Europe Daily News, 28 August 2024

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11709 - CKI / CKA / Target Wind Farms and Assets)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11629 - Geogas / NYK / DIF / Marigold / FLS JV)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11655 - Wendel / PEP / Globeducate)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11640 - Genstar / TA / Affinipay)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11609 - KKR / Impilo / Immedica)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11628 - Platinum Equity Group / Sunrise Medical)
• Commission clears acquisition of joint control of Gordon Technologies by ADRILL and ADH (M.11635) - Midday Express 

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Minutes of the 9th Meeting of the Commission Expert Group on Firearms Exports Coordination - 01 & 02 July 2024
• Germany’s slow-motion move away from China - Germany is starting to distance itself from China, but the auto industry isn’t so keen - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Minutes and Submissions of the 50th formal meeting - "SME Envoy Network" - 13 June 2024

CHEMICAL

• Agenda for: Meeting of the REACH Committee - 20 September 2024
• ECHA - Agenda for: Meeting of the SEAC Committee - 17 to 20 September 2024
• ECHA - Agenda for: 52nd meeting of the Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) - 17 & 18 September 2024
• ECHA - Agenda for 70th meeting of the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC-70) - 16 to 20 September 2024
• ECHA - Agenda for: 4th Meeting of the Committee for Risk Assessment - DWD Working Group reporting to RAC-71 - 24 September 2024
• ECHA - Report of the 14th Meeting of the Committee for Risk Assessment Working Group on Harmonised Classification and Labelling (RAC-70 CLH WG) - 01 to 03 July 2024

FINANCE

• ESMA - Ongoing Consultation: Draft Implementing Technical Standards for uniform reporting under the Single Euro Payments Area Regulation (EBA/CP/2024/19) - Deadline 31 October 2024
• ESMA - Ongoing Consultation: Draft Implementing Technical Standards overhauling the EBA resolution planning reporting framework (EBA/CP/2024/18) - Deadline 30 October 2024

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE 

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Climate Change Committee - 29 August 2024
• Agenda for: 20th meeting of the IED Article 75 Committee - 17 September 2024
• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Biosafety) - 04 September 2024

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Minutes of the Fourth meeting of the GPSR Committee - 03 July 2024
• Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - The EU’s investment in vaccine R&D: funding, support and intellectual property considerations

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• EU and China launch cross-border data flows communication mechanism - Midday Express

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Minutes of the 3rd meeting of the Commission Expert Group for the Implementation of Directive (EU) 2021/555 (the Firearms Directive) - 02 & 03 July 2024
• Half of EIB staff fear reprisals for whistleblowing, survey finds - Leaked internal report reflects widespread concerns about work culture at world’s biggest multilateral lender - Financial Times
• Italy steps up clampdown on boats rescuing migrants in Mediterranean Sea - Impounding of MSF’s ship for 60 days is 23rd seizure of a vessel by Giorgia Meloni’s government - Financial Times

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY 

• ECB - Monetary developments in the euro area: July 2024
• The life-cycle dynamics of wealth mobility - ECB Working Paper Series No.2976
• The aggregate and distributional implications of credit shocks on housing and rental markets - ECB Working Paper Series No.2977

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Agenda for: Informal meetings of EU Foreign Affairs & Defence Ministers in Brussels - 29 & 30 August 2024
• Nicaragua: Statement by the Spokesperson on the closure of over 1,500 Non-Governmental Organisations