538th plenary session: meeting of the Employers' Group, Brussel - Hoofdinhoud

Group I - Agenda October 2018

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European Economic and Social Committee

Employers Group

Brussels, 15 October 2018

The Group president, Mr Krawczyk, invites you to attend the Group I meeting, to be held on

Wednesday 17 October 2018

Room JDE 52

from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The following items are on the agenda:

10 a.m. Opening and welcome by the President

Adoption of the Agenda

Approval of the Minutes of the meetings held on 3 and 19 September 2018

EESC-2018-04768-00-00-PV-TRA and EESC-2018-04771-00-00-PV-TRA

10.10 a.m. President's Statement

Briefing on the EESC Bureau meeting

10.30 a.m. Opinions to be discussed at the Plenary Session and key opinions

11.30 a.m. Adoption of the Group I Sustainable Development Strategy, introduced by

Tellervo Kylä-Harakka-Ruonala

11.50 a.m. Information from EFNI, introduced by Lech Pilawski

12 noon Information on the Implementing provisions to the Rules of Procedures of the Employers' Group, introduced by Laurenţiu Plosceanu

12.10 p.m. Discussion on the rules for interventions during the plenary towards guests, introduced by Philippe de Buck

12.40 p.m. Key opinions for the December Plenary

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1 p.m. Close of meeting.

Opinions to be discussed at the Plenary Session and key opinions

• - 

  ECO Section, Vice-President Mr Pietkiewicz

  ECO/456

  Sustainable finance

  COM(2018) 97 final

  Rapporteur: Carlos TRIAS PINTÓ (GRIII-ES)

  Outcome of the vote: 64/5/18

  ECO/461

  Common Provisions Regulation 2021-2027

  COM(2018) 375 final

  Rapporteur: Stefano MALLIA (GRI-MT)

  Outcome of the vote: 68/0/0

  ECO/462

  Regulation on the European Regional Development Fund 2021-2027

  COM(2018) 372 final

  Rapporteur: Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS (GRIII-EL)

  Co-rapporteur: Ester VITALE (GRII-IT)

  Outcome of the vote: 71/1/1

  ECO/466

  Institutional investors' and asset managers' duties regarding sustainability

  COM(2018) 354 final

  Rapporteur: Carlos TRIAS PINTÓ (GRIII-ES)

  Outcome of the vote: 76/3/8

  ECO/467

  Sustainable Finance: Taxonomy and Benchmarks

  COM(2018) 353 final - COM(2018) 355 final

  Rapporteur: Daniel MAREELS (GRI-BE)

  Outcome of the vote: 73/0/1

  ECO/468

  Review of EU excise duties

  COM(2018) 334 final - COM(2018) 341 final - COM(2018) 346 final - COM(2018) 349 final

  Rapporteur: Jack O'CONNOR (GRII-IE)

  Outcome of the vote: 55/0/0

  ECO/470

  Fiscalis for 2021-2027

  COM(2018) 443 final

  Rapporteur: Krister ANDERSSON (GRI-SE)

  Outcome of the vote: 58/0/0

  ECO/471

  EU sovereign bond-backed securities (SBBS)

  COM(2018) 339 final

  Rapporteur: Daniel MAREELS (GRI-BE)

  Outcome of the vote: 74/1/0

  ECO/472

  Reform Support Programme

  COM(2018) 391 final

  Rapporteur: Petr ZAHRADNÍK (GRI-CZ)

  Outcome of the vote: 66/0/2

  ECO/473

  European Investment Stabilisation Function

  COM(2018) 387 final

  Rapporteur: Philip VON BROCKDORFF (GRII-MT)

  Co-rapporteur: Michael SMYTH (GRIII-UK)

  Outcome of the vote: 79/0/0

  ECO/474

  InvestEU

  COM(2018) 439 final

  Rapporteur: Petr ZAHRADNÍK (GRI-CZ)

  Outcome of the vote: 58/0/1

  ECO/475

  Euro area economic policy 2018

  COM(2017) 770 final

  Rapporteur: Javier DOZ ORRIT (GRII-ES)

  Outcome of the vote: 48/2/1

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  INT Section, Vice-President Mr Dittmann

  INT/841

  Package on European company law

  COM(2018) 239 final - COM(2018) 241 final

  Rapporteur: Dimitris DIMITRIADIS (GRI-EL)

  Co-rapporteur: Norbert KLUGE (GRII-DE)

