Europe Daily News, 01 September 2021

EU COVID19 RESPONSES

HEALTH

• Data on the daily number of new reported COVID-19 cases and deaths by EU/EEA country - ECDC
• Data on COVID-19 vaccination in the EU/EEA - ECDC

STATE AID

• Commission approves €10 million Portuguese scheme to support farmers active in the outermost Region of the Azores affected by the coronavirus outbreak (SA.64523) - Midday Express

ECONOMY

• Draft - Council Implementing Decision on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Ireland - See the Annex
• Draft - Council Implementing Decision on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Czechia - See the Annex

COMPETITION

• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10164 - CVC/Stark Group)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10263 - Ardian/Deli Home)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10293 - Gilde Fund VI/EDCO)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10236 - Goldman Sachs/Oikos)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10291 - Arçelik/Whirlpool Beyaz)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10204 - Total Produce/Dole Food Company)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10227 - KPS Capital Partners/ Hydro Rolling)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10010 - Investindustrial Group/ CSM Ingredients)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10440 - SEGRO/PSPIB/Varia Class Logistics)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10368 - Advent/Eurazeo/Hoist)
• UK - CMA has cleared the completed acquisition by National Grid Holdings One plc of PPL WPD Investments Limited

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Clen-Iliade Project Group 2021 of 04 -06 October 2021
• Commission Notice - Implementation Guide for the Protocol to the CETA Agreement between Canada, the European Union and its Member States regarding the mutual acceptance of the results of conformity assessment
• CETA Market Entry Guide on Fashion, Textiles and Footwear

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (High Level) of 9 September 2021 - See List of working papers published in the 2nd quarter of 2021
  

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• ESMA sees risk of market corrections in uneven recovery 

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Better raw material sourcing can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions - See EEA Report
• EU maritime transport: first environmental impact report acknowledges good progress towards sustainability and confirms that more effort is needed to prepare for rising demand - See EEA Report
• Union submission to the 10th meeting of the International Maritime Organization's Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships commenting on MEPC 76/7/15 by Denmark et al and proposing a Low GHG Fuel Standard for international shipping
• Finland’s forests fire up debate over EU’s strategy for going green - Disagreement over whether woodland should be viewed as carbon sink or used to replace fossil fuels - Financial Times

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• Contingency plan for transport - Communication - Feedback period: 31 August 2021 - 26 October 2021
• European Year of Rail: "Connecting Europe Express" now leaving the station - IP/21/4483 & FaQ

JUSTICE & HOME AFFAIRS

• Agenda for: Working Party on JHA Information Exchange (IXIM) of 7 September 2021
• Statement on the situation in Afghanistan, agreed by the Council (Justice & Home Affairs) at its meeting of 31 August 2021
• Answer given by Mr Reynders to a MEP written question - Extraterritorial effects of non‑EU legislation on EU Member States and their citizens
• EU plans €600m package for Afghanistan’s neighbours to avert refugee crisis - Bloc seeks to avoid repeat of turmoil sparked by Syrian migrants in 2015 - Financial Times

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• Answer given by Mr Reynders to a MEP written question - Microsoft and the protection of European customers’ data
• Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Personal data ownership on the internet
• Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Commission response to cyber attacks
• ENISA mapping on emerging supply chain attacks finds 66% of attacks focus on the supplier’s code
• Regulating targeted and behavioural advertising in digital services. How to ensure users’ informed consent - Briefing - EP Committee on Legal Affairs 

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Euro area unemployment at 7.6% 
• Euro area annual inflation up to 3.0%

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• List of meetings taking place between 1 and 30 September 2021

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Agenda for Meeting of the Foreign Relations Counsellors of 02 September 2021
• Biden and Europe are going different ways - Financial Times