COMPETITION
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9574 — Associated British Foods/Wilmar International/AB Mauri Yihai Kerry China Investment Holding Company)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9477 — STEAG/OYAK/SET)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9640 — BCP/CD&R Fund X/BrandSafway)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9612 — Central Group/SIGNA Prime/Mahis JV)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9698 — Platinum Equity Group/Biscuit International)
- Commission clears acquisition of joint control over DMV Fonterra Excipients by Royal FrieslandCampina and CVC Capital Partners (M.9610) - Midday Express
- Slovak Republic - AMO SR has initiated administrative proceedings concerning the concentration of the companies Bosch (Shanghai) Investment Consulting Limited Company and Gobi Chuangying (Shanghai) Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd.
- Slovak Republic - AMO SR approved the concentration of the companies MiddleCap Group S.A. and BBF Tech, a.s.
- Ireland - CCPC publishes 2019 annual merger and acquisition statistics
STATE AID
- State aid in 2018 amounted to PLN 26.21 billion - see the UOKiK report
TRADE
- Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Services and Investment) of 13 January 2019
- Answer given by Mr Varhelyi to a MEP written question - Request for an end to the sale by some EU countries of scrap steel to Turkey
- Update of list of countries applying the Registered Exporter System as of 03 January 2020
- France and US seek to resolve digital tax dispute - Officials to hold talks to head off new round of US trade sanctions - Financial Times
- No 10 vision of fast-track trade deal at odds with industry - PM’s view on regulatory divergence criticised as it would bring friction at border - Financial Times
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- SMEunited Position Paper on Ranking Transparency Guidelines - Article 5(7) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1150
FINANCIAL SERVICES
- ESMA clarifies rules for CCPs’ membership criteria and due diligence
- ESMA assesses EU financial market impact of circuit breakers
AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES
- Commissioner Wojciechowski in Croatia to discuss the future Common Agricultural Policy - See the Factsheet "CAP in Croatia" - Midday Express
- Answer given by Mr Wojciechowski to a MEP written question - The negative impact on small and medium-sized farmers of the intense economic rivalry between the EU and the US
- Answer given by Mr Wojciechowski to a MEP written question - Labelling of organic products
ENERGY
- Agenda for: Working Party on Energy of 09 January 2019
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Biosafety) of 14 January 2019
HEALTH FOOD PRODUCT SAFETY
- Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Notification procedure regarding legislation on glyphosate in Austria
- EFSA - Acute human exposure assessment to tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9‐THC)
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- Wealth effect on consumption during the sovereign debt crisis: households heterogeneity in the euro area - ECB Working Paper Series No.2357
- Bank funding costs and solvency - ECB Working Paper Series No.2356
- Euro area annual inflation up to 1.3% - Stat/2/2020
- Volume of retail trade up by 1.0% in euro area - Stat/23/2020
FUTURE OF EUROPE & BREXIT
- Research and analysis: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: RPC opinion
- What to expect on Brexit talks from Von der Leyen’s UK visit - Brussels wants the EU to be ready to begin negotiations with Britain on March 1 - Financial Times
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- The Council added five names to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali (See Regulation (EU) 2020/8, Decision (CFSP) 2020/9, Notice 1 & 2)
- Statement by President von der Leyen after the special College meeting on 8 January 2020, discussing the tensions in Iraq, Iran, the wider Middle East as well as Libya
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