  Outcome of the vote: 74/0/6

  INT/858

  Horizon Europe

  COM(2018) 435 final - COM(2018) 436 final

  Rapporteur: Gonçalo LOBO XAVIER (GRI-PT)

  Outcome of the vote: 86/0/0

  INT/859

  Single market programme

  COM(2018) 441 final

  Rapporteur: Oliver RÖPKE (GRII-AT)

  Co-rapporteur: Violeta JELIĆ (GRI-HR)

  Outcome of the vote: 82/0/0

  INT/860

  Customs Programme

  COM(2018) 442 final

  Rapporteur: Laure BATUT (GRII-FR)

  Outcome of the vote: 82/0/0

  INT/861

  European Space Programme

  COM(2018) 447 final

  Rapporteur: Raymond HENCKS (GRII-LU)

  Outcome of the vote: 52/0/0

  INT/867

  Taking of evidence and service of documents

  COM(2018) 378 final - COM(2018) 379 final

  Rapporteur: Bernardo HERNÁNDEZ BATALLER (GRIII-ES)

  Outcome of the vote: 58/3/1

  INT/869

  Anti-fraud programme

  COM(2018) 386 final

  Rapporteur: Giuseppe GUERINI (GRIII-IT)

  Outcome of the vote: 49/0/3

  INT/870

  Establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the instrument for financial support for customs control equipment

  COM(2018) 474 final

  Rapporteur: Antonello PEZZINI (GRI-IT)

  Outcome of the vote: 72/0/0

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  SOC Section, President Ms Schweng

  SOC/588

  Education package

  COM(2018) 268 final - COM(2018) 270 final - COM(2018) 272 final - COM(2018) 272 final/2 - COM(2018) 271 final

  Rapporteur: Tatjana BABRAUSKIENĖ (GRII-LT)

  Outcome of the vote: 65/0/1

  SOC/589

  A new European Union youth strategy

  COM(2018) 269 final

  Rapporteur: Michael MCLOUGHLIN (GRIII-IE)

  Co-rapporteur: Adam ROGALEWSKI (GRII-PL)

  Outcome of the vote: 96/0/1

  SOC/590

  A new European agenda for culture

  COM(2018) 267 final

  Rapporteur: Antonello PEZZINI (GRI-IT)

  Outcome of the vote: 50/0/0

  SOC/593

  Strengthening whistleblower protection at EU level

  COM(2018) 214 final - COM(2018) 218 final

  Rapporteur: Franca SALIS-MADINIER (GRII-FR)

  Outcome of the vote: 71/5/12

  SOC/597

  European Social Fund+

  COM(2018) 382 final

  Rapporteur: Krzysztof Stanislaw BALON (GRIII-PL)

  Co-rapporteur: Cinzia DEL RIO (GRII-IT)

  Outcome of the vote: 95/2/1

  SOC/598

  The Union's budget and the rule of law

  COM(2018) 324 final

  Rapporteur: Jukka AHTELA (GRI-FI)

  Outcome of the vote: 82/0/0

  SOC/599

  New Justice, Rights and Values Fund

  COM(2018) 383 final/2 - COM(2018) 384 final

  Rapporteur: Jean-Marc ROIRANT (GRIII-FR)

  Outcome of the vote: 88/0/1

  SOC/600

  Asylum and Migration Fund (AMF) and Integrated Border Management Fund

  COM(2018) 471 final - COM(2018) 473 final

  Rapporteur: Giuseppe IULIANO (GRII-IT)

  Outcome of the vote: 91/0/3

  SOC/601

  Internal Security Fund

  COM(2018) 472 final

  Rapporteur: José Antonio MORENO DÍAZ (GRII-ES)

  Outcome of the vote: 82/0/0

  SOC/602

  Erasmus

  COM(2018) 367 final

  Rapporteur: Tatjana BABRAUSKIENĖ (GRII-LT)

  Co-rapporteur: Imse SPRAGG NILSSON (GRIII-SE)

  Outcome of the vote: 71/0/0

  SOC/603

  European Solidarity Corps (2018)

  COM(2018) 440 final - COM(2018) 440 final/2

  Rapporteur: Michael MCLOUGHLIN (GRIII-IE)

  Outcome of the vote: 84/0/1

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  NAT Section, President Mr Reale

  NAT/735

  European Finance-Climate Pact

  Own-initiative opinion

  Rapporteur: Rudy DE LEEUW (GRII-BE)

