# Official Journal C 77/2009

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| Official Journal
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5231 March 2009 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 77

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5231 March 2009

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | III   Preparatory Acts |
| | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE |
| | 447th plenary session held on 17 and 18 September 2008 |
| 2009/C 077/01 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles’COM(2007) 856 final — 2007/0297 (COD) | 1 |
| 2009/C 077/02 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys’COM(2008) 9 final — 2008/0018 (COD) | 8 |
| 2009/C 077/03 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A single market for 21st century Europe’COM(2007) 724 final | 15 |
| 2009/C 077/04 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — A European initiative for the development of micro-credit in support of growth and employment’COM(2007) 708 final/2 | 23 |
| 2009/C 077/05 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 76/769/EEC as regards restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (Dichloromethane)’COM(2008) 80 final — 2008/0033 (COD) | 29 |
| 2009/C 077/06 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 68/151/EEC and 89/666/EEC as regards publication and translation obligations of certain types of companies’COM(2008) 194 final — 2008/0083 (COD) | 35 |
| 2009/C 077/07 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards certain disclosure requirements for medium-sized companies and obligation to draw up consolidated accounts’COM(2008) 195 final — 2008/0084 (COD) | 37 |
| 2009/C 077/08 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on statutory markings for two or three-wheel motor vehicles (Codified version)’COM(2008) 318 final — 2008/0099 (COD) | 41 |
| 2009/C 077/09 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the driver's seat on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version)’COM(2008) 351 final — 2008/0115 (COD) | 41 |
| 2009/C 077/10 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council in the area of company law on single-member private limited-liability companies (Codified version)’COM(2008) 344 final — 2008/0109 (COD) | 42 |
| 2009/C 077/11 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation (EC) No .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council of [...] concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (Codified version)’COM(2008) 369 final — 2008/0126 (COD) | 42 |
| 2009/C 077/12 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources’COM(2008) 19 final — 2008/0016 (COD) | 43 |
| 2009/C 077/13 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Supporting Early Demonstration of Sustainable Power Generation from Fossil Fuels’COM(2008) 13 final | 49 |
| 2009/C 077/14 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on a first assessment of national energy efficiency action plans as required by Directive 2006/32/EC on energy end-use efficiency and energy services — Moving forward together on energy efficiency’COM(2008) 11 final | 54 |
| 2009/C 077/15 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The Internet of Things’ | 60 |
| 2009/C 077/16 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Creative Content Online in the Single Market’COM(2007) 836 final | 63 |
| 2009/C 077/17 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements’COM(2008) 134 final — 2008/0055 (COD) | 69 |
| 2009/C 077/18 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council facilitating cross-border enforcement in the field of road safety’COM(2008) 151 final — 2008/0062 (COD) | 70 |
| 2009/C 077/19 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Climate Change International Negotiations’ | 73 |
| 2009/C 077/20 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers’COM(2008) 40 final — 2008/0028 (COD) | 81 |
| 2009/C 077/21 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market and use of feed’COM(2008) 124 final — 2008/0050 (COD) | 84 |
| 2009/C 077/22 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Impact of the ongoing development of energy markets on industrial value chains in Europe’ | 88 |
| 2009/C 077/23 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘White Paper — Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013’COM(2007) 630 final | 96 |
| 2009/C 077/24 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Extending anti-discrimination measures for areas outside employment and the case for a single comprehensive anti-discrimination directive’ | 102 |
| 2009/C 077/25 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Multilingualism’ | 109 |
| 2009/C 077/26 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Taking into account the needs of older people’ | 115 |
| 2009/C 077/27 | Opinion of the European economic and social Committee on ‘Towards balanced development of the urban environment: challenges and opportunities’ | 123 |
| 2009/C 077/28 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The EU Economy: 2007 Review — Moving Europe's productivity frontier’ | 131 |
| 2009/C 077/29 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee — The application of anti-abuse measures in the area of direct taxation — within the EU and in relation to third countries’COM(2007) 785 final | 139 |
| 2009/C 077/30 | Opinion of the European economic and social Committee on the ‘Governance and partnership at national and regional level, and a basis for regional policy projects’ (European Parliament referral) | 143 |
| 2009/C 077/31 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive on tax exemptions applicable to the permanent introduction from a Member State of the personal property of individuals (Codified version)’COM(2008) 376 final — 2008/0120 (COD) | 148 |
| 2009/C 077/32 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘EU-Africa Strategy’ | 148 |
| 2009/C 077/33 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘EU-Ukraine relations: a new dynamic role for Civil Society’ | 157 |

Notice No

Contents

page

III   Preparatory Acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

447th plenary session held on 17 and 18 September 2008

2009/C 077/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles’COM(2007) 856 final — 2007/0297 (COD)

