December 14, 2021

Europe Daily News, 14 December 2021

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EU CORONAVIRUS RESPONSES

HEALTH

STATE AID

  • Commission approves amendment to Latvian scheme to support companies affected by the coronavirus pandemic (SA.100596) - Midday Express
  • Commission approves up to €4 million Slovenian scheme to support micro-enterprises affected by the coronavirus pandemic (SA.100855) - Midday Express
  • Commission approves €9 million Latvian rent compensation scheme to support companies affected by the coronavirus pandemic (SA.100605) - Midday Express
  • Commission approves €6 million Italian aid measure to compensate Calabrian airports for the damage suffered due to the coronavirus pandemic (SA.62539) - Midday Express
  • Commission approves €7.5 million Greek scheme to support companies in Mantoudi-Limni-St.Anna and Istiaia-Aidipsos in the context of the coronavirus pandemic (SA.100951) - Midday Express

ECONOMIC

  • NextGenerationEU: European Commission to issue €50 billion in long-term bonds by June 2022 to finance the recovery - IP/21/6827 & QaA 

COMPETITION

  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10489 - Baxter / Hill-Rom)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10439 - DP World / Syncreon)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10532 - GIP / IFM / Sydney Airport)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10382 - CDPE / Macquarie / Blackstone / ASPI)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10463 - Société Générale / Hyundai Motor Company / JV)
  • Commission clears acquisition of AKKA by Adecco (M.10465) - Midday Express
  • Germany - Bundeskartellamt: List of Notified Merger Projects
  • Portugal - Indaqua notifies the acquisition of sole control over Plainwater
  • Portugal - Coloplast notifies the acquisition of sole control over Atos Medical
  • Romania - The Competition Council assesses the transactions by which Premier Energy P.L.C. of Cyprus intends to take over both Ecoenergia S.R.L. Romania and, through Premier Energy S.R.L., Alive Capital S.A..
  • UK - The CMA is investigating the anticipated acquisition by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated of Euro Auctions Group - Invitation to comment Closes on 4 January 2022
  • UK - The CMA is carrying out a market study into mobile ecosystems in the UK.
  • UK - CMA - Merger inquiry outcome statistics as of 13 December 2021

STATE AID

  • ESA adopts revised state aid guidelines for important projects of common European interest

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Economic Tariff Questions Group of 24-25 January 2022
  • Presentations of the 2021 Export Control Forum of 08 December 2021
  • Second round of the negotiations Angola - European Union Sustainable Investment Facilitation agreement - Joint report – 13 December 2021
  • Decision No 1/2021 of the Trade Committee set up by the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part of 7 October 2021 as regards the adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Trade Committee and of the Special Committees
  • Decision No 2/2021 of the Trade Committee established under the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part of 7 October 2021 amending the Agreement to take account of the accession of the Independent State of Samoa and of Solomon Islands
  • Decision No 1/2021 of the EU-Ukraine Association Committee in Trade Configuration of 22 November 2021 amending Appendix XVII-3 (Rules applicable to telecommunication services), Appendix XVII-4 (Rules applicable to postal and courier services) and Appendix XVII-5 (Rules applicable to international maritime transport) to Annex XVII to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2205 of 13 December 2021 amending Regulation (EC) No 847/2006 as regards the volume of certain prepared or preserved fish originating in Thailand that may be imported under tariff quota 09.0706

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/2204 of 13 December 2021 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), as regards carcinogenic, mutagenic or reproductive toxicant (CMR) substances
  • Public consultation - Industrial products - evaluation of the new legislative framework - Consultation period: 13 December 2021 - 07 March 2022

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Answer given by Ms McGuinness to a MEP written question - Anti-money laundering
  • EBA publishes amended technical standards on credit risk adjustments
  • Statement on Preparedness for the Cessation of EUR, GBP, CHF and JPY LIBORs and EONIA, and ceasing use of USD LIBOR in new contracts, at the end of 2021
  • Capital requirements directive (CRD V) - concerning credit institutions - transposition status - Monitoring implementation and enforcement of Directive 2019/878/EU concerning credit
  • Covered bonds supervision directive - transposition status - Monitoring implementation and enforcement of Directive 2019/2162/EU
  • Reflections on Complementarities in Capital Formation and Production: Tangible and Intangible Assets across Europe - Discussion Paper 152

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

ENERGY

  • Revision of the third energy package for gas: Decarbonising the gas market. Regulation 715/2009/EU and Directive 2009/73/EU - Briefing for the EP ITRE Committee
  • Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - EU’s responsibility in and response to rising energy prices – the case of fuels
  • Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Consistency of recent measures to tackle the rise of energy prices with EU internal energy market measures

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Minutes of the SCHEER WG on groundwater quality and Water frame work directive of 03 December 2021
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevicius to a MEP written question - Long-awaited compliance with the Three Rs principle in animal testing
  • ECHA - Exports of hazardous chemicals increase while imports continue to decrease
  • EU criminal law must pave way for better environmental protection, NGOs demand

