# Official Journal C 288/31 A

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6031 August 2017 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 288

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6031 August 2017

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions |
| | OPINIONS |
| | European Economic and Social Committee |
| | 526th EESC plenary session of 31 May and 1 June 2017 |
| 2017/C 288/01 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Artificial intelligence — The consequences of artificial intelligence on the (digital) single market, production, consumption, employment and society’ (own-initiative opinion) | 1 |
| 2017/C 288/02 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘A possible reshaping of the Common Agricultural Policy’ (Exploratory opinion) | 10 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

526th EESC plenary session of 31 May and 1 June 2017

2017/C 288/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Artificial intelligence — The consequences of artificial intelligence on the (digital) single market, production, consumption, employment and society’ (own-initiative opinion)

1

2017/C 288/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘A possible reshaping of the Common Agricultural Policy’ (Exploratory opinion)

10

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| | III   Preparatory acts |
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| | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE |
| | 526th EESC plenary session of 31 May and 1 June 2017 |
| 2017/C 288/03 | 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 — Europe’s next leaders: the Start-up and Scale-up Initiative’(COM(2016) 733 final) | 20 |
| 2017/C 288/04 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union’[COM(2016) 799 final — 2016/0400 (COD)] | 29 |
| 2017/C 288/05 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on: (a) ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the enforcement of the Directive 2006/123/EC on services in the internal market, laying down a notification procedure for authorisation schemes and requirements related to services, and amending Directive 2006/123/EC and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System’(COM(2016) 821 final — 2016/0398 (COD)); (b) ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions’(COM(2016) 822 final — 2016/0404 (COD)); (c) ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal and operational framework of the European services e-card introduced by Regulation ... (ESC Regulation)’(COM(2016) 823 final — 2016/0402 (COD)); (d) ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a European services e-card and related administrative facilities’(COM(2016) 824 final — 2016/0403 (COD)) | 43 |
| 2017/C 288/06 | 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 temporary application of a generalised reverse charge mechanism in relation to supplies of goods and services above a certain threshold’(COM(2016) 811 final — 2016/0406 (CNS)) | 52 |
| 2017/C 288/07 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work’(COM(2017) 11 final — 2017/0004 (COD)) | 56 |
| 2017/C 288/08 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘European Defence Action Plan’(COM(2016) 950 final) | 62 |
| 2017/C 288/09 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multi-annual plan for small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks’(COM(2017) 97 final — 2017/0043 (COD)) | 68 |
| 2017/C 288/10 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC to continue current limitations of scope for aviation activities and to prepare to implement a global market-based measure from 2021’(COM(2017) 54 final — 2017/0017 (COD)) | 75 |
| 2017/C 288/11 | 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, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank — Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation’(COM(2016) 763 final) | 81 |
| 2017/C 288/12 | 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 strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems, a milestone towards cooperative, connected and automated mobility’[COM(2016) 766 final] | 85 |
| 2017/C 288/13 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the internal market for electricity (recast) (COM(2016) 861 final — 2016-379-COD);, Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on risk-preparedness in the electricity sector and repealing Directive 2005/89/EC (COM(2016) 862 final — 2016-377-COD); Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (recast) (COM(2016) 863 final — 2016-378-COD); Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the internal market in electricity (recast) (COM(2016) 864 final — 2016-380-COD) | 91 |
| 2017/C 288/14 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank — Second Report on the State of the Energy Union (COM(2017) 53 final) — Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions — Renewable Energy Progress Report (COM(2017) 57 final) | 100 |
| 2017/C 288/15 | 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 individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC’(COM(2017) 8 final – 2017/0002 (COD)) | 107 |
| 2017/C 288/16 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/59/EC on the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers and Directive 2006/126/EC on driving licences’(COM(2017) 47 final – 2017/0015 (COD)) | 115 |
| 2017/C 288/17 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Joint Communication of the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament and the Council: Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations’(JOIN(2016) 29 final) | 120 |
| 2017/C 288/18 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention Area of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)’(COM(2017) 128 final – 2017/0056 COD) | 129 |
| 2017/C 288/19 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council fixing the adjustment rate provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 for direct payments in respect of the calendar year 2017’(COM(2017) 150 final – 2017/0068 COD) | 130 |

