Opinions

  • V pripravi (updated on 27/02/2024) - Bureau decision date: 13/12/2022
    Referenca
    ECO/605-EESC
    Employers - GR I
    Italy
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Poland

    In 2021 the European Commission announced the revision of the Council Directive 2011/64/EU on the excise rules for tobacco. In the inception impact assessment, the EC stated that there are areas of weakness and ambiguity in the current legal arrangements which give rise to market distortions, legal uncertainty and can also hinder the detection and prevention of fraud. The review will ensure that the rules remain fit for the purpose and improve the proper functioning of the internal market, and a high level of health protection. The policy changes focus on:

  • V pripravi (updated on 27/02/2024) - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Referenca
    INT/1057-EESC
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Spain
    Plenary session number
    589
    -

    Consumers are increasingly mindful of environmental and social issues when buying products, emphasizing the importance of information on product origin and distribution in their decision-making process.

  • V pripravi (updated on 27/02/2024) - Bureau decision date: 16/01/2024
    Referenca
    SOC/792-EESC
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Romania
    Employers - GR I
    Bulgaria
    Plenary session number
    588
    -
  • V pripravi (updated on 27/02/2024)
    Referenca
    ECO/637-EESC
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Greece
    Plenary session number
    587
    -

    Already in 2018 the European Commission has proposed a Regulation on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context for the programming period 2021-2027. At the time, the EESC has adopted its opinion on 19 September 2018, and the European Parliament adopted its first-reading position on the proposal in February 2019. However, the Council's working party on structural measures decided to cease work on the proposal in May 2021. In October 2022, to break the impasse and take the lead on this issue, the EP's Committee on Regional Development started drawing up a legislative-initiative report, calling on the Commission to present a new legislative proposal. The EP voted the report at its September 2023 plenary session.

  • V pripravi (updated on 27/02/2024) - Bureau decision date: 20/01/2022
    Referenca
    NAT/858-EESC-2022
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Czech Republic

    The aim of the opinion is to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of both conventional and organic farming in order to identify the policy levers that are most effective and most likely to attain food sufficiency in EU Member States, while ensuring the transition to more sustainable food systems.

    Information memo: Sustainable food in the EU during the crisis on the basis of the new CAP: the contribution of conventional and organic farming to ensuring sustainable food sufficiency in EU Member States
  • V pripravi (updated on 27/02/2024) - Bureau decision date: 24/10/2023
    Referenca
    SOC/784-EESC
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Germany
    Plenary session number
    587
    -
  • V pripravi (updated on 27/02/2024)
    Referenca
    /-EESC-2017-EESC-2017-05706-00-00-PAC-TRA
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    United Kingdom
    Plenary session number
    530
    -
    Statute and funding of European political parties and foundations
  • V pripravi (updated on 22/02/2024) - Bureau decision date: 12/12/2023
    Referenca
    SOC/789-EESC
    Workers - GR II
    Italy
  • V pripravi (updated on 22/02/2024) - Bureau decision date: 12/12/2023
    Referenca
    INT/1054-EESC
    Employers - GR I
    Latvia
    Plenary session number
    591
    -

    The EESC is expected to contribute to the mid-term evaluation of the Digital Europe Programme by assessing its implementation in selected key capacity areas through the analysis of national stakeholders' contributions and the application of the 3 main criteria: effectiveness, relevance, inclusion of civil society and its added value.

  • V pripravi (updated on 21/02/2024) - Bureau decision date: 15/02/2024
    Referenca
    SOC/802-EESC
    Workers - GR II
    Spain
    Plenary session number
    591
    -