Europe Daily News, 07 January 2020

COMPETITION

• Commission clears acquisition of sole control of SAS Autosystemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG by Faurecia Automotive GmbH (M.9629) - Midday Express
• Answer given by Ms Vestager to a MEP written question - Implications of the Commission’s competition decision for the Secop compressor manufacturing plant in Fürstenfeld
• Belgium - Notification - MEDE-C/C-19-0049: Automotive & Mobility Invest NV / Groep Coox
• UK CMA publishes notice to cancel Illumina / Pacific Biosciences of California Phase 2 merger investigation

STATE AID

• Answer given by Ms Vestager to a MEP written question - Rescue of the German bank NordLb and unequal treatment of European savers

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: CLEN - Meetings of the participants in proficiency tests (main group) of 19 February 2020
• Agenda for: Plenary meeting of the Customs Laboratories European Network (CLEN) (main group) of 07 February 2020
• WTO - European Union - Certain Measures concerning Palm Oil and Oil Palm Crop-Based Biofuels - Request to join consultations - Communication from Costa Rica
• WTO - European Union - Certain Measures concerning Palm Oil and Oil Palm Crop-Based Biofuels - Request to join consultations - Communication from Guatemala
• WTO - Proposed agenda for the Dispute Settlement Body - 8 January 2020
• EU crisis: Austria rejects major trade deal in huge blow for Brussels - Bilaterals.org

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• ESMA clarifies SFTR reporting

ENERGY

• New electricity rules enters into force
• EU Energy Day - on the road to becoming a climate-neutral continent - 13 January 2020
• Host a session at the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2020 - 22-26 June 2020 
• ACER launches three public consultations on implementation of Clean Energy Package

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Minutes of the ABS Expert Group meeting of 14 October 2019
• EU rule change spurs German car boom - Financial Times

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• Decision No 2/2019 of the Joint European Union/Switzerland Air Transport Committee set up under the Agreement Between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport of 10 December 2019 replacing the Annex to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport
• ACEA Position Paper: European Transport Policy after 2020

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Big Tech resists new EU digital rules - Financial Times

CONSUMER PROTECTION

• New Deal for Consumers: new rules to boost consumer protection enter into force - Midday Express
• Rapid Alert System - Weekly Report - Report 1 (Published on: 03/01/2020)

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Agenda for: Council of the EU (Economic & Financial Affairs) of 21 January 2020 - List of "A Items"
• The fundamentals of safe assets - ECB Working Paper Series No.2355
• A Phillips curve for the euro area - ECB Working Paper Series No.2354

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Agenda for: Council of the EU (Foreign Affairs) of 10 January 2020
• Statement by President von der Leyen on recent developments related to Iran and Iraq
• Europe needs a joined-up policy towards Africa - Financial Times