15.11.2012   

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 351/91


Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2008/971/EC as regards the inclusion of forest reproductive material of the “qualified” category within the scope of that Decision and the updating of the name of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production’

COM(2012) 355 final — 2012/172 (COD)

2012/C 351/22

On 5 June 2012 the Council and, on the same day, the European Parliament decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Article 43 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, on the

Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2008/971/EC as regards the inclusion of forest reproductive material of the ‘qualified’ category within the scope of that Decision and the updating of the name of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production

COM(2012) 355 final — 2012/l72 (COD).

Since the Committee endorses the content of the proposal, it decided, at its 483rd plenary session of 18 and 19 September 2012 (meeting of 18 September), by 145 votes to 3 with 5 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 18 September 2012.

The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Staffan NILSSON