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
EESO pozdravlja novi ukrep, ki ga je Evropska komisija predlagala za podporo kmetijam in MSP v agroživilskem sektorju, ki se soočajo z likvidnostnimi težavami, in za zagotovitev njihovega gospodarskega preživetja med sedanjo krizo. Vendar meni, da bi morala Evropska komisija za njegovo izvajanje vzpostaviti poseben sklad.
Za financiranje tega ukrepa Evropska komisija predlaga zgolj posamezne spremembe uredbe o Evropskem kmetijskem skladu za razvoj podeželja (EKSRP), da bi nacionalne oblasti lahko temu novemu ukrepu dodelile do 1 % proračuna za obdobje 2014–2020 in tako v odziv na izjemne potrebe uporabile tudi neporabljena sredstva.
Po mnenju poročevalca Arnolda Puecha d’Alissaca pa sta s predlogom dve veliki težavi: „Prva težava je dejstvo, da so nekatere države članice že uporabile ali dodelile svoja sredstva v okviru EKSRP in zato tega mehanizma pomoči ne morejo izkoristiti. Druga, pomembnejša težava pa je to, da bodo sredstva, ki so bila prvotno namenjena za povečanje konkurenčnosti kmetijstva in izboljšanje okolja, zdaj uporabljena v odziv na nujne potrebe po denarnih sredstvih.“
Zato EESO ocenjuje, da bi morala Evropska komisija za izvajanje predlaganega ukrepa vzpostaviti poseben sklad, zunaj proračuna skupne kmetijske politike, po vzoru načrta za okrevanje. (mr)