European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
Europska komisija podnijela je 2021. suzakonodavcima i Europskom gospodarskom i socijalnom odboru novi zakonodavni paket za sprečavanje pranja novca i borbu protiv financiranja terorizma.
U mišljenju usvojenom na plenarnom zasjedanju u prosincu EGSO je u potpunosti podržao prijedloge iz zakonodavnog paketa, ali je naglasio hitnost provedbe tih mjera i predložio bitne dodatke. Iskazana je i široka potpora osnivanju novog Tijela za sprečavanje pranja novca (AMLA). Odbor je, osim toga, ponovio svoj prijedlog da se uspostavi Europski pakt za borbu protiv ponašanja koje šteti etičkim i političkim načelima naših demokracija i ugrožava javna dobra, a predložio je i osnivanje novog tijela za savjetovanje s civilnim društvom u području borbe protiv pranja novca. Isto tako, Odbor je naveo da je potrebno hitno provesti Uredbu o kriptoimovini, ali i da bi Europska komisija također trebala poticati hitne mjere u vezi s odgođenim i nepotpunim prenošenjem prethodnih direktiva o sprečavanju pranja novca u nekim državama članicama te da bi trebala uvesti posebne mjere za praćenje fiktivnih poduzeća. Osim toga, trebala bi razmotriti kako proširiti mjere kako bi se one primjenjivale i na kanale pranja novca izvan financijskog sustava. Naposljetku, EGSO je izrazio čvrsto uvjerenje da je potrebno sastaviti novi, realističan i sveobuhvatan popis visokorizičnih trećih zemalja. (tk)