiative opinion)

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2012/C 181/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘GDP and beyond — the involvement of civil society in choosing complementary indicators’ (own-initiative opinion)

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2012/C 181/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee — The role of civil society in EU-Kosovo relations

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2012/C 181/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Civil society involvement in the EU’s development policies and in development cooperation’ (exploratory opinion)

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III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

479th plenary session held on 28 and 29 March 2012

2012/C 181/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Creative Europe Programme’COM(2011) 785 final — 2011/0370 (COD)

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2012/C 181/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee — Double Taxation in the Single Market’COM(2011) 712 final

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2012/C 181/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amended proposal for a Council Decision on the system of own resources of the European Union’COM(2011) 739 final — 2011/0183 (CNS) and the ‘Amended proposal for a Council Regulation laying down implementing measures for the system of own resources of the European Union’COM(2011) 740 final — 2011/0184 (APP)

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2012/C 181/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the future of the European Union Solidarity Fund’COM(2011) 613 final

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2012/C 181/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive on a common system of financial transaction tax and amending Directive 2008/7/EC’COM(2011) 594 final

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2012/C 181/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on insider dealing and market manipulation (market abuse)’COM(2011) 651 final — 2011/0295 (COD) and the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market manipulation’COM(2011) 654 final — 2011/0297 (COD)

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2012/C 181/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies’COM(2011) 747 final — 2011/0361 (COD)

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2012/C 181/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Common European Sales Law’COM(2011) 635 final — 2011/0284 (COD) and the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A Common European Sales Law to facilitate cross-border transactions in the single market’COM(2011) 636 final

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2012/C 181/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings’COM(2011) 684 final — 2011/0308 (COD)

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2012/C 181/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Consumer Programme 2014-2020’COM(2011) 707 final — 2011/0340 (COD)

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2012/C 181/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (Directive on consumer ADR)’COM(2011) 793 final — 2011/0373 (COD)

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2012/C 181/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes (Regulation on consumer ODR)’COM(2011) 794 final — 2011/0374 (COD)

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2012/C 181/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘New Legislative Framework (NLF) Alignment Package (Implementation of the Goods package)’COM(2011) 764 final — 2011/0358 (COD) COM(2011) 765 final — 2011/0351 (COD) COM(2011) 766 final — 2011/0352 (COD) COM(2011) 768 final — 2011/0350 (COD) COM(2011) 769 final — 2011/0353 (COD) COM(2011) 770 final — 2011/0354 (COD) COM(2011) 771 final — 2011/0349 (COD) COM(2011) 772 final — 2011/0356 (COD) COM(2011) 773 final — 2011/0357 (COD)

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2012/C 181/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)’COM(2011) 809 final — 2011/0401 (COD)‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules for the participation and dissemination in Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)’COM(2011) 810 final — 2011/0399 (COD)‘Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)’COM(2011) 811 final — 2011/0402 (CNS)‘Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-2018) complementing Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation’COM(2011) 812 final — 2011/0400 (NLE)

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2012/C 181/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’COM(2011) 817 final — 2011/0384 (COD) and the ‘Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT): the contribution of the EIT to a more innovative Europe’COM(2011) 822 final — 2011/0387 (COD)

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2012/C 181/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council establishing a Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (2014-2020)’COM(2011) 834 final — 2011/0394 (COD)

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2012/C 181/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — European Agenda for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals’COM(2011) 455 final

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2012/C 181/24

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year of Citizens (2013)’COM(2011) 489 final — 2011/0217 (COD)

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2012/C 181/25

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Supporting growth and jobs — an agenda for the modernisation of Europe’s higher education systems’COM(2011) 567 final

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2012/C 181/26

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Communication on EU Policies and Volunteering: Recognising and Promoting Cross-border Voluntary Activities in the EU’COM(2011) 568 final

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2012/C 181/27

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing “Erasmus for all” — The Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport’COM(2011) 788 final — 2011/0371 (COD)

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2012/C 181/28

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on serious cross-border threats to health’COM(2011) 866 final — 2011/0421 (COD)

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2012/C 181/29

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on “A Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe” ’COM(2011) 571 final

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2012/C 181/30

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change’COM(2011) 789 final — 2011/0372 (COD)

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2012/C 181/31

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Airport Package’ containing the following four documents: ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Airport policy in the European Union — addressing capacity and quality to promote growth, connectivity and sustainable mobility’COM(2011) 823 final,‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on groundhandling services at Union airports and repealing Council Directive 96/67/EC’COM(2011) 824 final — 2011/0397 (COD),‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the allocation of slots at European Union airports (recast)’COM(2011) 827 final — 2011/0391 (COD),‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Union airports within a Balanced Approach and repealing Directive 2002/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council’COM(2011) 828 final — 2011/0398 (COD)

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2012/C 181/32

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation and exploitation of European satellite navigation systems’COM(2011) 814 final — 2011/0392 (COD)

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2012/C 181/33

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Organisation of the Markets in Fishery and Aquaculture Products’COM(2011) 416 final,‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Reform of the common fisheries policy’COM(2011) 417 final,‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on “External Dimension of the common fisheries policy” ’COM(2011) 424 final, and the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the common fisheries policy’COM(2011) 425 final

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2012/C 181/34

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels’COM(2011) 798 final — 2011/0364 (COD)

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2012/C 181/35

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amended proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/83/EC as regards information to the general public on medicinal products subject to medical prescription’COM(2012) 48 final — 2008/0256 (COD)

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2012/C 181/36

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 as regards information to the general public on medicinal products for human use subject to medical prescription’COM(2012) 49 final — 2008/0255 (COD)

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2012/C 181/37

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/83/EC as regards pharmacovigilance’COM(2012) 52 final — 2012/0025 (COD)

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2012/C 181/38

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 as regards pharmacovigilance’COM(2012) 51 final — 2012/0023 (COD)

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2012/C 181/39

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations’COM(2012) 8 final — 2012/007 (COD)

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2012/C 181/40

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks’COM(2012) 21 final — 2012/0013 (COD)

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