EU CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

HEALTH

  • ECDC - 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

STATE AID

  • Commission approves €17.7 million Belgian scheme to further support the tourist accommodation sector in the context of the coronavirus outbreak (SA.100118) - Midday Express

ECONOMY

  • European Banks’ Response to COVID-19 “Quick Fix” Regulation and Other Measures - Briefing - EP ECON Committee
  • Don't let up - The EU needs to maintain high standards for its banking sector as the European economy emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic - In-Depth Analysis - EP ECON Committee

COMPETITION

  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10446 - Swiss Life Holding/Gelsenwasser /Infrareal)
  • Commission clears acquisition of joint control over Medical Solutions by CDPQ and Centerbridge (M.10486) - Midday Express
  • The General Court dismisses the actions of Polskie Linie Lotnicze ‘LOT’ against the Commission decisions authorising the mergers concerning the acquisition by easyJet and Lufthansa, respectively, of certain assets of the Air Berlin group (See CPR Nº 188/2021 - Judgments of the General Court in Cases T-240/18, T-296/18, Polskie Linie Lotnicze "LOT" Vs. Commission)
  • Commission refers to Germany the assessment of the creation of a joint venture by K+S and REMEX (M.10144) - Midday Express
  • Commission clears acquisition of Pasubio by PAI Partners (M.10389) - Midday Express
  • Commission clears creation of joint venture DX Intermodal JV by Hupac and Kombiverkehr (M.10054) - Midday Express
  • Belgium - Notification MEDE-C/C-21/0020: Belgian Pork Group NV / Van Bogaert BV
  • UK - Facebook has been fined £50.5 million for breaching an order imposed by the CMA during its investigation into Facebook’s purchase of Giphy.

STATE AID

  • Commission approves €15 million Slovenian scheme to promote rail freight transport in Slovenia (SA.62208)  - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 in Case T-790/19, Novolipetsk Steel PAO, Vs. European Commission
    Re: Measures that the European Union may take in relation to the combined effect of anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures with safeguard measures - Importation of cold-rolled flat steel products and hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel - Modification of regulations imposing anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures on products subject to safeguard measures - Principle of non-discrimination - Manifest error of assessment
  • Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)) of 26 October 2021
  • Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Services & Investment) of 27 October 2021
  • Agenda for: EP INTA Committee meeting of 25 October 2021
  • Draft Decision of the Trade Committee modifying 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
  • Trade agreements with Georgia and Moldova - evaluation - Feedback period: 18 October 2021 - 10 January 2022
  • Joint EU-US stakeholders outreach on Dual Use export controls - 27 October 2021
  • Customs control equipment instrument - Information session for equipment manufacturers - 17 November 2021
  • WTO - Items proposed for consideration at the next meeting of Dispute Settlement Body
  • WTO - DDG Paugam commends STDF’s broad impact on catalysing SPS capacity development

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Internal Market for Products (IMP) - Working group on accreditation and conformity assessment of 18 November 2021
  • Eurobarometer: Short-term rentals enrich EU tourism services offer but impact communities - See the Report

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • EBA publishes final draft regulatory technical standards on disclosure of investment policy by investment firms
  • EBA updates version 5.1 of its filing rules for supervisory reporting

TAXATION

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

  • Commissioner Schmit to visit Lithuania to discuss social and employment impact of the pandemic - Midday Express

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

ENERGY

  • Agenda for: 2nd meeting of the REDII Committee on the Sustainability of Biofuels, Bioliquids and Biomass Fuels of 21 October 2021
  • Minutes of the 1st Meeting of the Nuclear Back-End Financial Aspects expert group (NuBaFA) of 24 June 2021
  • Energy Prices: President von der Leyen sets out relief measures for consumers and businesses and emphasizes importance of green energy transition - Midday Express
  • Brussels to delay decision on how to classify nuclear power for green finance - Debate over energy has been supercharged by surging electricity costs - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Agenda for: 16th Meeting of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) Article 75 Committee of 25 October 2021
  • Agenda for: 17th meeting of the CGBN Sub Group on Birds and Habitats (NADEG) of 01 December 2021
  • Minutes of: CEG for policy development and implementation of CO2 from road vehicles of 22 October 2021
  • Minutes of: Meeting of the Committee on deplete the ozone layer of 5 October 2021
  • Executive Vice-President Timmermans in India for climate talks ahead of COP26  - Midday Express
  • Marine protection: EU signs up to updated regional action plan for a clean and healthy Baltic Sea - Midday Express
  • Blue economy: young European academics take action to protect our oceans - A 2-day Youth Innovation Event - Midday Express

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • New EU farm to fork strategy to make our food healthier and more sustainable - See the EP Statement & Resolution
  • ‘Farm to Fork’: EU Parliament calls for much needed food system overhaul - See Beuc Statement

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

  • European media needs support to recover from pandemic and face future challenges - See the EP Statement & Resolution

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • EDPB adopts Guidelines on restrictions of data subject rights under Article 23 GDPR following public consultation
  • The ENISA and Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) organised the 10th Annual Workshop for CSIRTs and law enforcement.

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

  • EU green public procurement criteria for road transport - Working Document
  • Minutes of the Informal Expert Group Meeting on Drones of 03 March 2021

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • Poland: MEPs call for the primacy of EU law to be upheld - Financial Times
  • Reporting Obligations Regarding Gender Equality and Equal Pay State of play among Member States and avenues for upgrading and implementing legal sanctions towards companies - Study for EP Committee on Legal Affairs

BREXIT

  • Council Decision (EU) 2021/1836 of 15 October 2021 establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the EU in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community as regards the adoption of a decision to amend the Agreement
  • Council Decision (EU) 2021/1837 of 15 October 2021 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community as regards the amendment of the decision establishing a list of 25 persons who are willing and able to serve as members of an arbitration panel under the Agreement

FUTURE OF EUROPE

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • Commission relaunches the review of EU economic governance - IP/21/5321, QaA, see the Communication, see Remarks by EVP Dombrovskis and Commissioner Gentiloni
  • Speech by ECB's Frank Elderson: "Overcoming the tragedy of the horizon: requiring banks to translate 2050 targets into milestones"
  • ECB - Euro area monthly balance of payments: August 2021
  • Impediments to resolvability – what is the status quo? - In-Depth Analysis -  EP ECON Committee
  • Country Specific Recommendations and Recovery and Resilience Plans - Thematic overview on tax avoidance, money laundering and corruption issues - In-Depth Analysis - EP ECON Committee

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