EU CORONAVIRUS
ECONOMY
- Statement of EU ministers of finance on the Stability and Growth Pact in light of the COVID-19 crisis
- Coronavirus: EU countries to get help from Solidarity Fund - See EP the Statement
- Can the ECB avert a eurozone crisis? - Financial Times
COMPETITION
- Italy - AGCM - Coronavirus emergency, the Authority orders the removal of all references to preventive effectiveness against COVID - 19 of the products advertised and marketed on the website https://carlitashop.com and on its Instagram page
- Italy - AGCM - Coronavirus emergency, precautionary action against the gofundme.com website which manages fundraising for charity purposes
STATE AID
- Commission approves €300 million Luxembourg scheme to support companies affected by coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/516
- Commission approves state support for €250 million Latvian subsidised loan scheme and loan guarantee scheme for companies affected by coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/508
HEALTH
- COVID-19: EU institutions take action to procure life-saving medical equipment - See EP the Statement
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- Commission discusses with telecom operators how to join forces to fight Coronavirus outbreak - Midday Express
TRANSPORT MOBILITY
- Coronavirus: Commission presents practical guidance to ensure continuous flow of goods across EU via green lanes - IP/20/510, see the Guidelines
- Coronavirus: facts about your passenger rights - See the EP Statement
INSTITUTIONS
- Council Decision (EU) 2020/430 of 23 March 2020 on a temporary derogation from the Council’s Rules of Procedure in view of the travel difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Union
DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY
- The EDPB April Plenary Session has been cancelled due to safety concerns surrounding the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
COMPETITION
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9715 — PCG/PCC/JV)
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9684 — Parks Bottom/Omers/Accor/Fairmont Hotels)
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9659 — Telia Company/CapMan AIFM/JV)
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9721 — APG/IRCP/Merkur)
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9754 — KII/Infor)
- Monitoring Trustee in Case M.9449 - VAG/ Varta
- EU publishes RWE-E.On deal clearance decision - M.8871 RWE/E.on Assets
- Antitrust: Commission prolongs the validity of block exemption for liner shipping consortia - IP/20/518, see the Regulation and the Replies to the public consultation
- Commission clears acquisition of Peel Ports by AustralianSuper, Peel Group and DWS (M.9765) - Midday Express
- Romania - The Competition Council authorized the transaction through which STADA Arzneimittel AG intends to take over Walmark AS
- UK - The CMA has released and is consulting on its provisional findings into a dispute between the CAA and NERL regarding air traffic control charges
- UK - The CMA issued a statement of objections alleging that Korg (UK) Limited (Korg UK) has breached UK and/or EU competition law by restricting retailer freedom to discount the online retail prices of synthesizers and hi-tech equipment supplied by Korg UK.
- UK - The CMA has published a non-confidential version of the decision in this case, in which Fender was fined £4.5 million for breaking competition law by engaging in resale price maintenance (RPM)
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Answer given by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - Chinese threats of trade restrictions towards Sweden
- Answer given by Mr Hogan to a MEP written question - EU-Japan economic partnership agreement
- Answer given by Mr Hogan to a MEP written question - Importance of a strong European trading bloc in the context of the growing technology race between China and the USA
- WTO members aim to keep up momentum in fisheries subsidies negotiations
- EU puts challenges to Vietnamese agricultural producers - Bilaterals.org
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Final Report by the GPC task force on "Openness and Transparency of Networks"
- Minutes of the Meeting of the RMSG Subgroup ‘Exchanging best practices on land use planning, permitting and geological knowledge’ meeting of 29 January 2020
FINANCIAL SERVICES
- ESMA has published the ESEF Conformance Suite to facilitate implementation of the ESEF Regulation
TAXATION
- Agenda for: Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) - Subgroups on internal and external issues of 20 April 2020
ENERGY
- Online workshop provides useful input into discussion on methane reduction - See the Presentation
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): Second meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (Rome, 24-29 February 2020): - Statements by the EU and its Member States
- Answer given by Mr Sinkevicius to a MEP written question - Information on actions under the EU Pollinators Initiative
- Answer given by Mr Sinkevicius to a MEP written question - Air pollution in Bucharest
- Answer given by Executive VP Timmermans to a MEP written question - Tackling runaway CO₂ emissions from waste incineration
- Answer given by Executive VP Timmermans to a MEP written question - Soil organic carbon in LULUCF
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
- EFSA - Bees and pesticides: third consultation on guidance review
DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET
- Answer given by the European Commission to a MEP written question - Security of 5G networks
- EU goes back to drawing board on digital strategy - Financial Times
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- Real-time weakness of the global economy: a first assessment of the coronavirus crisis - ECB Working Paper Series No.2381 - March 2020
FUTURE OF EUROPE
- Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.2) of 24 & 25 March 2020
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- EUTM Mali: Council extends training mission with broadened mandate and increased budget (See Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/434)
- Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/435 of 23 March 2020 amending Decision 2011/173/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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