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Europe Daily News, 14 April 2020

EU CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

COMPETITION

Communication from the Commission Temporary Framework for assessing antitrust issues related to business cooperation in response to situations of urgency stemming from the current COVID-19 outbreak

STATE AID

Commission approves Italian guarantee scheme to support self-employed workers, SMEs and mid-caps affected by coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/656
Commission approves Italian guarantee scheme to support the economy in coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/655
Commission approves German guarantee scheme to stabilise trade credit insurance market in coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/653
Commission approves amendments to previously approved German schemes to further support economy in coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/651
Commission approves €10 billion French guarantee scheme to support domestic credit insurance market in coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/650
Commission approves €3.3 billion Romanian scheme to support SMEs in coronavirus outbreak - IP/20//649
Commission approves Belgian guarantee scheme mobilising €50 billion support for companies affected by coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/648
Commission approves €455 million Swedish guarantee scheme to support airlines affected by coronavirus outbreak - IP/20//647
Commission approves Belgian scheme deferring payment by Walloon airports of concession fees to mitigate economic impact of coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/645
Commission approves €140 million Hungarian scheme to support economy in coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/629
Commission approves €255 million Bulgarian guarantee scheme to support SMEs in coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/627
Commission approves €20 million Portuguese credit line scheme to support fishery and aquaculture sector in coronavirus outbreak - IP/20/609

HEALTH

Communication from the Commission - Guidelines on protection of health, repatriation and travel arrangements for seafarers, passengers and other persons on board ships
Communication from the Commission Guidelines on the optimal and rational supply of medicines to avoid shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak
Flash report -15th Health Security Committee on COVID-19 outbreak of 08 April 2020

CONSUMER PROTECTION

MEPs to discuss how to better protect consumers in times of COVID-19

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

Commission Recommendation (EU) 2020/518 of 8 April 2020 on a common Union toolbox for the use of technology and data to combat and exit from the COVID-19 crisis, in particular concerning mobile applications and the use of anonymised mobility data
DIGITALEUROPE recommendations on health data-processing

ECONOMY

Coronavirus: €2.7 billion from the EU budget to support the EU healthcare sector - Midday Express
Statement by the President of the European Council Charles Michel following the agreement of the Eurogroup
Europe's drive to save jobs risks fuelling north-south inequality - Financial Times

COMPETITION

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9813 – Blackstone/IQSA Holdings)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9774 – Bain Capital Investors/Neuberger Berman/Engineering Ingegneria Informatica)
Commission clears acquisition of van Wylick GmbH by Fyffes Limited (M.9746) - Midday Express
Commission clears acquisition of joint control over Hotel Faro and Hotel Buenaventura by Apollo Capital Management and Lopesan Group (M.9675) - Midday Express
Commission clears acquisition of joint control over SPSI Portugal by José de Mello Residências e Serviços and Ageas Portugal (M.9737) - Midday Express
Answer given by Ms Vestager to a MEP written question - Do airlines comply with competition rules
EU states should buy company stakes to repel China takeovers, says Vestager - Financial Times
Germany - Bundeskartellamt - List of Notified Merger Projects
Greece - Publication of Interim Report of Sector Inquiry into Basic consumer goods
The Netherlands - ACM clears acquisition of publishing company Sanoma Media by rival publisher DPG Media
Romania - The Competition Council authorized the transaction through which Euralis Semences Holding SAS intends to take over the activity of Caussade Semences Group.

TRADE & CUSTOMS

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/516 of 3 April 2020 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN: 8109 90 00)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/517 of 3 April 2020 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN: 6702 10 00)
Negotiations of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement(EPCA) between the EU and the Kyrgyz Republic 2017-2019: Report
The impact of Corona, trade negotiations of Indonesia - European Union disrupted - bilaterals.org

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

Agenda for: 3rd meeting of the Transitional Forum for European R&I Partnerships of 22 April 2020
Decisions adopted by the European Commission by Written Procedure of 14 April 2020
The White Paper on Artificial Intelligence - Briefing - EP ITRE Committee

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

Commission Decision (EU) 2020/519 of 3 April 2020 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the waste management sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)
Coronavirus: Commission presents guidelines on waste management in the coronavirus crisis - Midday Express

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

Bosnia and Herzegovina signs the Joint Procurement Agreement to procure medical countermeasures
Rapid Alert System - Weekly Report - Report 15 (Published on: 10/04/2020)

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY