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Mandatory due diligence

připravovaná stanoviska (updated on 22/09/2020)
Odkaz: 
INT/911-EESC-2020
Rapporteur: 
Thomas WAGNSONNER (Workers - GR II / Austria)
Co-rapporteur: 
Emmanuelle BUTAUD-STUBBS (France)
Plenární zasedání: 
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Sep 16, 2020 Sep 18, 2020

The EESC affirms that it is time for the European Commission to propose legislation on mandatory due diligence that acknowledges responsibility based on current standards and offers a clear and secure legal framework for European businesses. It must be ensured that victims of business-related Human Rights infringements have guaranteed access to fair proceedings, courts and authorities.

stanovisko EHSV: Mandatory due diligence

Tourism and transport in 2020 and beyond

připravovaná stanoviska (updated on 22/09/2020)
Odkaz: 
INT/909-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 550 final
Rapporteur: 
Panagiotis GKOFAS (Diversity Europe - GR III / Greece)
Plenární zasedání: 
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Sep 16, 2020 Sep 18, 2020

The EESC believes that the Communication on Tourism and transport in 2020 and beyond should be a strategic policy tool for rethinking the EU sustainable model of tourism and transport and calls for a comprehensive package of measures.

 

Revision of the Territorial Agenda of the EU, the Leipzig Charter and the Urban Agenda for the EU (Exploratory opinion at the request of the German presidency)

připravovaná stanoviska (updated on 21/09/2020)
Odkaz: 
ECO/507-EESC-2020
Rapporteur: 
Petr ZAHRADNÍK (Czech Republic)
Co-rapporteur: 
Roman HAKEN (Czech Republic)
Plenární zasedání: 
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Sep 16, 2020 Sep 18, 2020

The forthcoming Presidency of the Council of the EU (Germany), aims to conclude together with the other EU Member States the new Territorial Agenda of the European Union (TAEU) together with the revision of the urban development policy based on the Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities and also to update the steps for further developing of the Urban Agenda for the EU. In this context, the Presidency has asked from EESC to provide an opinion on both territorial and urban matters and thus to incorporate the points of view of the diverse interests the EESC represents in the discussions. The Presidency plans to adopt the renewed Territorial and Urban Agenda at the informal ministerial meeting for urban and territorial development on 30 November and 1 December 2020 in Leipzig.

The role of EU structural and cohesion policy in driving forward the transformation of the economy in an innovative and smart manner (Exploratory opinion at the request of the German presidency)

připravovaná stanoviska (updated on 21/09/2020)
Odkaz: 
ECO/514-EESC-2020
Rapporteur: 
Gonçalo LOBO XAVIER (Portugal)
Plenární zasedání: 
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Sep 16, 2020 Sep 18, 2020

The forthcoming Presidency of the Council of the EU (Germany), aims to further discuss and analyze the policy objective 1 under the Common Provisions Regulation for cohesion policy that refers to '' a smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation''. In this context, the Presidency has asked the EESC to provide an opinion on how the structural measures and cohesion policy programmes can help in this process. The Presidency plans to present the key findings of this discussion in a High-level conference that will take place on 29th of September where also the opinion of EESC will be discussed. 

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