EU CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

AGRICULTURE

  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1763 of 6 October 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/600 as regards the derogations from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1150 to address the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the wine sector 

ECONOMY

  • The COVID-19 consumption game-changer: evidence from a large-scale multi-country survey - ECB Working Paper Series No.2599

EMPLOYMENT

COMPETITION

  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10357 - VINCI/Eiffage/SMTPC)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10364 - ECI/Bonak/Fast Group)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10390 - Christian Burrus/OTPP/JV)
  • Answer given by Ms Vestager to a MEP written question - Gategroup (M.9546)
  • Commission clears acquisition of Sobi by Advent International (M.10442) - Midday Express
  • Belgium - Competition Authority approves the acquisition of sole control of a production facility of FrieslandCampina Belgium by A-ware
  • Croatia - CCA clears the concentration between Končar-Ulaganja and Construction Line Limited / Dalekovod
  • Croatia - CCA 2020 Annual Report accepted by the Croatian Parliament
  • France - Distribution in La Réunion: Cattier company fined for exclusive import agreement
  • The Netherlands - Merger-review guidance paper released by Dutch watchdog
  • Norway - The Competition Authority has received a proposal for remedies from DNB regarding its acquisition of Sbanken
  • Portugal - Galp Power notifies the acquisition of exclusive control over Mobiletric
  • UK - The CMA is investigating the completed acquisition by Admiral Taverns of pubs owned by Hawthorn Leisure Topco Limited (see the Commencement notice)

STATE AID

  • Judgment of the Court of 6 October 2021 in Case T-238/19, Wepa Hygieneprodukte GmbH, Wepa Leuna GmbH, Wepa Papierfabrik Sachsen GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany Vs. European Commission
    Re: State aid - Aid scheme implemented by Germany for certain large electricity consumers - Exemption from network charges for the period 2012-2013 - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering the recovery of the aid paid - Action for annulment - Time-limit for bringing proceedings - Admissibility - Concept of aid - State resources - Selectivity
  • Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 in Joined Cases T-233/19 and T-234/19, Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG and Infineon Technologies AG Vs. European Commission
    Re: State aid - Aid scheme implemented by Germany for certain large electricity consumers - Exemption from network charges for the period 2012-2013 - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering the recovery of the aid paid - Action for annulment - Time-limit for bringing proceedings - Admissibility - Concept of aid - State resources
  • Answer given by Ms Vestager to a MEP written question - Judgment of the European Court of Justice in cases C-647/19 P und C-665/19 P of 2 September 2021 on the 2014 sale of the Nürburgring

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Opinion of Advocate General Tanchev of 6 October 2021 in Case C‑489/20, UB Vs. Kauno teritorinė muitinė, joined parties: Muitinės departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - EU Customs Code - Smuggled merchandise seized and subsequently confiscated after entry into the EU customs territory - Extinguishment of a customs debt - Consequences for the levying of excise duty and VAT
  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Export Credits Group - 08 October 2021
  • Agenda for: Ad Hoc Working Party on the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) - 14 October 2021
  • EU considers bitter pill to end Trump's trade war - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Internal Market - Attachés) - 12 October 2021
  • Minutes of the 8th meeting Committee on Market Surveillance and Compliance of Products (C52400) - 17 September 2021
  • REACH - List of Amendments to Annex XVII - Restrictions - September 2021

FINANCIAL SERVICES

TAXATION

  • Judgment of the Court of 6 October 2021 in Case C-717/19, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co. KG Magyarországi Fióktelepe Vs. Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - VAT - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 90(1) - Reduction of the taxable amount in the case of a price reduction after the time when the transaction was carried out - Contributions paid by a pharmaceutical undertaking to the State health insurance body - Article 273 - Administrative formalities imposed by national legislation for the exercise of the right to a reduction - Principles of fiscal neutrality and proportionality
  • Opinion of Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard ØE of 6 October 2021 in Case C-342/20, A SCPI in the presence of Veronsaajien oikeudenvalvontayksikkö
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Free movement of capital - Tax legislation - Tax on the income of legal persons - Investment fund - Tax-transparent entity - Hybrid entity - Investments in immovable property and/or real estate companies situated in another Member State - Tax transparency mechanism - Requirement to take the form of a contract - Exclusion of investment funds constituted in the form of a statute - Restriction - Comparability - Justification - None