III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

526th EESC plenary session of 31 May and 1 June 2017

2017/C 288/03

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 — Europe’s next leaders: the Start-up and Scale-up Initiative’(COM(2016) 733 final)

(COM(2016) 733 final)

20

2017/C 288/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union’[COM(2016) 799 final — 2016/0400 (COD)]

[COM(2016) 799 final — 2016/0400 (COD)]

29

2017/C 288/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on: (a) ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the enforcement of the Directive 2006/123/EC on services in the internal market, laying down a notification procedure for authorisation schemes and requirements related to services, and amending Directive 2006/123/EC and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System’(COM(2016) 821 final — 2016/0398 (COD)); (b) ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions’(COM(2016) 822 final — 2016/0404 (COD)); (c) ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal and operational framework of the European services e-card introduced by Regulation ... (ESC Regulation)’(COM(2016) 823 final — 2016/0402 (COD)); (d) ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a European services e-card and related administrative facilities’(COM(2016) 824 final — 2016/0403 (COD))

(COM(2016) 821 final — 2016/0398 (COD))

(COM(2016) 822 final — 2016/0404 (COD))

(COM(2016) 823 final — 2016/0402 (COD))

(COM(2016) 824 final — 2016/0403 (COD))

43

2017/C 288/06

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 temporary application of a generalised reverse charge mechanism in relation to supplies of goods and services above a certain threshold’(COM(2016) 811 final — 2016/0406 (CNS))

(COM(2016) 811 final — 2016/0406 (CNS))

52

2017/C 288/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work’(COM(2017) 11 final — 2017/0004 (COD))

(COM(2017) 11 final — 2017/0004 (COD))

56

2017/C 288/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘European Defence Action Plan’(COM(2016) 950 final)

(COM(2016) 950 final)

62

2017/C 288/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multi-annual plan for small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks’(COM(2017) 97 final — 2017/0043 (COD))

(COM(2017) 97 final — 2017/0043 (COD))

68

2017/C 288/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC to continue current limitations of scope for aviation activities and to prepare to implement a global market-based measure from 2021’(COM(2017) 54 final — 2017/0017 (COD))

(COM(2017) 54 final — 2017/0017 (COD))

75

2017/C 288/11

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, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank — Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation’(COM(2016) 763 final)

(COM(2016) 763 final)

81

2017/C 288/12

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 strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems, a milestone towards cooperative, connected and automated mobility’[COM(2016) 766 final]

[COM(2016) 766 final]

85

2017/C 288/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the internal market for electricity (recast) (COM(2016) 861 final — 2016-379-COD);, Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on risk-preparedness in the electricity sector and repealing Directive 2005/89/EC (COM(2016) 862 final — 2016-377-COD); Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (recast) (COM(2016) 863 final — 2016-378-COD); Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the internal market in electricity (recast) (COM(2016) 864 final — 2016-380-COD)

(COM(2016) 861 final — 2016-379-COD);

(COM(2016) 862 final — 2016-377-COD);

(COM(2016) 863 final — 2016-378-COD);

(COM(2016) 864 final — 2016-380-COD)

91

2017/C 288/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank — Second Report on the State of the Energy Union (COM(2017) 53 final) — Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions — Renewable Energy Progress Report (COM(2017) 57 final)

(COM(2017) 53 final)

(COM(2017) 57 final)

100

2017/C 288/15

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 individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC’(COM(2017) 8 final – 2017/0002 (COD))

(COM(2017) 8 final – 2017/0002 (COD))

107

2017/C 288/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/59/EC on the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers and Directive 2006/126/EC on driving licences’(COM(2017) 47 final – 2017/0015 (COD))

(COM(2017) 47 final – 2017/0015 (COD))

115

2017/C 288/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Joint Communication of the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament and the Council: Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations’(JOIN(2016) 29 final)

(JOIN(2016) 29 final)

120

2017/C 288/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention Area of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)’(COM(2017) 128 final – 2017/0056 COD)

(COM(2017) 128 final – 2017/0056 COD)

129

2017/C 288/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council fixing the adjustment rate provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 for direct payments in respect of the calendar year 2017’(COM(2017) 150 final – 2017/0068 COD)

(COM(2017) 150 final – 2017/0068 COD)

130

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