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Health Technology Assessment: Commission welcomes the adoption of new rules to improve access to innovative technologies - IP/21/6771 & QaA
  • Report from the Commission on the enforcement and effectiveness of plant health measures relating to imports into the Union territory
  • Farm to Fork Strategy and Europe's Beating Cancer Plan: Commission launches public consultation to revise Food Information to Consumers - Feedback period: 13 December 2021 - 07 March 2022
  • Public Consultation - Food labelling - revision of rules on information provided to consumers for alcoholic beverages - Proposal for a Regulation - Feedback period: 13 December 2021 - 07 March 2022
  • Public Consultation - Food labelling - revision of rules on information provided to consumers - Proposal for a Regulation - Feedback period: 13 December 2021 - 07 March 2022
  • ECDC - Organisation of vector surveillance and control in Europe  
  • EFSA - The European Union One Health 2020 Zoonoses Report
  • EFSA - National Food Consumption Survey among children from 1 to 9 years old in Serbia
  • EFSA - The study of Bosnia‐Herzegovinian Dietary Survey of Adolescents, Adults and Pregnant Women (B&H MENU)
  • EFSA - Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of α‐galactosidase (produced by Aspergillus tubingensis ATCC SD6740) and endo‐1,4‐β‐xylanase (produced by Trichoderma longibrachiatum CBS 139997) (Capsozyme SB Plus) for chickens for fattening, chickens reared for laying and minor poultry species (for fattening and reared for laying) (Industrial Técnica Pecuaria S.A.)
  • EFSA - Assessment of GM maize NK603 × T25 × DAS‐40278‐9 and subcombinations, for food and feed uses, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (application EFSA‐GMO‐NL‐2019‐164)

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

  • Industrial alliances: Commissioner Breton chairs first meeting of European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud
  • Consistent approach to migration and copper switch-off - See Berec Statement
  • Glass half full for consumers following Parliament vote on key digital services rules - See Beuc Statement

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

  • Communication from the Commission on the extension of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) to neighbouring third countries

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • Child, being a minor and a Union citizen, whose birth certificate was drawn up by the host Member State and designates as parents two persons of the same sex: the Member State of which the child is a national is obliged to issue an identity card or a passport to that child without requiring a birth certificate to be drawn up beforehand by its national authorities (See CPR Nº 221/2021 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-490/20, Stolichna obshtina, rayon "Pancharevo")
  • Public Consultation - Criminal justice - EU rules on victims’ rights (update) - Proposal for a directive - Feedback period: 13 December 2021 - 10 January 2022
  • Commission launches public consultation on modernising rules against trafficking in human beings - Feedback period: 14 December 2021 - 22 March 2022 

BREXIT

  • Agenda - First meeting of the Trade Specialised Committee on VAT Administrative Cooperation and Recovery of taxes under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
  • Minutes - First meeting of the Specialised Committee on Air Transport under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement 

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Main results of the Foreign Affairs Council of 13 December 2021
  • Main Results of the 13th meeting of the Accession Conference with Serbia at Ministerial level
  • Main results of the 14th meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at Ministerial level
  • EU imposes restrictive measures against the Wagner Group 
    - Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2193 of 13 December 2021 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine 
    - Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/2196 of 13 December 2021 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine 
    - Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2192 of 13 December 2021 implementing Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
    - Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/2198 of 13 December 2021 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
    - Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2195 of 13 December 2021 implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses 
    - Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/2197 of 13 December 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses 
    - Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2194 of 13 December 2021 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
    - Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/2199 of 13 December 2021 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
  • Mali: EU sets up autonomous framework for sanctions against those obstructing the political transition - See Regulation (EU) 2021/2201 & Decision (CFSP) 2021/2208
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2203 of 10 December 2021 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
  • Decision No 1/2021 of the EU-Tunisia Association Council of 24 November 2021 agreeing on the extension of the validity of the EU-Tunisia strategic priorities 
  • Decision No 1/2021 of the EU-Algeria Association Council of 30 November 2021 agreeing on the extension of the validity of the EU-Algeria Partnership Priorities
  • Decision No 2/2021 of the EU-Jordan Association Council of 26 November 2021 agreeing on the extension of the validity of the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities 
  • Decision No 1/2021 of the EU-Lebanon Association Council of 15 November 2021 agreeing on the extension of the validity of the EU-Lebanon Partnership Priorities
  • Recommendation No 1/2021 of the EU-Egypt Association Council of 26 November 2021 agreeing on the extension of the validity of the EU-Egypt Partnership Priorities 
  • Global Europe: EU launches a global €1.5 billion programme to support civil society organisations - IP/21/6792
  • Answer given by Ms McGuinness to a MEP written question - Teak imports from Myanmar and EU restrictions on the yachting industry

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