# IMMC.EESC-2022-05652-AC.ENG.xhtml.EESC-2022-05652-00-00-AC-TRA-EN.docx

| OPINION |
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| European Economic and Social Committee |
| Exchange of information maintained in the electronic registers |
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| Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 389/2012 as regards the exchange of information maintained in the electronic registers concerning economic operators who move excise goods between Member States for commercial purposes


  [COM(2022) 539 final - 2022/0331 (CNS)] |
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| ECO/603 |
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| Category C |

OPINION

European Economic and Social Committee

Exchange of information maintained in the electronic registers

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Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 389/2012 as regards the exchange of information maintained in the electronic registers concerning economic operators who move excise goods between Member States for commercial purposes

[COM(2022) 539 final - 2022/0331 (CNS)]

ECO/603

Category C

EN

Referral

| Referral | Council of the European Union, 27/10/2022 |
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| Legal basis | Articles 113 and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
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| Section responsible | Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion |
| Adopted at plenary | 14/12/2022 |
| Plenary session No | 574 |
| Outcome of vote
  (for/against/abstentions) | 209/0/3 |

Referral

Council of the European Union, 27/10/2022

Council of the European Union, 27/10/2022

Legal basis

Legal basis

Articles 113 and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Articles 113 and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Section responsible

Section responsible

Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion

Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion

Adopted at plenary

Adopted at plenary

14/12/2022

14/12/2022

Plenary session No

Plenary session No

574

574

Outcome of vote
  (for/against/abstentions)

Outcome of vote
  (for/against/abstentions)

209/0/3

209/0/3

Since the Committee endorses the content of proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 389/2012 as regards the exchange of information maintained in the electronic registers concerning economic operators who move excise goods between Member States for commercial purposes
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  and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided, at its 574th plenary session of 14 and 15 December 2022, (meeting of 14 December 2022), by 208 votes with 3 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Since the Committee endorses the content of proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 389/2012 as regards the exchange of information maintained in the electronic registers concerning economic operators who move excise goods between Member States for commercial purposes

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and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided, at its 574th plenary session of 14 and 15 December 2022, (meeting of 14 December 2022), by 208 votes with 3 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 14 December 2022

Brussels, 14 December 2022

Christa Schweng

  The president of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa Schweng

The president of the European Economic and Social Committee

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