  Outcome of the vote: 30/2/0

  NAT/742

  Single use plastics

  COM(2018) 340 final

  Rapporteur: Maria NIKOLOPOULOU (GRII-ES)

  Outcome of the vote: 47/2/1

  NAT/743

  Alignment of environmental reporting

  COM(2018) 381 final

  Rapporteur: Vladimír NOVOTNÝ (GRI-CZ)

  Outcome of the vote: 29/0/0

  NAT/747

  CAP - legislative proposals

  COM(2018) 392 final - COM(2018) 393 final - COM(2018) 394 final/2

  Rapporteur: John BRYAN (GRIII-IE)

  Outcome of the vote: 34/3/5

  NAT/750

  Strengthen EU's civil protection response - rescEU

  COM(2017) 772 final - COM(2017) 772 final/2 - COM(2017) 772 final/3 - COM(2017) 773 final

  Rapporteur: Dimitris DIMITRIADIS (GRI-EL)

  Outcome of the vote: 44/0/0

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  TEN Section, Vice-President Mr Mazzola

  TEN/665

  Accessibility and reuse of public and publicly funded data

  COM(2018) 232 final - COM(2018) 234 final

  Rapporteur: Baiba MILTOVIČA (GRIII-LV)

  Outcome of the vote: 39/0/5

  TEN/666

  Sustainable mobility for Europe

  COM(2018) 293 final

  Rapporteur: Giulia BARBUCCI (GRII-IT)

  Outcome of the vote: 89/0/2

  TEN/667

  Road infrastructure safety management

  COM(2018) 274 final

  Rapporteur: Brian CURTIS (GRII-UK)

  Outcome of the vote: 54/0/0

  TEN/668

  European Maritime Single Window environment and Electronic freight transport information

  COM(2018) 278 final - COM(2018) 279 final

  Rapporteur: Stefan BACK (GRI-SE)

  Outcome of the vote: 52/0/0

  TEN/669

  Implementation of the TEN-T projects

  COM(2018) 277 final

  Rapporteur: Dumitru FORNEA (GRII-RO)

  Outcome of the vote: 82/0/6

  TEN/670 - Weights and dimensions for road vehicles

  COM(2018) 275 final

  TEN/675 - CO2 standards for lorries

  COM(2018) 275 final - COM(2018) 284 final

  Rapporteur: Stefan BACK (GRI-SE)

  Outcome of the vote: 74/1/0

  TEN/673

  Connected and automated mobility

  COM(2018) 283 final

  Rapporteur: Ulrich SAMM (GRI-DE)

  Outcome of the vote: 76/0/0

  TEN/674

  Tyre labelling

  COM(2018) 296 final

  Rapporteur: András EDELÉNYI (GRI-HU)

  Outcome of the vote: 80/0/0

  TEN/677

  Digital Europe programme

  COM(2018) 434 final

  Rapporteur: Norbert KLUGE (GRII-DE)

  Co-rapporteur: Ulrich SAMM (GRI-DE)

  Outcome of the vote: 57/0/1

  TEN/682

  Ship inspection and survey organisations with regard to the United Kingdom's withdrawal proposal

  COM(2018) 567 final

  Rapporteur general: Séamus BOLAND (GRIII-IE)

  TEN/683

  Adjusting TEN-T in the light of Brexit Proposal

  COM(2018) 568 final

  Rapporteur general: Stefan BACK (GRI-SE)

  TEN/685

  Discontinuing seasonal changes of time

  COM(2018) 639 final

  Rapporteur general: Maria NIKOLOPOULOU (GRII-ES)

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  Member of the CCMI Bureau, Mr Stoev

  CCMI/158

  Future challenges and industrial change facing the EU Aerospace Sector

  Rapporteur: Thomas KROPP (DE-GR. I)

  Co-rapporteur: Enrico GIBELLIERI (IT - Cat.2)

  Outcome of the vote: 26/0/0

  CCMI/161

  Strategic developments in industrial policy by 2030, with a view to strengthening the competitiveness and diversity of the industrial base in Europe and focusing on long-term performance within global value chains

  Exploratory opinion requested by the Austrian Presidency

  Rapporteur: Carlos TRIAS PINTÓ (GRIII-ES)

  Co-rapporteur: Gerald KREUZER (AT - Cat.2)

  Outcome of the vote: 26/9/3

  1 p.m. Date of the next Group meeting - 12 December 2018.

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