# Official Journal C 110/22 M

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6222 March 2019 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 110

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6222 March 2019

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| Contents | page |
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| | I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions |
| | OPINIONS |
| | European Economic and Social Committee |
| | 539th EESC plenary session, 12.12.2018-13.12.2018 |
| 2019/C 110/01 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The costs of non-immigration and non-integration’ (own-initiative opinion) | 1 |
| 2019/C 110/02 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Sustainable inclusive bio-economy — new opportunities for European economy’ (own-initiative opinion) | 9 |
| 2019/C 110/03 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Facilitating access to climate finance for non-state actors’ (own-initiative opinion) | 14 |
| 2019/C 110/04 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The situation of Roma women’ (exploratory opinion requested by the European Parliament) | 20 |
| 2019/C 110/05 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Gender equality in European labour markets’ (Exploratory opinion requested by the European Parliament) | 26 |
| 2019/C 110/06 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Implementation of EU environmental legislation: air quality, water and waste’ (exploratory opinion) | 33 |

Contents

page

I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

539th EESC plenary session, 12.12.2018-13.12.2018

2019/C 110/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The costs of non-immigration and non-integration’ (own-initiative opinion)

1

2019/C 110/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Sustainable inclusive bio-economy — new opportunities for European economy’ (own-initiative opinion)

9

2019/C 110/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Facilitating access to climate finance for non-state actors’ (own-initiative opinion)

14

2019/C 110/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The situation of Roma women’ (exploratory opinion requested by the European Parliament)

20

2019/C 110/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Gender equality in European labour markets’ (Exploratory opinion requested by the European Parliament)

26

2019/C 110/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Implementation of EU environmental legislation: air quality, water and waste’ (exploratory opinion)

33

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| | III   Preparatory acts |
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| | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE |
| | 539th EESC plenary session, 12.12.2018-13.12.2018 |
| 2019/C 110/07 | 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 and the Committee of the Regions — A European retail sector fit for the 21st century’(COM(2018) 219 final) | 41 |
| 2019/C 110/08 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Report on Competition Policy 2017’(COM(2018) 482 final) | 46 |
| 2019/C 110/09 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1588 of 13 July 2015 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of horizontal State aid’(COM(2018) 398 final — 2018/0222 (NLE)) | 52 |
| 2019/C 110/10 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the action of the Union following its accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications’(COM(2018) 365 final — 2018/0189 (COD)) | 55 |
| 2019/C 110/11 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Amended 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); Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority); Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 on European venture capital funds; Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds; Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments; Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European long-term investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market; and (EU) Directive 2015/849/EC on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money-laundering or terrorist financing’(COM(2018) 646 final — 2017/0230 (COD)) | 58 |
| 2019/C 110/12 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Council Joint Action 98/700/JHA, Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council’ — A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018(COM(2018) 631 final — 2018/0330 (COD)) | 62 |
| 2019/C 110/13 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online’ — A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018(COM(2018) 640 final — 2018-0331 (COD)) | 67 |
| 2019/C 110/14 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 as regards a verification procedure related to infringements of rules on the protection of personal data in the context of elections to the European Parliament’(COM(2018) 636 final — 2018/0328 (COD)) | 72 |
| 2019/C 110/15 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Defence Fund’(COM(2018) 476 final) | 75 |
| 2019/C 110/16 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)’(COM(2018) 380 final) | 82 |
| 2019/C 110/17 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Creative Europe programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013)’(COM(2018) 366 final) | 87 |
| 2019/C 110/18 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum requirements for water reuse (rolling programme)’(COM(2018) 337 final) | 94 |
| 2019/C 110/19 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the alignment of reporting obligations in the field of environment policy and thereby amending Directives 86/278/EEC, 2002/49/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2007/2/EC, 2009/147/EC and 2010/63/EU, Regulations (EC) No 166/2006 and (EU) No 995/2010, and Council Regulations (EC) No 338/97 and (EC) No 2173/2005’(COM(2018) 381 final — 2018/0205 (COD)) | 99 |
| 2019/C 110/20 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council’(COM(2018) 390 final — 2018/0210 (COD)) | 104 |
| 2019/C 110/21 | 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 and the Committee of the Regions: A Europe that protects: clean air for all’(COM(2018) 330 final) | 112 |
| 2019/C 110/22 | Opinion on the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1005/2008, and Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards fisheries control’(COM(2018) 368 final — 2018/0193 (COD)) | 118 |
| 2019/C 110/23 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/106/EC on the minimum level of training of seafarers and repealing Directive 2005/45/EC’(COM(2018) 315 final — 2018/0162 (COD)) | 125 |
| 2019/C 110/24 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 2021-2025 complementing Horizon Europe — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation’(COM(2018) 437 final — 2018/0226 (NLE)) | 132 |
| 2019/C 110/25 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2007/198/Euratom establishing the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and conferring advantages upon it’(COM(2018) 445 final — 2018/0235 (NLE)) | 136 |
| 2019/C 110/26 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing the nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania (Ignalina programme), and repealing Council Regulation (EU) No 1369/2013’ and (COM(2018) 466 final — 2018/0251 (NLE))‘Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a dedicated financial programme for decommissioning of nuclear facilities and management of radioactive waste, and repealing Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1368/2013’ and (COM(2018) 467 final — 2018/0252 (NLE))‘Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the evaluation and implementation of the EU nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania’(COM(2018) 468 final) | 141 |
| 2019/C 110/27 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a Convention establishing a multilateral court for the settlement of investment disputes’(COM(2017) 493 final) | 145 |
| 2019/C 110/28 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III)’(COM(2018) 465 final — 2018/0247 (COD)) | 156 |
| 2019/C 110/29 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument and Nuclear Safety Cooperation Instrument’(COM(2018) 460 final — 2018/0243 (COD)) | 163 |

