# Official Journal C 182/2009

| | ISSN 1725-2423
  doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2009.182.eng |
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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 182 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 524 August 2009 |

ISSN 1725-2423

doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2009.182.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 182

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 524 August 2009

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions |
| | OPINIONS |
| | 450th plenary session held on 14 and 15 January 2009 |
| 2009/C 182/01 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The social and environmental dimension of the internal market’ | 1 |
| 2009/C 182/02 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The external dimension of the EU's energy policy’ | 8 |
| 2009/C 182/03 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)’ | 13 |
| 2009/C 182/04 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation’ | 19 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

450th plenary session held on 14 and 15 January 2009

2009/C 182/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The social and environmental dimension of the internal market’

1

2009/C 182/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The external dimension of the EU's energy policy’

8

2009/C 182/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)’

13

2009/C 182/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation’

19

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| | III   Preparatory acts |
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| | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE |
| | 450th plenary session held on 14 and 15 January 2009 |
| 2009/C 182/05 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles’ | 24 |
| 2009/C 182/06 | 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 - ‘Think Small First’: A ‘Small Business Act for Europe’ | 30 |
| 2009/C 182/07 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the term of protection of copyright and related rights’ | 36 |
| 2009/C 182/08 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Community legal framework for a European Research Infrastructure (ERI)’ | 40 |
| 2009/C 182/09 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on machinery for pesticide application, amending Directive 2006/42/EC of 17 May 2006 on machinery’ | 44 |
| 2009/C 182/10 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast)’ | 46 |
| 2009/C 182/11 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 549/2004, (EC) No 550/2004, (EC) No 551/2004 and (EC) No 552/2004 in order to improve the performance and sustainability of the European aviation system’ | 50 |
| 2009/C 182/12 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community and Directive 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services’ | 56 |
| 2009/C 182/13 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the theme ‘Facing the oil challenges’ | 60 |
| 2009/C 182/14 | 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 — Renewed social agenda: Opportunities, access and solidarity in 21st century Europe’ | 65 |
| 2009/C 182/15 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Council — A European Economic Recovery Plan’ | 71 |
| 2009/C 182/16 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market as regards the extension of certain time periods’ | 75 |
| 2009/C 182/17 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors’ (Codified version) | 76 |
| 2009/C 182/18 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive on the common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States (codified version)’ | 77 |

III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

450th plenary session held on 14 and 15 January 2009

2009/C 182/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles’

24

2009/C 182/06

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 - ‘Think Small First’: A ‘Small Business Act for Europe’

30

2009/C 182/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the term of protection of copyright and related rights’

36

2009/C 182/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Community legal framework for a European Research Infrastructure (ERI)’

40

2009/C 182/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on machinery for pesticide application, amending Directive 2006/42/EC of 17 May 2006 on machinery’

44

2009/C 182/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast)’

46

2009/C 182/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 549/2004, (EC) No 550/2004, (EC) No 551/2004 and (EC) No 552/2004 in order to improve the performance and sustainability of the European aviation system’

50

2009/C 182/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community and Directive 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services’

56

2009/C 182/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the theme ‘Facing the oil challenges’

60

2009/C 182/14

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 — Renewed social agenda: Opportunities, access and solidarity in 21st century Europe’

65

2009/C 182/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Council — A European Economic Recovery Plan’

71

2009/C 182/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market as regards the extension of certain time periods’

75

2009/C 182/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors’ (Codified version)

76

2009/C 182/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive on the common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States (codified version)’

77

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