ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 237

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 61
6 July 2018

Contents

page

I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

OPINIONS

European Economic and Social Committee

533rd EESC plenary session, 14.3.2018-15.3.2018

2018/C 237/01

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘A socially sustainable concept for raising living standards, boosting growth and employment, as well as citizens’ security in the digital era’ (exploratory opinion at the request of the Bulgarian Presidency)

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2018/C 237/02

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Future of work — acquiring of appropriate knowledge and skills to meet the needs of future jobs’ (Exploratory opinion requested by the Bulgarian Presidency)

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III   Preparatory acts

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

533rd EESC plenary session, 14.3.2018-15.3.2018

2018/C 237/03

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 — Tackling Illegal Content Online — Towards an enhanced responsibility of online platforms’(COM(2017) 555 final)

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2018/C 237/04

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Mid-term evaluation of the Copernicus programme (2014-2020) (COM(2017) 617 final)

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2018/C 237/05

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee — A balanced IP enforcement system responding to today’s societal challenges (COM(2017) 707 final) — Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee — Guidance on certain aspects of Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (COM(2017) 708 final) — Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee — Setting out the EU approach to standard essential patents (COM(2017) 712 final)

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2018/C 237/06

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2019-2020) complementing the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation’(COM(2017) 698 final — 2017/312 (NLE))

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2018/C 237/07

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the: ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee on the follow-up to the Action Plan on VAT — Towards a single EU VAT area — Time to act’(COM(2017) 566 final) — ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 as regards the certified taxable person’(COM(2017) 567 final — 2017/0248 (CNS)) — ‘Proposal for a Council Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2011 as regards certain exemptions for intra-Community transactions’(COM(2017) 568 final — 2017/0249 (NLE)) — ‘Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards harmonising and simplifying certain rules in the value added tax system and introducing the definitive system for the taxation of trade between Member States’(COM(2017) 569 final — 2017/0251 (CNS))

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2018/C 237/08

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Central Bank, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on completing the Banking Union (COM(2017) 592 final)

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2018/C 237/09

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) 2017/825 to increase the financial envelope of the Structural Reform Support Programme and adapt its general objective’(COM(2017) 825 final — 2017/0334 (COD)) — ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards support to structural reforms in Member States’(COM(2017) 826 final — 2017/0336 (COD))

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2018/C 237/10

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (COM(2017) 677 final — 2017/0305 (NLE))

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2018/C 237/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Joint communication to the European Parliament and the Council for a renewed impetus of the Africa-EU Partnership’(JOIN(2017) 17 final)

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2018/C 237/12

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European citizens’ initiative’ (COM(2017) 0482 final — 2017/0220 (COD))

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