# Official Journal C 175/2009

| | ISSN 1725-2423
  doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2009.175.eng |
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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 175 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5228 July 2009 |

ISSN 1725-2423

doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2009.175.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 175

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5228 July 2009

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions |
| | OPINIONS |
| | 449th plenary session held on 3 and 4 December 2008 |
| 2009/C 175/01 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Future investments in the nuclear industry and the role of such investments in EU energy policy’ | 1 |
| 2009/C 175/02 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘High-speed access for all: development of the scope of universal service for electronic communications’ | 8 |
| 2009/C 175/03 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Effective governance of the renewed Lisbon Strategy’ | 13 |
| 2009/C 175/04 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Economic democracy in the internal market’ | 20 |
| 2009/C 175/05 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The proactive law approach: a further step towards better regulation at EU level’ | 26 |
| 2009/C 175/06 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Meeting the challenges of the WEEE management in the EU’ | 34 |
| 2009/C 175/07 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The need for concerted action at EU level to strengthen civil society in rural areas, with particular regard to new Member States’ | 37 |
| 2009/C 175/08 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The social implications of transport and energy developments’ | 43 |
| 2009/C 175/09 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The European aeronautics industry: current situation and prospects’ | 50 |
| 2009/C 175/10 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Developments in the retail industry and impact on suppliers and consumers’ | 57 |
| 2009/C 175/11 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Industrial change, territorial development and responsibility of companies’ | 63 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

449th plenary session held on 3 and 4 December 2008

2009/C 175/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Future investments in the nuclear industry and the role of such investments in EU energy policy’

1

2009/C 175/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘High-speed access for all: development of the scope of universal service for electronic communications’

8

2009/C 175/03

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Effective governance of the renewed Lisbon Strategy’

13

2009/C 175/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Economic democracy in the internal market’

20

2009/C 175/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The proactive law approach: a further step towards better regulation at EU level’

26

2009/C 175/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Meeting the challenges of the WEEE management in the EU’

34

2009/C 175/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The need for concerted action at EU level to strengthen civil society in rural areas, with particular regard to new Member States’

37

2009/C 175/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The social implications of transport and energy developments’

43

2009/C 175/09

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘The European aeronautics industry: current situation and prospects’

50

2009/C 175/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Developments in the retail industry and impact on suppliers and consumers’

57

2009/C 175/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Industrial change, territorial development and responsibility of companies’

63

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| | III   Preparatory acts |
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| | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE |
| | 449th plenary session held on 3 and 4 December 2008 |
| 2009/C 175/12 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Green Paper — effective enforcement of judgments in the European Union: the transparency of debtors' assets’ | 73 |
| 2009/C 175/13 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/26/EC on settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems and Directive 2002/47/EC on financial collateral arrangements as regards linked systems and credit claims’ | 78 |
| 2009/C 175/14 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament — Better careers and more mobility: a European partnership for researchers’ | 81 |
| 2009/C 175/15 | Opinion of the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Council Decision 2001/470/EC establishing a European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters’ | 84 |
| 2009/C 175/16 | 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 — Addressing the challenge of energy efficiency through Information and Communication Technologies’ | 87 |
| 2009/C 175/17 | 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 on Advancing the Internet Action Plan for the deployment of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in Europe’ | 92 |
| 2009/C 175/18 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) No .../... amending Council Regulation (EC) No 219/2007 on the establishment of a joint undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system (SESAR)’ | 97 |
| 2009/C 175/19 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the competitiveness of the metals industries — A contribution to the EU's growth and jobs strategy’ | 100 |
| 2009/C 175/20 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliamenton innovative and sustainable forest-based industries in the EU A contribution to the EU's Growth and Jobs Strategy’ | 105 |
| 2009/C 175/21 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees’ | 109 |
| 2009/C 175/22 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare’ | 116 |
| 2009/C 175/23 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive .../.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of [...] on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 48 of the Treaty, in respect of the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent’ | 122 |
| 2009/C 175/24 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive .../.../EC of [...] determining the scope of Article 143(b) and (c) of Directive 2006/112/EC as regards exemption from value added tax on the final importation of certain goods on the common system of value added tax (codification)’ | 123 |

III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

449th plenary session held on 3 and 4 December 2008

2009/C 175/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Green Paper — effective enforcement of judgments in the European Union: the transparency of debtors' assets’

73

2009/C 175/13

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/26/EC on settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems and Directive 2002/47/EC on financial collateral arrangements as regards linked systems and credit claims’

78

2009/C 175/14

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament — Better careers and more mobility: a European partnership for researchers’

81

2009/C 175/15

Opinion of the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption on the ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Council Decision 2001/470/EC establishing a European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters’

84

2009/C 175/16

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 — Addressing the challenge of energy efficiency through Information and Communication Technologies’

87

2009/C 175/17

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 on Advancing the Internet Action Plan for the deployment of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in Europe’

92

2009/C 175/18

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) No .../... amending Council Regulation (EC) No 219/2007 on the establishment of a joint undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system (SESAR)’

97

2009/C 175/19

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the competitiveness of the metals industries — A contribution to the EU's growth and jobs strategy’

100

2009/C 175/20

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliamenton innovative and sustainable forest-based industries in the EU A contribution to the EU's Growth and Jobs Strategy’

105

2009/C 175/21

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees’

109

2009/C 175/22

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare’

116

2009/C 175/23

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Directive .../.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of [...] on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 48 of the Treaty, in respect of the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent’

122

2009/C 175/24

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive .../.../EC of [...] determining the scope of Article 143(b) and (c) of Directive 2006/112/EC as regards exemption from value added tax on the final importation of certain goods on the common system of value added tax (codification)’

123

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