III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

539th EESC plenary session, 12.12.2018-13.12.2018

2019/C 110/07

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 and the Committee of the Regions — A European retail sector fit for the 21st century’(COM(2018) 219 final)

(COM(2018) 219 final)

41

2019/C 110/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Report on Competition Policy 2017’(COM(2018) 482 final)

(COM(2018) 482 final)

46

2019/C 110/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1588 of 13 July 2015 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of horizontal State aid’(COM(2018) 398 final — 2018/0222 (NLE))

(COM(2018) 398 final — 2018/0222 (NLE))

52

2019/C 110/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the action of the Union following its accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications’(COM(2018) 365 final — 2018/0189 (COD))

(COM(2018) 365 final — 2018/0189 (COD))

55

2019/C 110/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Amended 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); Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority); Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 on European venture capital funds; Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds; Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments; Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European long-term investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market; and (EU) Directive 2015/849/EC on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money-laundering or terrorist financing’(COM(2018) 646 final — 2017/0230 (COD))

(COM(2018) 646 final — 2017/0230 (COD))

58

2019/C 110/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Council Joint Action 98/700/JHA, Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council’ — A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018(COM(2018) 631 final — 2018/0330 (COD))

(COM(2018) 631 final — 2018/0330 (COD))

62

2019/C 110/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online’ — A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018(COM(2018) 640 final — 2018-0331 (COD))

(COM(2018) 640 final — 2018-0331 (COD))

67

2019/C 110/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 as regards a verification procedure related to infringements of rules on the protection of personal data in the context of elections to the European Parliament’(COM(2018) 636 final — 2018/0328 (COD))

(COM(2018) 636 final — 2018/0328 (COD))

72

2019/C 110/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Defence Fund’(COM(2018) 476 final)

(COM(2018) 476 final)

75

2019/C 110/16

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)’(COM(2018) 380 final)

(COM(2018) 380 final)

82

2019/C 110/17

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Creative Europe programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013)’(COM(2018) 366 final)

(COM(2018) 366 final)

87

2019/C 110/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum requirements for water reuse (rolling programme)’(COM(2018) 337 final)

(COM(2018) 337 final)

94

2019/C 110/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the alignment of reporting obligations in the field of environment policy and thereby amending Directives 86/278/EEC, 2002/49/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2007/2/EC, 2009/147/EC and 2010/63/EU, Regulations (EC) No 166/2006 and (EU) No 995/2010, and Council Regulations (EC) No 338/97 and (EC) No 2173/2005’(COM(2018) 381 final — 2018/0205 (COD))

(COM(2018) 381 final — 2018/0205 (COD))

99

2019/C 110/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council’(COM(2018) 390 final — 2018/0210 (COD))

(COM(2018) 390 final — 2018/0210 (COD))

104

2019/C 110/21

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 and the Committee of the Regions: A Europe that protects: clean air for all’(COM(2018) 330 final)

(COM(2018) 330 final)

112

2019/C 110/22

Opinion on the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1005/2008, and Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards fisheries control’(COM(2018) 368 final — 2018/0193 (COD))

(COM(2018) 368 final — 2018/0193 (COD))

118

2019/C 110/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/106/EC on the minimum level of training of seafarers and repealing Directive 2005/45/EC’(COM(2018) 315 final — 2018/0162 (COD))

(COM(2018) 315 final — 2018/0162 (COD))

125

2019/C 110/24

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 2021-2025 complementing Horizon Europe — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation’(COM(2018) 437 final — 2018/0226 (NLE))

(COM(2018) 437 final — 2018/0226 (NLE))

132

2019/C 110/25

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2007/198/Euratom establishing the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and conferring advantages upon it’(COM(2018) 445 final — 2018/0235 (NLE))

(COM(2018) 445 final — 2018/0235 (NLE))

136

2019/C 110/26

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing the nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania (Ignalina programme), and repealing Council Regulation (EU) No 1369/2013’ and (COM(2018) 466 final — 2018/0251 (NLE))‘Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a dedicated financial programme for decommissioning of nuclear facilities and management of radioactive waste, and repealing Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1368/2013’ and (COM(2018) 467 final — 2018/0252 (NLE))‘Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the evaluation and implementation of the EU nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania’(COM(2018) 468 final)

(COM(2018) 466 final — 2018/0251 (NLE))

(COM(2018) 467 final — 2018/0252 (NLE))

(COM(2018) 468 final)

141

2019/C 110/27

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a Convention establishing a multilateral court for the settlement of investment disputes’(COM(2017) 493 final)

(COM(2017) 493 final)

145

2019/C 110/28

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III)’(COM(2018) 465 final — 2018/0247 (COD))

(COM(2018) 465 final — 2018/0247 (COD))

156

2019/C 110/29

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument and Nuclear Safety Cooperation Instrument’(COM(2018) 460 final — 2018/0243 (COD))

(COM(2018) 460 final — 2018/0243 (COD))

163

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