European Economic and Social Committee
Session/
Draft agenda – September
483rd PLENARY SESSION
DRAFT AGENDA
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Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 September 2012
Charlemagne Building (European Commission), Room S3
B - 1040 Brussels
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Opening of the session: Tuesday 18 September 2012 at 2.30 p.m.
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1.
Checking of quorum
2.
Adoption of the draft agenda
3.
Approval of the minutes of the 482nd plenary session, held on 11 and 12 July 2012
4.
Statement by the president
5.
Statement by Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade, on Tuesday
18 September at 3 p.m.
6.
Statements by Laurence Parisot, President of MEDEF (French Confederation of Business
Enterprises) and John Evans, General Secretary of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to
the OECD (TUAC), as part of a discussion on the theme, "Organised civil society in global
governance", on Tuesday 18 September, at 4 p.m.
7.
Discussion of Committee opinions (appended)
8.
Any other business
9.
Date of the next plenary session.
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Discussion of Committee opinions (the order in which these opinions will be discussed
will be decided later)
INT/593
A framework for advertising aimed at young people and children (own-initiative)
CESE 138/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Jorge Pegado Liz (Gr. III-PT)
INT/629
Involvement of consumer associations in the establishment and functioning of the single market (owninitiative)
CESE 1177/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Bernardo Hernández Bataller (Gr. III–ES)
INT/632
An action plan to improve access to finance for SMEs (communication)
COM(2011) 870 final
CESE 1411/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Anna Maria Darmanin (Gr. II-MT)
Co-rapporteur: Ronny Lannoo (Gr. III-BE)
INT/634
Towards an integrated European market for card, internet and mobile payments (Green Paper)
COM(2011) 941 final
CESE 1241/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Stasys Kropas (Gr. I-LT)
INT/645
Statute for a European Foundation1
COM(2012) 35 final - 2012/0022 APP
CESE 1211/2012 fin - 2012/0022 APP
Rapporteur: Mall Hellam (Gr. III-EE)
ECO/327
Europe 2020: macro and micro actions needed to promote smart and inclusive growth simultaneously (owninitiative)
CESE 1478/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Etele Baráth (Gr. III-HU)
ECO/328
Tackling cross-border inheritance tax obstacles within the EU (communication)
COM(2011) 864 final
CESE 1021/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Vincent Farrugia (Gr. I–MT)
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Optional referral from the Commission.
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Vulnerable groups' rights at the workplace – especially issues of discrimination based on sexual orientation
(own-initiative)
CESE 367/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Thomas Janson (Gr. II-SE)
SOC/449
The contribution of migrant entrepreneurs to the EU economy (own-initiative)
CESE 638/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Brenda King (Gr. I-UK)
SOC/460
Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services
COM(2012) 131 final - 2012/0061 COD
CESE 1387/2012 fin - 2012/0061 COD
Rapporteur: Thomas Janson (Gr. II-SE)
SOC/465
Eradicating domestic violence (own-initiative)
CESE 1416/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Mário Soares (Gr. II–PT)
NAT/546
Innovation for a sustainable Future (communication)
COM(2011) 899 final
CESE 1224/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Lutz Ribbe (Gr. III-DE)
NAT/554
Greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and
forestry
COM(2012) 93 final - 2012/0042 COD
Climate change/accounting for land use in the Union's commitments (communication)
COM(2012) 94 final
CESE 1167/2012 fin - 2012/0042 COD
Rapporteur: Ludvík Jírovec (Gr. III-CZ)
NAT/565
Fisheries/Conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources (category C)
COM(2012) 277 final - 2012/0143 COD
CESE 1860/2012 fin - 2012/0143 COD
NAT/566
Conservation of fishery resources/protection of juveniles of marine organisms
COM(2012) 298 final - 2012/0158 COD
CESE 1791/2012 fin- 2012/0158 COD
Rapporteur-general: Brian Curtis (Gr. II-UK)
NAT/567
Community system to prevent illegal, unreported fishing (category C)
COM(2012) 332 final - 2012/0162 COD
CESE 1866/2012 fin - 2012/0162 COD
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Forest reproductive material of the 'qualified' category (category C)
COM(2012) 355 final - 2012/0172 COD
CESE 1869/2012 fin - 2012/0172 COD
NAT/569
Seeds/updating the names of a third country and of the authorities responsible for control of the production
(category C)
COM(2012) 343 final - 2012/0165 COD
CESE 1871/2012 fin - 2012/0165 COD
TEN/483
The responsible use of social networks and the prevention of related problems (own-initiative)
CESE 465/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Bernardo Hernández Bataller (Gr. III–ES)
TEN/489
European strategy for making the internet a better place for children
COM(2012) 196 final
CESE 1518/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Antonio Longo (Gr. III-IT)
TEN/490
Electronic transactions in the Internal Market
COM(2012) 238 final - 2012/0146 COD
CESE 1243/2012 fin - 2012/0146 COD
Rapporteur: Thomas McDonogh (Gr. I-IE)
REX/353
Civil society's role in combating corruption in the southern Mediterranean countries (own-initiative)
CESE 1426/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Juan Moreno Preciado (Gr. II-ES)
REX/356
The role of civil society in the implementation of the partnership for democracy and shared prosperity
(information report)
CESE 1427/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Carmelo Cedrone (Gr. II–IT)
REX/359
Trade, growth and development (communication)
COM(2012) 22 final
CESE 770/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Evelyne Pichenot (Gr. III-FR)
SC/035
Towards an updated study of the cost of non-Europe (own-initiative)
CESE 1374/2012 fin
Rapporteur: Georgios Dassis (Gr. II-EL)
Co-rapporteur: Luca Jahier (Gr. III-IT)
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