European Economic and Social Committee 18 May 2006, Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the EU campaign to conserve biodiversity: position and contribution of civil society

18.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 195/96 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the EU campaign to conserve biodiversity: position and contribution of civil society (2006/C 195/24) In a letter dated 13 September 2005, the Austrian presidency, acting under Article 262 of the EC Treaty, asked the European Economic and Social Committee to draw up an exploratory