2.2.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 34/182


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 1920/2006 as regards information exchange, early warning system and risk assessment procedure on new psychoactive substances’

[COM(2016) 547 final — 2016/0261 (COD)]

(2017/C 034/31)

Consultation

Council, 07/09/2016

Legal basis

Article 148(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

[COM(2016) 547 final — 2016/0261 (COD)]

Section responsible

Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship

Adopted in plenary

19/10/2016

Plenary session No

520

Outcome of vote

(for/against/abstentions)

228/2/5

Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its Opinion on new psychoactive substances (EESC-2013-06166-00-00-AC-TRA), adopted on 21 January 2014 (1), it decided, at its 520th plenary session of 19 and 20 October 2016 (meeting of 19 October) to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the above-mentioned document.

Brussels, 19 October 2016.

The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Georges DASSIS


(1)  EESC Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on new psychoactive substances, COM(2013) 619 final — 2013/0305 (COD), COM(2013) 618 final — 2013/0304 (COD) (OJ C 177, 11.6.2014, p. 52).