543rd EESC plenary session, Brussel - Hoofdinhoud

543

15-16/05/2019

Charlemagne building (European Commission)

S3

15/05/2019, 14:30

16/05/2019, 09:00

Group II

Room JDE 51

Group III

Room JDE 62

OPENING OF THE PLENARY SESSION

European Commission Charlemagne building

Room S3

Presence of a quorum

Adoption of the draft agenda

Approval of the minutes of the 542nd plenary session, held on 20 and 21 March 2019

Statement by the president

Resolution "Let's turn out and vote for a united Europe"

EESC-2019-01478-00-01-RES-TRA

Rapporteurs: Stefano Mallia (Gr. I-MT), Cinzia Del Rio (Gr. II-IT), Dilyana Slavova (Gr. III-BG)

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  Introduction by Luca Jahier, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
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  Statements by the rapporteurs, Stefano Mallia, Cinzia Del Rio and Dilyana Slavova
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  General discussion - statements by group presidents/members on behalf of the groups
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  Replies by the rapporteurs
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  Conclusions by Luca Jahier

OPINIONS

TO BE PUT STRAIGHT TO THE VOTE

CCMI/166

Working with asbestos in energy renovation (own-initiative opinion)

EESC-2018-04791-00-00-AS-TRA

Rapporteur: Aurel Laurenţiu Plosceanu (Gr. I-RO)

Co-rapporteur: Enrico Gibellieri (IT)

ECO/487

Strengthening administrative cooperation for combating VAT fraud (e-commerce)

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 as regards measures to strengthen administrative cooperation in order to combat VAT fraud

COM(2018) 813 final - 2018/0413 CNS

EESC-2019-00105-00-00-AS-TRA

Rapporteur: Krister Andersson (Gr. I-SE)

ECO/488

VAT - certain requirements for payment service providers

Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards introducing certain requirements for payment service providers

COM(2018) 812 final -2018/0412 CNS

Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 as regards provisions relating to distance sales of goods and certain domestic supplies of goods

COM(2018) 819 final - 2018/0415 CNS

EESC-2019-00106-00-00-AS-TRA

Rapporteur: Krister Andersson (Gr. I-SE)

INT/877

Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence

COM(2018) 795 final

EESC-2018-05386-00-00-AS-TRA

Rapporteur: Tellervo Kylä-Harakka-Ruonala (Gr. I-FI)

NAT/758

Communication updating the 2012 Bio-economy Strategy

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A sustainable Bioeconomy for Europe: Strengthening the connection between economy, society and the environment

COM(2018) 673 final

EESC-2018-06204-00-00-AS-TRA

Rapporteur: Mindaugas Maciulevičius (Gr. III-LT)

Co-rapporteur: Udo Hemmerling (Gr. I-DE)

NAT/772

Global data collection system for ship fuel oil consumption data

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2015/757 in order to take appropriate account of the global data collection system for ship fuel oil consumption data

COM(2019) 38 final - 2019/0017 COD

EESC-2019-01686-00-00-AS-TRA

Rapporteur: Constantine Catsambis (Gr. I-EL)

OPINIONS

TO BE DISCUSSED

SOC/610

Gender equality issues (own-initiative opinion)

EESC-2018-04753-00-00-AS-TRA

Rapporteur: Indrė Vareikytė (Gr. III-LT)

CCMI/165

Economic, technological and social changes in advanced health services for the elderly (own-initiative opinion)

EESC-2018-04518-00-00-AS-TRA

Rapporteur: Marian Krzaklewski (Gr. II-PL)

Co-rapporteur: Jean-Pierre Haber (FR)

INT/876

Single market communication

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - The Single Market in a changing world: A unique asset in need of renewed political commitment

COM(2018) 772 final

EESC-2018-05252-00-00-AS-TRA

Rapporteur: Gonçalo Lobo Xavier (Gr. I-PT)

Co-rapporteur: Juan Mendoza Castro (Gr. II-ES)

INT/875

Social economy enterprises' contribution to a more cohesive and democratic Europe (exploratory opinion requested by the Romanian presidency)

EESC-2018-05559-00-00-AS-TRA

Rapporteur: Alain Coheur (Gr. III-BE)

SOC/611

European philanthropy: an untapped potential (exploratory opinion requested by the Romanian Presidency)

EESC-2018-05416-00-00-PA-TRA

Rapporteur: Petru Sorin Dandea (Gr. II-RO)

ADJOURNMENT

RESUMPTION

Debate on the challenges of competition policy for the new European Commission and the new European Parliament, in particular in the context of the digital economy and sustainable development, with Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition

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  Introduction by Luca Jahier, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
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  Statement by Margrethe Vestager
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  General discussion  statements by group presidents/members on behalf of the groups
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  Reply by Margrethe Vestager
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  Conclusions by Luca Jahier

Debate on anti-Semitism, with Raya Kalenova, vice-president of the European Jewish Congress, Michał Bilewicz, associate professor at the Centre for Research on Prejudice, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, and Joël Kotek, professor at the Free University of Brussels and the Paris Institute of Political Studies, member of the Scientific Council of the Museum of the Shoah and Human Rights of Mechelen, Belgian correspondent of the University of Tel Aviv

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  Introduction by Luca Jahier, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
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  Statements by Raya Kalenova, Michał Bilewicz and Joël Kotek
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  General discussion  statements by group presidents/members on behalf of the groups
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  Replies by Raya Kalenova, Michał Bilewicz and Joël Kotek
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  Conclusions by Luca Jahier

Any other business

Date of the next plenary session

END OF THE PLENARY SESSION