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Volume 65
26 August 2022

Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

 

RESOLUTIONS

 

European Economic and Social Committee

 

569th plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee – Interactio, 18.5.2022-19.5.2022

2022/C 323/01

Resolution of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Involvement of Organised Civil Society in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans — How can we improve it?’

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OPINIONS

 

European Economic and Social Committee

 

569th plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee – Interactio, 18.5.2022-19.5.2022

2022/C 323/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on State aid rules applicable to health and social services — SGEI in a post-pandemic scenario. Thoughts and proposals on the Commission evaluation to amend the 2012 legislative package (own-initiative opinion)

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2022/C 323/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on The role of Civil Society Organisations as guardians of the common good in the post-pandemic recovery and reconstruction of EU societies and economies (own-initiative opinion)

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2022/C 323/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on making packaging a safe, affordable and eco-friendly industry (own-initiative opinion)

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III   Preparatory acts

 

European Economic and Social Committee

 

569th plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee – Interactio, 18.5.2022-19.5.2022

2022/C 323/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on The Global Gateway (own-initiative opinion) (JOIN(2021) 30 — final)

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2022/C 323/06

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 — A competition policy fit for new challenges (COM(2021) 713 final)

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2022/C 323/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Building an economy that works for people: an action plan for the social economy (COM(2021) 778 final)

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2022/C 323/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — An EU Strategy on Standardisation — Setting global standards in support of a resilient, green and digital EU single market (COM(2022) 31 final) and Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 as regards the decisions of European standardisation organisations concerning European standards and European standardisation deliverables (COM(2022) 32 final — 2022/0021(COD))

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2022/C 323/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The next generation of own resources for the EU Budget (COM(2021) 566 final), Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (COM(2021) 569 final — 2021/0429 (APP)), Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 on the system of own resources of the European Union (COM(2021) 570 final — 2021/0430 (CNS))

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2022/C 323/10

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 8th Cohesion Report: Cohesion in Europe towards 2050 (COM(2022) 34 final)

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2022/C 323/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Recommendation on a European approach to micro-credentials for lifelong learning and employability’(COM(2021) 770 final) — ‘Proposal for a Council Recommendation on individual learning accounts’(COM(2021) 773 final)

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2022/C 323/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on information exchange between law enforcement authorities of Member States, repealing Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA’(COM(2021) 782 final — 2021/0411 (COD)) — ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”), amending Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA and Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council’(COM(2021) 784 final — 2021/0410 (COD)) — ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum’(COM(2021) 890 final — 2021/0427 (COD)) — ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders’(COM(2021) 891 final — 2021/0428 (COD))

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2022/C 323/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the digitalisation of judicial cooperation and access to justice in cross-border civil, commercial and criminal matters, and amending certain acts in the field of judicial cooperation (COM(2021) 759 final — 2021/0394 (COD)), and Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 2003/8/EC, Council Framework Decisions 2002/465/JHA, 2002/584/JHA, 2003/577/JHA, 2005/214/JHA, 2006/783/JHA, 2008/909/JHA, 2008/947/JHA, 2009/829/JHA and 2009/948/JHA, and Directive 2014/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards digitalisation of judicial cooperation (COM(2021) 760 final — 2021/0395 (COD))

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2022/C 323/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — A more inclusive and protective Europe: extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime (COM(2021) 777 final)

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2022/C 323/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Drugs Agency’(COM(2022) 18 final — 2022/0009 (COD))

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2022/C 323/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council Sustainable Carbon Cycles (COM(2021) 800 final)

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2022/C 323/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on methane emissions reduction in the energy sector and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/942 (COM(2021) 805 final/2 — 2021/0423 (COD)), Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the internal markets for renewable and natural gases and for hydrogen (COM(2021) 804 final — 2021/0424 (COD)) and Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (COM(2021) 803 final — 2021/0425 (COD))

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2022/C 323/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the New EU Urban Mobility Framework (COM(2021) 811 final)

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2022/C 323/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — State of the Energy Union 2021 — Contributing to the European Green Deal and the Union’s recovery (pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action) (COM(2021) 950 final)

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2022/C 323/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/25/EC as regards the inclusion of improved stability requirements and its alignment with stability requirements defined by the International Maritime Organisation (COM(2022) 53 final — 2022/0036 (COD))

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2022/C 323/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — REPowerEU: Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (COM(2022) 108 final)

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2022/C 323/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to natural gas transmission networks (COM(2022) 135 final — 2022/0090 (COD))

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2022/C 323/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 as regards the extension of the empowerment of the Commission to adopt delegated acts (COM(2022) 113 final — 2022/0080 (COD))

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2022/C 323/24

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 as regards increased pre-financing from REACT-EU resources (COM(2022) 145 final — 2022/0096 (COD)), and Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 as regards increased pre-financing from REACT-EU resources (COM(2022) 162 final — 2022/0096 (COD))

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2022/C 323/25

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending and correcting Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 as regards specific measures to alleviate the consequences of the military aggression of Russia against Ukraine on fishing activities and to mitigate the effects of the market disruption caused by that military aggression on the supply chain of fishery and aquaculture products (COM(2022) 179 — 2022/0118 COD)

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