COVID 19 RESPONSES

HEALTH

STATE AID

  • Commission approves €65 million Slovak scheme to support travel agencies in the context of the coronavirus outbreak (SA.64415) - Midday Express

ECONOMY

  • Answer given by EVP Dombrovskis to a MEP written question - Taxation of Asian-manufactured respiratory masks 

TRAVEL

  • COVID-19: Council adds Uruguay and removes six countries from the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted - See Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1459  

COMPETITION

STATE AID

  • Commission finds new air carrier ITA is not Alitalia's economic successor (SA.58173) - IP/21/4665 - Statement by EVP Vestager
  • Commission concludes Italian loans worth €900 million to Alitalia are illegal aid (SA.48171) - IP/21/4664
  • Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections
  • Answer given by Ms Vestager to a MEP written question - Ellinair and State aid

TRADE & CUSTOMS

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the working of committees during 2020 - See the Working Document

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • ESMA - Programme for the joint ESA Consumer Day 2021

ENERGY

  • Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - US interference in EU energy supply 
  • Speech by Commissioner Simson at the Ambrosetti Forum

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Tallinn, Valongo and Winterswijk win this year's European Green Capital Awards - Midday Express
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevicius to a MEP written question - Key aspects of the EU Biodiversity strategy for 2030 
  • Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Request for clarification on the selection of hydrogen development projects and the risk of conflicts of interest

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • SCHEER - Preliminary Opinion open for comments on "Draft Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive"
    - Silver and its compounds (deadline: 7 October 2021) & - Nicosulfuron (deadline: 7 October 2021)
  • EMA - Meeting highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) - 7-9 September 2021
  • Administrative decision on Rules governing the EU-track of the ECDC Fellowship Programme, field epidemiology path (EPIET) and public health microbiology path (EUPHEM)

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • G7 data protection and privacy authorities’ meeting: communiqué
  • UK suggests removing EU’s human review of AI decisions - Excising Article 22 of Brussels’ data protection laws would alarm privacy campaigners – Financial Times

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

  • Judgment of the Court of 9 September 2021 in Case C-144/20 - AS 'LatRailNet', VAS 'Latvijas dzelzceļš' Vs. Valsts dzelzceļa administrācija
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Rail transport - Directive 2012/34/EU - Articles 32 and 56 - Railway infrastructure charging - Independence of the infrastructure manager - Functions of the supervisory body - Concept of 'optimal competitiveness of segments of the rail market' - Exclusive right over a rail segment - Public service operator

CONSUMER PROTECTION

  • Judgment of the Court of 9 September 2021 in Joined Cases C-33/20, C-155/20 and C-187/20, UK Vs. Volkswagen Bank GmbH (C-33/20), and RT, SV, BC Vs. Volkswagen Bank GmbH, Skoda Bank, branch of Volkswagen Bank GmbH (C-155/20), and JL, DT v BMW Bank GmbH, Volkswagen Bank GmbH (C-187/20)
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Consumer protection - Directive 2008/48/EC - Consumer credit - Article 10(2) - Information which must be included in the agreement - Obligation to state the type of credit, the duration of the credit agreement, the interest rate on arrears and the amount of the loan, the default interest rate and the mechanism for adjusting the default interest rate applicable at the time the credit agreement is concluded - Amendment of the default interest rate in line with the change in the base interest rate determined by the central bank of a Member State - Compensation due in the event of early repayment of the loan - Obligation to specify the method of calculating the amendment to the default interest rate and the compensation - No obligation to mention the possibilities for terminating the credit agreement provided for by national rules, Article 14(1) - Right of withdrawal exercised by the consumer on the basis of a failure to make a compulsory indication under Article 10(2) - Exercise outside the time-limit - Prohibition on the creditor raising a plea of foreclosure or abuse of rights"

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • NextGenerationEU: European Commission disburses €237 million in pre-financing to Latvia - IP/21/4625
  • ECB - Euro area securities issues statistics: July 2021
  • Economic Dialogues and Exchanges of Views with the Member States under the European Semester Cycles - EP Briefing - ECON Committee
  • EU hawks set tough terms for talks on reform of fiscal rules - Financial Times & Politico.eu
  • It is time for the ECB to talk about tapering - Outlook is still unclear but justification for emergency support is weakening - Financial Times
  • ECB to slow bond-buying as Europe’s economy improves - But Lagarde insists ‘the lady isn’t tapering’ and warns eurozone is ‘not out of the woods’- Financial Times

BREXIT

  • Speech by Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič at the Queen's University, Belfast
  • How the EU will help mitigate the impact of Brexit - See the EP Statement

FUTURE OF EUROPE

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies threatening the peace, security or stability of the Republic of Guinea- Bissau
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1460 of 9 September 2021 amending for the 322nd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations 
  • Answer given by Mr Várhelyi to a MEP written question - EU-Turkey relations

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