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By Andreas THURNER, EESC rapporteur of the opinion 'Organic production rules – targeted amendment to Regulation 2018/848' and member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the Austrian Chamber of Agriculture
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) acknowledges the European Court of Auditors’ (ECA) performance audit report on the EU advisory bodies – the EESC and the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) – and values its recommendations.