EU CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

HEALTH

  • Answer given by Mr Reynders to a MEP written question - Checking of EU Digital COVID Certificate leading to longer border crossing times
  • Overview of the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination strategies and deployment plans in the EU/EEA - ECDC

STATE AID

  • Commission approves €2.7 million scheme to support companies in Cyprus active in agricultural production in context of coronavirus outbreak (SA.63515) - Midday Express

TRAVEL

  • COVID-19: Council adds Chile, Kuwait and Rwanda and removes two countries from the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted - See Recommendation (EU) 2021/1712
  • Archive of data for the maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to travel measures in the EU - ECDC

COMPETITION

STATE AID

  • Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objection

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: 59th Plenary meeting of the Trade Contact Group on 30 September 2021
  • Notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of electrolytic chromium coated steel (ECCS) products (CN codes 7210 50 00 and 7212 50 20) originating in the People’s Republic of China and Brazil
  • Council Decision (EU) 2021/1710 of 21 September 2021 establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in the Specialised Committee on Social Security Coordination established by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, as regards the adoption of a decision to amend the Annexes to the Protocol on Social Security Coordination
  • Sustainable development : Comparative Analysis of TSD Provisions for Identification of Best Practices to Support the TSD Review - Inception report
  • Review of EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences: Q&A - extended version - 24 September 2021
  • Ukraine : Fifth EU-Ukraine (DCFTA) Civil Society Forum - Agenda - 29 September 2021
  • WTO - Access to COVID-19 vaccine, ministerial outcomes key to driving development in LLDCs - See Remarks by Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  • WTO - Trade thoughts, from Geneva, by DDG Anabel González
  • WTO - Global services trade recovering but below pre-pandemic levels, WTO barometer indicates

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of insurance and reinsurance undertakings and amending Directives 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2009/138/EC, (EU) 2017/1132 and Regulations (EU) No 1094/2010 and (EU) No 648/2012

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

ENERGY

  • Energy Transition: Commission announces three Energy Compacts at UN High-Level Dialogue in New York - IP/21/4877
  • Annual Report on the Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations in the European Union for the Year 2019
  • CEF Energy: €1 million to support preparatory studies for cross-border renewable energy projects
  • Memorandum on nuclear safety cooperation extended 

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Agenda - Steering Group on Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (19 October 2021)
  • Healthy Lifestyle: Commission launches a European-wide campaign - IP/21/4826
  • Safety Gate: the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products - Report-2021-38
  • EFSA - Review of the existing MRLs for Beta‐cyfluthrin and Cyfluthrin according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) package of legislative proposal
  • Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on cyber issues of 27 September 2021
  • Agenda of: 55th EDPB Plenary Meeting  of 24 September 2021
  • EDPS Newsletter - No.88 - 23 September 2021 

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • Interview with Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, conducted by Annette Weisbach, CNBC, on 23 September
  • Background reader on the European Semester and monitoring of the RRF from a parliamentary perspective - Study for the EP ECON Committee

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • 9th Revised “List of meetings” taking place between 1 and 30 September 2021
  • Possible items for College agendas 29 September – 22 December 2021

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • The Council today appointed Rear Admiral Stefano Turchetto as EU Operation Commander for the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) 
  • Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on respect for the EU’s democratic processes
  • Russia: High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell met with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
  • Joint Communiqué : XVII EU-Chile Association Committee
  • Honduras: EU deploys Election Observation Mission

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