# Official Journal C 11/2013

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  doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2013.011.eng |
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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 11 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5615 January 2013 |

ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2013.011.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 11

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5615 January 2013

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions |
| | RESOLUTIONS |
| | European Economic and Social Committee |
| | 484th plenary session held on 14 and 15 November 2012 |
| 2013/C 011/01 | Resolution of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘“More Europe” — for submission to the European Summit to be held on 22 and 23 November 2012’ | 1 |
| | OPINIONS |
| | European Economic and Social Committee |
| | 484th plenary session held on 14 and 15 November 2012 |
| 2013/C 011/02 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Involvement of consumer associations in the establishment and functioning of the single market’ (own-initiative opinion) | 3 |
| 2013/C 011/03 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Principles, procedures and action for the implementation of Article 11(1) and (2) of the Lisbon Treaty' (own-initiative opinion)’ | 8 |
| 2013/C 011/04 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The involvement and participation of older people in society’ (own-initiative opinion) | 16 |
| 2013/C 011/05 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Societal empowerment and integration of Roma citizens in Europe’ (additional opinion) | 21 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

RESOLUTIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

484th plenary session held on 14 and 15 November 2012

2013/C 011/01

Resolution of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘“More Europe” — for submission to the European Summit to be held on 22 and 23 November 2012’

1

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

484th plenary session held on 14 and 15 November 2012

2013/C 011/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Involvement of consumer associations in the establishment and functioning of the single market’ (own-initiative opinion)

3

2013/C 011/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Principles, procedures and action for the implementation of Article 11(1) and (2) of the Lisbon Treaty' (own-initiative opinion)’

8

2013/C 011/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The involvement and participation of older people in society’ (own-initiative opinion)

16

2013/C 011/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Societal empowerment and integration of Roma citizens in Europe’ (additional opinion)

21

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| | III   Preparatory acts |
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| | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE |
| | 484th plenary session held on 14 and 15 November 2012 |
| 2013/C 011/06 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax, as regards the treatment of vouchers’COM(2012) 206 final — 2012/0102 (CNS) | 27 |
| 2013/C 011/07 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a quick reaction mechanism against VAT fraud’COM(2012) 428 final — 2012/0205 (CNS) | 31 |
| 2013/C 011/08 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority) as regards its interaction with Council Regulation (EU) No .../... conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions’COM(2012) 512 final — 2012/0244 (COD) and the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — A Roadmap towards a Banking Union’COM(2012) 510 final | 34 |
| 2013/C 011/09 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Green Paper — Shadow banking’COM(2012) 102 final | 39 |
| 2013/C 011/10 | 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 strategy for e-procurement’COM(2012) 179 final | 44 |
| 2013/C 011/11 | 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: EU State Aid Modernisation (SAM)’COM(2012) 209 final | 49 |
| 2013/C 011/12 | 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 European Consumer Agenda — Boosting confidence and growth’COM(2012) 225 final | 54 |
| 2013/C 011/13 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on key information documents for investment products’COM(2012) 352 final — 2012/0169 (COD) | 59 |
| 2013/C 011/14 | 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: Towards a job-rich recovery’COM(2012) 173 final | 65 |
| 2013/C 011/15 | 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 — The External Dimension of EU Social Security Coordination’COM(2012) 153 final | 71 |
| 2013/C 011/16 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposals for Regulations of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) and for establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument’COM(2011) 838 final and COM(2011) 839 final | 77 |
| 2013/C 011/17 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide’COM(2011) 844 — 2011/0412 (COD) | 81 |
| 2013/C 011/18 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme for taxation in the European Union for the period 2014-20 (Fiscalis 2020) and repealing Decision No 1482/2007/EC’COM(2012) 465 final — 2011/0341/b (COD) | 84 |
| 2013/C 011/19 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 laying down measures concerning incidental catches of cetaceans in fisheries and amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98’COM(2012) 447 final — 2012/216 (COD) | 85 |
| 2013/C 011/20 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (Recast)’COM(2012) 403 final — 2012/0196 (COD) | 85 |
| 2013/C 011/21 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 concerning the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms’COM(2012) 432 final — 2012/0208 (COD) | 86 |
| 2013/C 011/22 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel’COM(2012) 413 final — 2012/0201 (COD) | 86 |
| 2013/C 011/23 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC clarifying provisions on the timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances’COM(2012) 416 final — 2012/0202 (COD) | 87 |
| 2013/C 011/24 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain technical and control measures in the Skagerrak and amending Regulations (EC) No 850/98 and (EC) No 1342/2008’COM(2012) 471 final — 2012/0232 (COD) | 87 |
| 2013/C 011/25 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey’COM(2012) 530 final — 2012/0260 (COD) | 88 |
| 2013/C 011/26 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 628 final/2 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy’COM(2012) 551 final — 2012/0260 (COD) | 88 |

