17 Jan 2003 Ref: 003/2003 First Plenary Session of 2003 Opinions on Competition policy, pesticides and the Committee's contribution to the development of the EU's communication and information strategy
16 Dec 2002 Ref: 085/2002 EESC Plenary Session of 11-12 December 2002: President Briesch. The main opinions relate to:
* Economic and social consequences of enlargement in the candidate countries;
* Productivity: The Key to Competitiveness of European Economies and Enterprises;
* Opinion on the Commission Communication on the Mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy;
* Opinion on the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy;
* Opinion on social dialogue for trans -European networks;
* Opinion on economic governance in the EU
11 Dec 2002 Ref: 083/2002 Human rights in the workplace: respecting fundamental rights The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised a major forum on the theme of human rights in the workplace on 2 and 3 December which brought together members of the Committee, social and economic representatives from the member states as well as officials from the Afro-Caribbean, Pacific and Asian countries. The forum came about following a Committee Opinion sent to the European Commission in July 2001 on the same subject.
18 Nov 2002 Ref: 079/2002 European Convention/EESC: Mr Jean Luc Dehaene takes stock at the half way stage of the Convention's work The fifth information and discussion meeting between the European Convention and civil society and European network organisations, that took place on 15th November in Brussels, at the invitation and under the auspices of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) provided the opportunity to its new President, Mr Roger Briesch, to welcome Mr Jean-Luc Dehaene, Vice-President of the Convention. Mr Dehaene gave an overview of the debates within the Convention before going on to cover its future work and the series of meetings that Convention representatives have allotted
themselves.