Official Journal
of the European Union
ISSN 1725-2423

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Volume 47
30 March 2004
English editionInformation and Notices

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II Preparatory Acts
Economic and Social Committee
404th plenary session, 10 and 11 December 2003
2004/C 80/01Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Draft Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 as regards the extension of its scope to include aid for research and development" 1
2004/C 80/02Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 74/408/EEC relating to motor vehicles with regard to the seats, their anchorages and head restraints" (COM(2003) 361 final — 2003/0128 (COD)) 6
2004/C 80/03Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 76/115/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to anchorages for motor-vehicle safety belts" (COM(2003) 362 final — 2003/0136 (COD)) 8
2004/C 80/04Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 77/541/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to safety belts and restraint systems of motor vehicles" (COM(2003) 363 final — 2003/0130 (COD)) 10
2004/C 80/05Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament Modernising company law and enhancing corporate governance in the European Union — A plan to move forward" (COM(2003) 284 final) 12
2004/C 80/06Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament Reinforcing the statutory audit in the EU" (COM(2003) 286 final) 17
2004/C 80/07Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Draft Commission Regulation on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of technology transfer agreements" 20
2004/C 80/08Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on:- the "Commission Regulation relating to proceedings by the Commission pursuant to Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty and on draft Commission Notices", and- the "Draft Commission Notice on cooperation within the Network of Competition Authorities" 24
2004/C 80/09Opinion 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 — On the road to sustainable production: progress in implementing Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control" (COM(2003) 354 final) 29
2004/C 80/10Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from the extractive industries" (COM(2003) 319 final — 2003/0107 (COD)) 35
2004/C 80/11Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament — Integrated Product Policy, Building on Environmental Life-Cycle Thinking" (COM(2003) 302 final) 39
2004/C 80/12Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients" (COM(2003) 467 final — 2003/0181 (COD)) 45
2004/C 80/13Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 on the common organisation of the market in hops" (COM(2003) 562 final — 2003/0216 (CNS)) 46
2004/C 80/14Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Communication from the Commission Towards a thematic strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste" (COM(2003) 301 final) 47
2004/C 80/15Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee: A European Environment and Health Strategy" (COM(2003) 338 final) 51
2004/C 80/16Opinion 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 1655/2000 concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE)" (COM(2003) 667 final — 2003/0260 (COD)) 57
2004/C 80/17Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Council Regulation setting aid rates in the seeds sector for the 2004/2005 marketing year" (COM(2003) 552 final — 2003/0212 (CNS)) 59
2004/C 80/18Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Directive establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in respect of the Kyoto Protocol's project mechanisms" (COM(2003) 403 final — 2003/0173 (COD)) 61
2004/C 80/19Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco" (COM(2003) 633 final — 2003/251 (CNS)) 65
2004/C 80/20Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Green Paper on Services of General Interest" (COM(2003) 270 final) 66
2004/C 80/21Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Communication from the Commission: European Road Safety Action Programme: Halving the number of road accident victims in the European Union by 2010: A shared responsibility" (COM(2003) 311 final) 77
2004/C 80/22Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/24/EEC relating to speed limitation devices or similar speed limitation on-board systems of certain categories of motor vehicles" (COM(2003) 350 final — 2003/0122 (COD)) 81
2004/C 80/23Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on Interoperable Delivery of pan-European eGovernment Services to Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens (IDABC)" (COM(2003) 406 final — 2003/0147 (COD)) 83
2004/C 80/24Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transfer of cargo and passenger ships between registers within the Community" (COM(2003) 478 final — 2003/0180 (COD)) 88
2004/C 80/25Opinion 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 on immigration, integration and employment" (COM(2003) 336 final) 92
2004/C 80/26Opinion 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: mid-term review of the social policy agenda" (COM(2003) 312 final) 103
2004/C 80/27Opinion 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 on the Activities of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, together with proposals to recast Council Regulation (EC) No 1035/97", and- the "Proposal for a Council Regulation on the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (Recast version)"(COM(2003) 483 final — 2003/0185 (CNS)) 111
2004/C 80/28Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community action programme to promote organisations active at European level in the field of equality between men and women" (COM(2003) 279 final — 2003/0109 (COD)) 115
2004/C 80/29Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71" (COM(2003) 468 final — 2003/0184 (COD)) 118
2004/C 80/30Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Broad economic policy guidelines 2003-2005" 120
2004/C 80/31Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of transparency requirements with regard to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2001/34/EC" (COM(2003) 138 final — 2003/0045 (COD)) 128
2004/C 80/32Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards value added tax on services provided in the postal sector" (COM(2003) 234 final — 2003/0091 (CNS)) 135
2004/C 80/33Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on "Taxation in the European Union: common principles, convergence of tax laws and the possibility of qualified majority voting" 139
2004/C 80/34Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on a "Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours" (COM(2003) 104 final) 148
2004/C 80/35Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 and extending it to 31 December 2005" (COM(2003) 634 final — 2003/0259 (ACC)) 156
2004/C 80/36Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on "The role of civil society in the new European strategy for the Western Balkans" 158
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