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • Common declaration on the revision of the European agri-food quality policy to strengthen the geographical indications schemes - Information from the Spanish delegation, on behalf of the Austrian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Cyprus, Czech Republic, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak and Spanish delegations
  • Minutes of the Expert Group Milk Market Observatory - 29 September 2021
  • Council Decision (EU) 2021/1765 of 5 October 2021 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the EU, for the period 2021–2026, within the Specialised Committee on Fisheries established by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part

EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION & SOCIAL POLICY

  • Draft Council Conclusions on "sustainable work over the life course" (Social Questions Working Party on 20 October 2021)
  • Proposal for a Council Decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States - Adoption - Statement by Poland
  • Agenda for: Ad hoc Working Party on the Social Climate Fund (AHWP SCF) - 12 October 2021
  • New Pact on Migration and Asylum: final adoption of revised EU Blue Card to attract highly skilled workers to Europe - Midday Express

ENERGY

  • EU measures to guarantee safe and green energy - see the EP Statement
  • EU energy chief says gas price surge has no quick fixes - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Opinion of Advocate General Tanchev of 6 October 2021 in Case C‑881/19, Tesco Stores ČR a.s. Vs. Ministerstvo zemědělství
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Consumer protection - Food information law - Approximation of laws - Provision of food information to consumers - Labelling of food - Cocoa and chocolate products - List of ingredients of a food intended for consumers in a Member State - Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 - Directive 2000/36/EC
  • EFSA - Focussed assessment of certain existing MRLs of concern for abamectin

DIGITAL INFORMATION SOCIETY

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Opinion of Advocate General Bobek of 6 October 2021 in Case C‑245/20, X, Z Vs. Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - Regulation (EU) 2016/679 - Competence of the supervisory authority - Processing operations carried out by courts in the exercise of their judicial capacity - Disclosure of procedural documents to a journalist
  • MEPs demand common EU cyber defensive capabilities - See the EP Statement
  • DigitalEurope Response to draft EDPB Guidelines on codes of conduct as tools for transfers

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

  • Judgment of the Court of 6 October 2021 in Case C‑613/20, CS Vs. Eurowings GmbH
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Air transport - Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 - Article 5(3) - Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of cancellation or long delay of flights - Exemption from the obligation to pay compensation - Concept of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ - Strike by airline staff - Strike by the staff of a subsidiary in solidarity with the staff of the parent company
  • Connecting Europe Express reaches final destination after 20,000km journey - IP/21/5111
  • European Parliament issues wake-up call on road safety - See the EP Resolution

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • Agenda for: Working Party on  Civil Law Matters (General Questions) - 13 October 202
  • Use of artificial intelligence by the police: MEPs oppose mass surveillance - See the EP Resolution

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • The time-varying evolution of inflation risks - ECB Working Paper Series No.2600
  • Unconventional monetary policy, funding expectations, and firm decisions - ECB Working Paper Series No.2598
  • Sudden stops and asset purchase programmes in the euro area - ECB Working Paper Series No.2597

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Agenda for: 2085th meeting of Working Party on General Affairs of 12 October 2021

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Ethiopia: new EU Humanitarian Air Bridge flight reaches Tigray - IP/21/5107
  • Arctic: MEPs call for peace and reduced tension in the region - See the EP Resolution
  • MEPs call for partnership of equals with US to address global challenges - See the EP Resolution
  • Russia: Statement by the Spokesperson on the 15th anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya
  • Remarks by President Charles Michel after the "EU-Western Balkans" summit in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia
  • Statement by the Spokesperson on the appointment of the new UN Secretary-General Personal Envoy for Western Sahara

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