EU CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

HEALTH

  • Coronavirus: EU continues to support Romania  - Midday Express
  • EU Vaccines Strategy: Commissioner Kyriakides visits Croatia and meets with Minister of Health - Midday Express
  • ECDC - Data on COVID-19 vaccination in the EU/EEA
  • ECDC - Data on the daily number of new reported COVID-19 cases and deaths by EU/EEA country
  • ECDC - Data for the maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the EU/EEA

DIGITAL

  • Agenda for: Meeting of the EU Digital COVID Certificate Committee of 22 October 2021
  • Report from the Commission pursuant to Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (EU Digital COVID Certificate) to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic – See the Annex 
  • Answer given by Mr Reynders to a MEP written question - Digital COVID certificate and the use of algorithms in the context of the PLF framework  

ECONOMY

  • EU budget for 2022: MEPs want focus on COVID-19 crisis recovery - See the EP Resolution

COMPETITION

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Judgment of the Court of 21 October 2021 in Case C-825/19, Beeren-, Wild-, Feinfrucht GmbH Vs. Hauptzollamt Erfurt
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Customs union - End-use procedure - Authorisation with retroactive effect - Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 - Customs Code of the Union - Article 211(2) - Scope ratione temporis - Conditions - Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 - Article 294(2) - Scope
  • Draft - Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Trade Committee established by the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, of the other part, as regards modifications to Appendices 2, 2A and 5 to Annex II to that Agreement
  • Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Special Committee on Customs and Trade Facilitation and in the Special Committee on Geographical Indications and Trade in Wines and Spirits established by the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the Rules of Procedure for the Special Committee on Customs and Trade Facilitation and of the Rules of Procedure of the Special Committee on Geographical Indications and Trade in Wines and Spirits, respectively – see the Annex
  • Council Decision (EU) 2021/1843 of 15 October 2021 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Sugar Council as regards the extension of the International Sugar Agreement 1992
  • Council Decision (EU) 2021/1844 of 18 October 2021 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council established by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, as regards an amendment to Protocol 3 to that Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1840 of 20 October 2021 amending Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply
  • Commission notice concerning the application of the transitional rules of origin providing for diagonal cumulation between the applying Contracting Parties in the pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) zone  

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (Industry) of 26 October 2021
  • Draft EP Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Machinery products

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • EBA publishes clarifications to the seventh set of issues raised by its industry working group on Application Programming Interfaces under the Payment Services Directive (PSD2)

TAXATION

  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Excise Committee of 25 October 2021
  • Agenda for: Working Party on Tax Questions (High Level) of 28 October 2021
  • Judgment of the Court of 21 October 2021 in Case C-373/19, Finanzamt München Abteilung III Vs. Dubrovin & Tröger GbR - Aquatics
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 132(1)(i) and (j) - Exemptions for certain activities in the public interest - Education of children or young persons, school or university education - School or university education - Elementary swimming lessons
  • Judgment of the Court of 21 October 2021 in Case C-80/20, Wilo Salmson France SAS Vs. Agenţia Naţională de Administrare Fiscală - Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti, Agenţia Naţională de Administrare Fiscală - Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti - Administraţia Fiscală pentru Contribuabili Nerezidenţi
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common system of VAT - Directive 2006/112/EC - Articles 167 to 171 and Article 178(a) - Right to deduct VAT - Refund of VAT to taxable persons established in a Member State other than the Member State of refund - Holding of an invoice - Directive 2008/9/EC - Rejection of the application for a refund - 'Circumvention' of the invoice by the supplier - Issuance of a new invoice - New application for a refund - Rejection"
  • Judgment of the Court of 21 October 2021 in Case C-396/20, CHEP Equipment Pooling NV Vs. Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága,
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Taxation - VAT - Arrangements for the refund of VAT to taxable persons not established in the Member State of refund - Directive 2008/9/EC - Article 20, (1) - Request for additional information by the Member State of refund - Factors which may be the subject of a request for additional information - Discrepancy between the amount stated in the application for refund and the amount stated in the invoices submitted - Principle of sound administration - Principle of the neutrality of VAT - Time-limit - Consequences for the rectification of the taxable person's error

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

ENERGY

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • See the EP Statement & Resolution
  • EU4Health 2021 work programme - Information Session 2nd wave of calls for action grants - 28 October 2021
  • EFTA - ESA refers a case to the EFTA Court concerning Iceland’s failure to improve disposal of animal by-products
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety assessment of the process Omorika Recycling, based on PET direct iV+ technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety of mung bean protein as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety assessment of the process Marmara PET Levha, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Organic foods and contribution to the protection of body cells and molecules (lipids and DNA) from oxidative damage: evaluation of a health claim pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Isomaltulose and normal energy‐yielding metabolism: evaluation of a health claim pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety assessment of the process Sulpet Plásticos, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety assessment of the process BPCL, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • Joint ECDC‐EFSA Rapid Outbreak Assessment - Multi‐country outbreak of multiple Salmonella enterica serotypes linked to imported sesame‐based products

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on Drugs of 26 October 2021
  • EMCDDA releases new European miniguides on responding to drug problems
  • EU agencies present first full overview of actions to detect and protect victims of human trafficking – See Eurojust Statement & Joint Report
  • The Court provides guidance on specific provisions of the directive on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the EU (See CPR No.189/2021 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-845/19, C-863/19, Okrazhna prokuratura - Varna) 

FUTURE OF EUROPE

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • Output Gap Estimation Using the European Union's Commonly Agreed Methodology: Vade Mecum and Manual for the EUCAM Software – Discussion Paper No.148 – October 2021

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • EU-Taiwan relations: MEPs push for stronger partnership - See the EP Resolution
  • Answer given by Mr Urpilainen to a MEP written question - Controversial provisions in the post-Cotonou Partnership Agreement
  • Answer given by High Representative/Vice-President Borrell to a MEP written question - EU presence at the inauguration of the President of Iran

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