# Official Journal C 256/2007

| | ISSN 1725-2423 |
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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 256 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5027 October 2007 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 256

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5027 October 2007

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions |
| | RESOLUTIONS |
| | European Economic and Social Committee436th plenary session held on 30 and 31 May 2007 |
| 2007/C 256/01 | Resolution of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Contribution to the European Council of 21 and 22 June 2007 — Roadmap for the constitutional process’ | 1 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

RESOLUTIONS

European Economic and Social Committee436th plenary session held on 30 and 31 May 2007

2007/C 256/01

Resolution of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Contribution to the European Council of 21 and 22 June 2007 — Roadmap for the constitutional process’

1

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| | III   Preparatory Acts |
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| | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE |
| | 437th plenary session held on 11 and 12 July 2007 |
| 2007/C 256/02 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights’COM(2005) 276 final — 2005/0127 (COD) | 3 |
| 2007/C 256/03 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Business potential, especially of SMEs (Lisbon Strategy)’ | 8 |
| 2007/C 256/04 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Investment in Knowledge and Innovation (Lisbon Strategy)’ | 17 |
| 2007/C 256/05 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Green Paper on the Review of the Consumer Acquis’COM(2006) 744 final | 27 |
| 2007/C 256/06 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version)’COM(2007) 236 final — 2007/0081 (COD) | 31 |
| 2007/C 256/07 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The definition of an energy policy for Europe (Lisbon strategy)’ | 31 |
| 2007/C 256/08 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the





  — | ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the Community rail system’ (Codified version) |
| — | ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 establishing a European Railway Agency’ |
| — | ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/49/EC on safety on the Community's railways’COM(2006) 783 final — 2006/0273 (COD) — COM(2006) 785 final — 2006/0274 (COD) — COM(2006) 784 final — 2006/0272 (COD) |

III   Preparatory Acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

437th plenary session held on 11 and 12 July 2007

2007/C 256/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights’COM(2005) 276 final — 2005/0127 (COD)

COM(2005) 276 final — 2005/0127 (COD)

3

2007/C 256/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Business potential, especially of SMEs (Lisbon Strategy)’

8

2007/C 256/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Investment in Knowledge and Innovation (Lisbon Strategy)’

17

2007/C 256/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Green Paper on the Review of the Consumer Acquis’COM(2006) 744 final

COM(2006) 744 final

27

2007/C 256/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version)’COM(2007) 236 final — 2007/0081 (COD)

COM(2007) 236 final — 2007/0081 (COD)

31

2007/C 256/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The definition of an energy policy for Europe (Lisbon strategy)’

31

2007/C 256/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the





  —

‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the Community rail system’ (Codified version)

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‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 establishing a European Railway Agency’

—

‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/49/EC on safety on the Community's railways’COM(2006) 783 final — 2006/0273 (COD) — COM(2006) 785 final — 2006/0274 (COD) — COM(2006) 784 final — 2006/0272 (COD)

COM(2006) 783 final — 2006/0273 (COD) — COM(2006) 785 final — 2006/0274 (COD) — COM(2006) 784 final — 2006/0272 (COD)

39

2007/C 256/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods’COM(2006) 852 — 2006/0278 (COD)

COM(2006) 852 — 2006/0278 (COD)

44

2007/C 256/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Green Paper on Satellite Navigation Applications’COM(2006) 769 final

COM(2006) 769 final

47

2007/C 256/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament — Nuclear Illustrative Programme, presented under Article 40 of the Euratom Treaty for the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee’COM(2006) 844 final

COM(2006) 844 final

51

2007/C 256/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Liner Conferences — United Nations Convention’COM(2006) 869 final — 2006/0308 (COD)

COM(2006) 869 final — 2006/0308 (COD)

62

2007/C 256/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)’

66

2007/C 256/14

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 GALILEO at a cross-road: the implementation of the European GNSS programmes’COM(2007) 261 final

COM(2007) 261 final

73

2007/C 256/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Biennial Progress Report of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy’

76

2007/C 256/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on plant protection products’COM(2006) 778 final — 2006/0258 (COD)

COM(2006) 778 final — 2006/0258 (COD)

86

2007/C 256/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Innovation: impact on industrial change and the role of the EIB’

88

2007/C 256/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Employment of priority categories (Lisbon Strategy)’

93

2007/C 256/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The role of the social partners in reconciling working, family and private life’

102

2007/C 256/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Flexicurity (Internal flexibility dimension — Collective bargaining and the role of social dialogue as instruments for regulating and reforming labour markets)’

108

2007/C 256/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Employability and entrepreneurship — The role of civil society, the social partners and regional and local bodies from a gender perspective’

114

2007/C 256/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Health and Migrations’

123

2007/C 256/23

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

131

2007/C 256/24

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘EU-Central America Relations’

138

2007/C 256/25

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Promotion of Women's Entrepreneurship in the EUROMED Region’

144

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