III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

484th plenary session held on 14 and 15 November 2012

2013/C 011/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax, as regards the treatment of vouchers’COM(2012) 206 final — 2012/0102 (CNS)

COM(2012) 206 final — 2012/0102 (CNS)

27

2013/C 011/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a quick reaction mechanism against VAT fraud’COM(2012) 428 final — 2012/0205 (CNS)

COM(2012) 428 final — 2012/0205 (CNS)

31

2013/C 011/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority) as regards its interaction with Council Regulation (EU) No .../... conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions’COM(2012) 512 final — 2012/0244 (COD) and the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — A Roadmap towards a Banking Union’COM(2012) 510 final

COM(2012) 512 final — 2012/0244 (COD)

COM(2012) 510 final

34

2013/C 011/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Green Paper — Shadow banking’COM(2012) 102 final

COM(2012) 102 final

39

2013/C 011/10

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 strategy for e-procurement’COM(2012) 179 final

COM(2012) 179 final

44

2013/C 011/11

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: EU State Aid Modernisation (SAM)’COM(2012) 209 final

COM(2012) 209 final

49

2013/C 011/12

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 European Consumer Agenda — Boosting confidence and growth’COM(2012) 225 final

COM(2012) 225 final

54

2013/C 011/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on key information documents for investment products’COM(2012) 352 final — 2012/0169 (COD)

COM(2012) 352 final — 2012/0169 (COD)

59

2013/C 011/14

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: Towards a job-rich recovery’COM(2012) 173 final

COM(2012) 173 final

65

2013/C 011/15

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 — The External Dimension of EU Social Security Coordination’COM(2012) 153 final

COM(2012) 153 final

71

2013/C 011/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposals for Regulations of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) and for establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument’COM(2011) 838 final and COM(2011) 839 final

COM(2011) 838 final and COM(2011) 839 final

77

2013/C 011/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide’COM(2011) 844 — 2011/0412 (COD)

COM(2011) 844 — 2011/0412 (COD)

81

2013/C 011/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme for taxation in the European Union for the period 2014-20 (Fiscalis 2020) and repealing Decision No 1482/2007/EC’COM(2012) 465 final — 2011/0341/b (COD)

COM(2012) 465 final — 2011/0341/b (COD)

84

2013/C 011/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 laying down measures concerning incidental catches of cetaceans in fisheries and amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98’COM(2012) 447 final — 2012/216 (COD)

COM(2012) 447 final — 2012/216 (COD)

85

2013/C 011/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (Recast)’COM(2012) 403 final — 2012/0196 (COD)

COM(2012) 403 final — 2012/0196 (COD)

85

2013/C 011/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 concerning the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms’COM(2012) 432 final — 2012/0208 (COD)

COM(2012) 432 final — 2012/0208 (COD)

86

2013/C 011/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel’COM(2012) 413 final — 2012/0201 (COD)

COM(2012) 413 final — 2012/0201 (COD)

86

2013/C 011/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC clarifying provisions on the timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances’COM(2012) 416 final — 2012/0202 (COD)

COM(2012) 416 final — 2012/0202 (COD)

87

2013/C 011/24

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain technical and control measures in the Skagerrak and amending Regulations (EC) No 850/98 and (EC) No 1342/2008’COM(2012) 471 final — 2012/0232 (COD)

COM(2012) 471 final — 2012/0232 (COD)

87

2013/C 011/25

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey’COM(2012) 530 final — 2012/0260 (COD)

COM(2012) 530 final — 2012/0260 (COD)

88

2013/C 011/26

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 628 final/2 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy’COM(2012) 551 final — 2012/0260 (COD)

COM(2012) 551 final — 2012/0260 (COD)

88

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