537th Plenary session, 19-20 September 2018 - Related Opinions

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Action Plan on Sustainable Finance (communication)

Prijaté on 17/10/2018
Referenčné dokumenty: 
ECO/456-EESC-2018-01695-00-00
Referral: 
COM(2018) 97 final
Rapporteur: 
Carlos TRIAS PINTÓ (Diversity Europe - GR III / Spain)

The EESC supports the Commission's Action Plan on financing sustainable growth, aimed at reorienting capital flows towards sustainable investment, and welcomes the legislative proposals stemming from it, on fiduciary duties, a taxonomy and benchmarks. The proposed gradual approach for its implementation, beginning with the work on a European sustainability taxonomy, is preferable. However, a subsequent extension of the initial taxonomy, based on environmental aspects, to social sustainability and governance goals will be necessary. Attention should be paid to the feasibility and proportionality of legal obligations.

Stanovisko EHSV: Action Plan on Sustainable Finance (communication)

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Regulation on European Territorial Cooperation 2021-2027

Prijaté on 19/09/2018
Referenčné dokumenty: 
ECO/464-EESC-2018-02789-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2018) 374 final 2018/0199 CODCOM(2018) 374 final 2018/0199 COD
Rapporteur: 
Henri MALOSSE (Employers - GR I / France)

The EESC underlines European territorial cooperation (ETC) is a unique instrument of cohesion policy and one of the very few frameworks in which national, regional and local players from different Member States are systematically called upon to carry out joint measures and exchange practices and strategies.

 

Stanovisko EHSV: Regulation on European Territorial Cooperation 2021-2027

Indicators better suited to evaluate the SDGs – the civil society contribution (own-initiative opinion)

Prijaté on 19/09/2018
Referenčné dokumenty: 
NAT/737-EESC-2018-01470
Rapporteur: 
Brenda KING (Employers - GR I / United Kingdom)
Co-rapporteur: 
Thierry LIBAERT (Diversity Europe - GR III/France)

The annual revision of the Eurostat SDG Report must be an opportunity for broader dialogue with civil society concerning which indicators be included and what the target for each of these should be. This own-initiative opinion examines how organised civil society could be better involved in a more qualitative follow-up of the annual revision of the Eurostat SDG report as part of SDG monitoring and follow-up programmes that have been established.

Stanovisko EHSV: Indicators better suited to evaluate the SDGs – the civil society contribution (own-initiative opinion)

Improving the food supply chain

Prijaté on 19/09/2018
Referenčné dokumenty: 
NAT/734-EESC-2018-02438
Referral: 
COM(2018) 173 final 2018/0082 COD
Rapporteur: 
Peter SCHMIDT (Workers - GR II / Germany)

The Commission's initiative follows one of the recommendations of the Agricultural Markets Task Force that the EU should legislate in the areas of UTPs for agricultural products, and responds to some of the conclusions of the 2016 EESC opinion on "A fairer food supply chain".

Stanovisko EHSV: Improving the food supply chain

Digital gender gap (Exploratory opinion from the European Parliament)

Prijaté on 19/09/2018
Referenčné dokumenty: 
SOC/587-EESC-2018
Rapporteur: 
Giulia BARBUCCI (Workers - GR II / Italy)

This exploratory opinion was requested by the European Parliament to feed into a mission to Tallinn, Estonia, on "Digitalisation and the women's role", organised by the EP's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) on 19-21 September 2018. The opinion looks into the digital gender gap in education system and the labour market. It analyses the reasons behind this phenomenon it and makes proposals on how to increase the participation of girls in STEM and ICT studies and boost the presence of women in the digital sector. It also looks into the pros and cons of digitalisation and its impact on women's life-work balance.

Stanovisko EHSV: Digital gender gap (Exploratory opinion from the European Parliament)

Initiative addressing online platform challenges as regards the spreading of disinformation (Communication)

Prijaté on 19/09/2018
Referenčné dokumenty: 
TEN/664-EESC-2018
Referral: 
COM(2018) 236 final
Rapporteur: 
Martin SIECKER (Workers - GR II / Netherlands)

A variety of tools and methods are currently used to undermine European values and external actions of the EU, as well as to develop and provoke separatist and nationalistic attitudes, manipulate the public and conduct direct interference in the domestic policy of sovereign countries and the EU as a whole. Moreover, the growing influence of cyber offensive capabilities and increased weaponization of technologies to achieve political goals is observed. The impact of such actions is often underestimated.

The EESC agrees with the Commission's call for more responsibility on the part of social media platforms. However, despite the existence of several studies and policy papers produced by European specialists in the last few years, the Commission's communication lacks any practical mandatory steps to ensure this.

Stanovisko EHSV: Initiative addressing online platform challenges as regards the spreading of disinformation (Communication)

Regulation on the cross-border mechanism 2021-2027

Prijaté on 19/09/2018
Referenčné dokumenty: 
ECO/465-EESC-2018-02790-00-00-ac-tra
Referral: 
COM(2018) 373 final 2018/0198 COD
Rapporteur: 
Etele BARÁTH (Diversity Europe - GR III / Hungary)

The EESC welcomes the proposal for a regulation presented by the European Commission on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context.  The proposal reflects a new approach and is likely to strengthen the opportunities for cooperation based on subsidiarity between different Member States, and to contribute to more balanced and sustainable socio-economic development of border regions and to the growth of EU GDP.

 

Stanovisko EHSV: Regulation on the cross-border mechanism 2021-2027

Artificial intelligence: anticipating its impact on jobs to ensure a fair transition (own-initiative opinion)

Prijaté on 19/09/2018
Referenčné dokumenty: 
INT/845-EESC-2018-
Rapporteur: 
Franca SALIS-MADINIER (Workers - GR II / France)

  The EESC flags up the potential of AI and would like to give its input to efforts to lay the groundwork for the social transformations which will go hand in hand with the rise of AI and robotics.

Stanovisko EHSV: Artificial intelligence: anticipating its impact on jobs to ensure a fair transition (own-initiative opinion)

A New Deal for Consumers

Prijaté on 19/09/2018
Referenčné dokumenty: 
INT/853-EESC-2018-02126-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2018) 184 final 2018/0089 CODCOM(2018) 184 final 2018/0089 CODCOM(2018) 185 final 2018/0090 COD
Rapporteur: 
Jarosław MULEWICZ (Employers - GR I / Poland)
Co-rapporteur: 
Antonio LONGO (Diversity Europe - GR III/Italy)

The EESC agrees with the European Commission about the need to modernise and simplify EU consumer policy and considers that the new legislative package contributes to bridging the gap created by the exponential growth of e-commerce, undermining consumer confidence and causing distortions to the single market.

Stanovisko EHSV: A New Deal for Consumers

European Labour Authority

Prijaté on 19/09/2018
Referenčné dokumenty: 
SOC/580-EESC-2018-01490-00-01-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2018) 131 final 2018/0064 COD
Rapporteur: 
Carlos Manuel TRINDADE (Workers - GR II / Portugal)

The Committee considers that the Commission's proposal for setting up a European Labour Authority (ELA) is, if adequately implemented, an important step in the right direction towards improving cross-border mobility, enforcing European and national legislation, fostering cooperation between national labour market authorities and improving access to adequate and up-to-date information, tackling illegal activities and strengthening the internal market, provided that the ELA respects national and European competences and the Member States demonstrate their support and cooperation.

Stanovisko EHSV: European Labour Authority

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