2

COM(2007) 856 final — 2007/0297 (COD)

1

2009/C 077/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys’COM(2008) 9 final — 2008/0018 (COD)

COM(2008) 9 final — 2008/0018 (COD)

8

2009/C 077/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A single market for 21st century Europe’COM(2007) 724 final

COM(2007) 724 final

15

2009/C 077/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — A European initiative for the development of micro-credit in support of growth and employment’COM(2007) 708 final/2

COM(2007) 708 final/2

23

2009/C 077/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 76/769/EEC as regards restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (Dichloromethane)’COM(2008) 80 final — 2008/0033 (COD)

COM(2008) 80 final — 2008/0033 (COD)

29

2009/C 077/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 68/151/EEC and 89/666/EEC as regards publication and translation obligations of certain types of companies’COM(2008) 194 final — 2008/0083 (COD)

COM(2008) 194 final — 2008/0083 (COD)

35

2009/C 077/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards certain disclosure requirements for medium-sized companies and obligation to draw up consolidated accounts’COM(2008) 195 final — 2008/0084 (COD)

COM(2008) 195 final — 2008/0084 (COD)

37

2009/C 077/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on statutory markings for two or three-wheel motor vehicles (Codified version)’COM(2008) 318 final — 2008/0099 (COD)

COM(2008) 318 final — 2008/0099 (COD)

41

2009/C 077/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the driver's seat on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version)’COM(2008) 351 final — 2008/0115 (COD)

COM(2008) 351 final — 2008/0115 (COD)

41

2009/C 077/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council in the area of company law on single-member private limited-liability companies (Codified version)’COM(2008) 344 final — 2008/0109 (COD)

COM(2008) 344 final — 2008/0109 (COD)

42

2009/C 077/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation (EC) No .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council of [...] concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (Codified version)’COM(2008) 369 final — 2008/0126 (COD)

COM(2008) 369 final — 2008/0126 (COD)

42

2009/C 077/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources’COM(2008) 19 final — 2008/0016 (COD)

COM(2008) 19 final — 2008/0016 (COD)

43

2009/C 077/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Supporting Early Demonstration of Sustainable Power Generation from Fossil Fuels’COM(2008) 13 final

COM(2008) 13 final

49

2009/C 077/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on a first assessment of national energy efficiency action plans as required by Directive 2006/32/EC on energy end-use efficiency and energy services — Moving forward together on energy efficiency’COM(2008) 11 final

COM(2008) 11 final

54

2009/C 077/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The Internet of Things’

60

2009/C 077/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Creative Content Online in the Single Market’COM(2007) 836 final

COM(2007) 836 final

63

2009/C 077/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements’COM(2008) 134 final — 2008/0055 (COD)

COM(2008) 134 final — 2008/0055 (COD)

69

2009/C 077/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council facilitating cross-border enforcement in the field of road safety’COM(2008) 151 final — 2008/0062 (COD)

COM(2008) 151 final — 2008/0062 (COD)

70

2009/C 077/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Climate Change International Negotiations’

73

2009/C 077/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers’COM(2008) 40 final — 2008/0028 (COD)

COM(2008) 40 final — 2008/0028 (COD)

81

2009/C 077/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market and use of feed’COM(2008) 124 final — 2008/0050 (COD)

COM(2008) 124 final — 2008/0050 (COD)

84

2009/C 077/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Impact of the ongoing development of energy markets on industrial value chains in Europe’

88

2009/C 077/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘White Paper — Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013’COM(2007) 630 final

COM(2007) 630 final

96

2009/C 077/24

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Extending anti-discrimination measures for areas outside employment and the case for a single comprehensive anti-discrimination directive’

102

2009/C 077/25

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Multilingualism’

109

2009/C 077/26

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Taking into account the needs of older people’

115

2009/C 077/27

Opinion of the European economic and social Committee on ‘Towards balanced development of the urban environment: challenges and opportunities’

123

2009/C 077/28

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The EU Economy: 2007 Review — Moving Europe's productivity frontier’

131

2009/C 077/29

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee — The application of anti-abuse measures in the area of direct taxation — within the EU and in relation to third countries’COM(2007) 785 final

COM(2007) 785 final

139

2009/C 077/30

Opinion of the European economic and social Committee on the ‘Governance and partnership at national and regional level, and a basis for regional policy projects’ (European Parliament referral)

143

2009/C 077/31

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive on tax exemptions applicable to the permanent introduction from a Member State of the personal property of individuals (Codified version)’COM(2008) 376 final — 2008/0120 (COD)

COM(2008) 376 final — 2008/0120 (COD)

148

2009/C 077/32

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘EU-Africa Strategy’

148

2009/C 077/33

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘EU-Ukraine relations: a new dynamic role for Civil Society’

157

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