Europe Daily News 30 August 2021

EU COVID19 RESPONSES

HEALTH

• EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has adopted recommendations that will increase manufacturing capacity and supply of COVID-19 vaccines in the EU - 24.08.2021

STATE AID

• Commission approves €500 million Greek aid scheme to support uncovered fixed costs of companies affected by coronavirus outbreak - IP/21/4101
• Commission approves €11.5 million Irish scheme to support companies active in the events sector in the context of the coronavirus outbreak (SA.64412) - Midday Express

TRADE

• Transparency and authorisation mechanism for vaccines - List of the competent authorities in Member States

COMPETITION

• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10425 - BCP Dornoch Parent/ DexKo)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10244 - Vodafone Group/Safaricom/ Sumitomo/Ethiopia JV)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10358 - Advent International/Eurazeo/ Planet Group)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10414 - Apollo Management/AS Graanul)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10405 - Alba/Swire/JV)
  
• Inapplicability of the Regulation to a notified operation (Case M.9741 - Ines Kaindl/Peter Kaindl/M Kaindl)
• The European Commission issued the public version of its decision to approve private equity firm Ardian's acquisition of Dutch timber-based products manufacturer Deli Home
• Commission clears acquisition of joint control over Campaign Parent by Blackstone and GTCR (M.10402) - Midday Express
• Germany - Merger control: current list of notified mergers
• Poland - UOKiK issued a decision stating that the prices of Solgar brand dietary supplements were determined as a result of an arrangement aimed at limiting competition
• Poland - Kaufland Polska Markety has withdrawn the application to be granted permission to take over the commercial space used by the hypermarket E.Leclerc in Kielce
• The Netherlands - After follow-up investigation, ACM still conditionally clears acquisition of Iddink Group by Sanoma Learning
• UK - The CMA has cleared the anticipated acquisition by CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. of a minority interest in Six Nations Rugby Limited.

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections
• Appeal brought on 4 June 2021 by Ryanair DAC against the judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2021 in Case T-388/20, Ryanair Vs. Commission (Finnair I; Covid-19) - Case C-353/21 P
  Re: To declare in accordance with Articles 263 and 264 TFEU that Commission Decision C(2020) 3387 final of 18 May 2020 on State Aid SA.56809 (2020/N) - Finland - COVID-19: State loan guarantee for Finnair is void
• Appeal brought on 21 May 2021 by Ryanair DAC against the judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2021 in Case T-378/20, Ryanair Vs. Commission (SAS, Denmark; Covid-19) - Case C-321/21 P
  Re: To declare in accordance with Articles 263 and 264 TFEU that Commission Decision C(2020) 2416 final of 15 April 2020 on State Aid SA.56795 (2020/N) - Denmark - Compensation for the damage caused by the COVID-19 outbreak to Scandinavian Airlines is void
• Appeal brought on 21 May 2021 by Ryanair DAC against the judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2021 in Case T-379/20, Ryanair Vs. Commission (SAS, Sweden; Covid-19) - Case C-320/21 P
  Re: To declare in accordance with Articles 263 and 264 TFEU that Commission Decision C(2020) 2784 final of 24 April 2020 on State Aid SA.57061 (2020/N) - Sweden - Compensation for the damage caused by the COVID-19 outbreak to Scandinavian Airlines is void
• Commission approves Belgian Capacity Mechanism - IP/21/4442
• Commission approves €5.7 billion French scheme to support production of electricity from small solar installations on buildings - IP/21/4424

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Export Credits Group of 02 September 2021
• Agenda for: Ad Hoc Working Party on the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) of 02 September 2021
• Draft - Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 as regards certain provisions relating to the origin of goods - See the Annex
• Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, EU Trade Committee as regards modifications to Appendices 2, 2A and 5 to Annex II to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador of the other part
• Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the written procedure by the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits as regards the Common Line on the temporary decrease of the minimum down payment
• Minutes of the 39th meeting Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section (HS/WCO Coordination Sector) from 10th to 12th August 2021
• Minutes of the 26th meeting of the Customs Expert Group - Section ‘Special procedures other than transit’ (CEG/SPE/26) of 24 June 2021
• Ex-officio interim review investigation of the countervailing measures on imports of certain rainbow trout originating in the Republic of Turkey - Note Verbale
• An assertive trade policy: EU's defence measures against unfair trade practices remained effective in 2020 - IP/21/4481, see the Report & Working Document
• State-of-play regarding trade between the EU and Vietnam on the first anniversary of the EU-Vietnam trade agreement
• Report of the CETA Committee on Financial Services of 17 and 22 June 2021
• CETA Regulatory Cooperation Forum: Joint statement by regulators on animal welfare
• CETA report on Hydrogen offers an overview of the Canadian hydrogen market
• EU-Canada: Regulatory Cooperation Forum: Updated work plan summer 2021

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Final Draft Agenda - 58th meeting of the Committee for Risk Assessment of 7-10 September and 13-16 September 2021
• Provisional Draft Agenda - 52nd meeting of the Committee for Socio-economic Analysis of 7-10 September and 13-15 September 2021

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• Consultation on draft Guidelines on the role, tasks and responsibilities AML/CFT compliance officers (EBA/CP/2021/31)
• EBA publishes peer review on the prudential assessment of qualifying holdings - 24.08.2021

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Agenda for: Working Party on Genetic Resources and Innovation in Agriculture (Genetic Resources) of 08 & 09 September 2021 

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Climate change) of 01 September 2021
• Commission Implementing Decision of 26 August 2021 correcting Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2182 laying down the final import response on behalf of the Union concerning the future import of certain chemicals pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Commissioner Sinkevičius on a mission to Åland islands, Finland to discuss green topics - Midday Express

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products - Report-2021-34

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• Overview on resources made available by Member States to the Data Protection Authorities and on enforcement actions by the Data Protection Authorities

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• ECB Monetary Policy Account - Meeting of 21-22 July 2021
• ECB Monetary developments in the euro area: July 2021
• ECB Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 20 August 2021

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.2) of 01 September 2021

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Afghanistan: Joint statement of international partners on evacuation travel assurances
• Iran: High Representative Josep Borrell spoke to new Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian