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14 May 2013
The green economy – promoting sustainable development in Europe Ongoing References: CESE 2407/2012 - NAT/590 Own-initiative Rapporteur: Ms. Joana Agudo i Bataller (Workers - GR II / Spain) Co-rapporteur: Mr. Pedro Narro (Various interests - GR III / Spain) (...) The EESC believes that developing an inclusive green economy will be Europe's main challenge in the coming years if it wants to remain a global economic power. At the Rio+20 conference, the EU pledged its commitment to the green economy as a form of sustainable development. Now is the time for the EU to take action. This is why we need an economic development model that prioritises public investment and draws up adequate incentives for private investment to develop "green" infrastructure and R&D&I, with the dual purpose of promoting production in order to emerge quickly from the current recession and guiding our transition through this third industrial revolution from a leading economic and social position (...) -
26 Apr 2013
Fixing an adjustment rate to direct payments 2013 Ongoing References: CESE 2942/2013 - NAT/602 Referral - COM(2013) 159 final -2013/0087 COD Rapporteur: Ms Dilyana SLAVOVA (Various interests - GR III / Bulgaria) -
26 Apr 2013
Fluorinated greenhouse gases Ongoing References: CESE 2497/2013 - NAT/589 Referral - COM(2012) 643 final -2012/0305 COD Rapporteur: Mr. Mário SOARES (Workers - GR II / Portugal) -
17 Apr 2013
Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (C Category) Adopted References: CESE 2472/2013 - NAT/598 Referral - COM(2013) 102 final -2013/0062 COD Plenary Session: 489 - 17 Apr 2013 - 18 Apr 2013 (Summary Plenary Session) -
17 Apr 2013
Compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy Adopted References: CESE 1637/2013 - NAT/597 Referral - COM(2013) 9 final -2013/0007 COD Rapporteur: Gabriel SARRÓ IPARRAGUIRRE (GRIII-ES) (Various interests - GR III / Spain) Plenary Session: 489 - 17 Apr 2013 - 18 Apr 2013 (Summary Plenary Session) -
20 Mar 2013
General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 Adopted References: CESE 296/2013 - NAT/592 Referral - COM(2012) 710 final – 2012/0337 (COD) Rapporteur: Mr Lutz RIBBE (Various interests - GR III / Germany) Plenary Session: 488 - 20 Mar 2013 - 21 Mar 2013 (Summary Plenary Session) The EESC welcomes the draft proposal for a seventh Environment Action Programme (EAP). The decision of the Council and of the Parliament establishes an environment policy consensus among the EU's decision-making institutions on how serious the environmental situation remains, that there are significant deficiencies in the implementation of European environment law, that the efforts made to date to solve current and future problems have been inadequate, and on what action needs to be taken in environment policy in the period up to 2020. -
20 Mar 2013
Prevention and reduction of food waste Adopted References: CESE 1917/2012 - NAT/570 Own-initiative Rapporteur: Mr. Yves SOMVILLE (Various interests - GR III / Belgium) Plenary Session: 488 - 20 Mar 2013 - 21 Feb 2013 (Summary Plenary Session) Up to 50% of food gets wasted in EU households, supermarkets, restaurants and along the food supply chain each year, while 79 million EU citizens live beneath the poverty line and 16 million depend on food aid from charitable institutions.
The proposed own-initiative opinion should give impetus to draw up at the European level a coordinated strategy, combining EU-wide and national measures, to improve the efficiency of food supply and consumption chains and to tackle food wastage as a matter of urgency. -
20 Mar 2013
Access to genetic resources Adopted References: CESE 2313/2012 - NAT/582 Referral - COM(2012) 576 final – 2012/278(COD) Rapporteur: Mr Lutz RIBBE (Various interests - GR III / Germany) Plenary Session: 488 - 20 Mar 2013 - 21 Mar 2013 (Summary Plenary Session) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation in the union -
13 Feb 2013
Large Retail Sector Adopted References: CESE 1886/2012 - NAT/571 Own-initiative Rapporteur: Mr Igor Šarmír (Employers - GR I / Slovakia) Plenary Session: 487 - 13 Feb 2013 - 14 Feb 2013 The opinion aims to present a detailed analysis of the current state of commercial relations between food suppliers and the large retail sector, it also intends to put forward arguments demonstrating that the traditional concept of contractual freedom sometimes invoked by those opposing the regulation of commercial relations is, in practice, largely obsolete. -
13 Feb 2013
ETS in aviation Adopted References: CESE 144/2013 - NAT/591 Referral - Ref.: COM(2012) 697 final – 2012/328(COD) Rapporteur: Mr. Antonello PEZZINI (Employers - GR I / Italy) Plenary Session: 487 - 13 Feb 2013 - 14 Feb 2013 (Summary Plenary Session)