COMPETITION

  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10707 - Macquarie / BCI / Reden Holding and Reden Holding 2020)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10637 - Certas / Engie Solutions / SSEC JV)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10665 - Waverly / TPG / Asia Healthcare Holdings)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10675 - CDPQ / Transurban / Australiansuper / CPP Investments / Adia/ WCX)
  • Commission clears acquisition of PartnerRe by Covéa (M.10636) - Midday Express
  • Commission clears acquisition of joint control of Selfridges by Central and SIGNA (M.10642) - Midday Express
  • Germany - Real supermarket purchasing agreement gets German antitrust approval
  • France - The Autorité fines Cofepp for acquiring control of MBWS without prior notification of the transaction and without waiting for its decision
  • The Netherlands - Further investigation needed into acquisition of waste-management company AEB by AVR

STATE AID

  • Commission approves €18 million Belgian scheme to further support the tourist accommodation sector in the Brussels-Capital Region in the context of the coronavirus pandemic (SA.102414) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/619 of 12 April 2022 terminating the ‘new exporter’ reviews of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2230 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of trichloroisocyanuric acid originating in the People’s Republic of China, for three Chinese exporting producers, imposing the duty with regard to these producers’ imports and terminating the registration of these imports
  • Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/624 of 12 April 2022 terminating the partial interim review of anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Russia
  • Report on the 12th round of negotiations for a Trade Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand - 14-31 March 2022
  • Trade Economists Network meeting April 2022 - Agenda & presentations
  • Answer given by EVP Dombrovskis to a MEP written question - Economic benefits of EU-US trade in molluscs
  • Answer given by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - The current state of Sino-Lithuanian relations
  • WTO - Russia-Ukraine conflict puts fragile global trade recovery at risk - Financial Times
  • WTO cuts growth forecast to 3% as Ukraine war disrupts global trade - Revised prediction comes with warning that food security could be severely hit by reduced grain and fertiliser exports – Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/621 of 7 April 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436 as regards harmonised standards for truck mixers, cranes and other machinery drafted in support of Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
  • Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/622 of 7 April 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1326 as regards the harmonised standards for electromagnetic compatibility of electricity metering equipment and circuit breakers for household and similar uses 
  • Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the REACH (- 4-(1,1,3,3-Tetra methylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated (4-tert-OPnEO))
  • Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the REACH (- 4-(1,1,3,3-Tetra methylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated (4-tert-OPnEO))
  • Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Proposal on restricting microplastics
  • Upcoming changes to REACH information requirements - ECHA/NR/22/09

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Answer given by Ms McGuinness to a MEP written question - Favourable stance once more adopted by the Commission with regard to Turkey, despite FATF decision
  • Answer given by Ms McGuinness to a MEP written question - Morocco and the EU AML/CTF list

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • Fisheries: Commission proposes second package of crisis measures to support fishery and aquaculture sectors - IP/22/2408 & Proposal for Regulation

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

ENERGY

  • Input on the revision of EU rules on market access of gas networks - CEER feedback note for the European Commission - 12 April 2022 

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • For EU Green Deal to go global, you need delicate diplomacy - euobserver
  • Biomass industry lobbies to weaken proposed EU woodland protection - Producers of wood-based fuels including Drax have objected to classifying some forest areas as ‘no go’ for harvesting trees - Financial Times

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/617 of 12 April 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of mercury in fish and salt
  • Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Use of the ‘sodium free’ claim for beverages
  • EFSA - Multi-country outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 34 linked to chocolate products

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET

  • Regulation (EU) 2022/612 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (recast)

DATA PRIVACY

  • EDPS issues a reprimand to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) for moving to the cloud without proper data protection assessment

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • Council Recommendation on the conversion of hryvnia banknotes into the currency of host Member States for the benefit of displaced persons from Ukraine - Notification by Ireland 

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Main results of the General Affairs Council of 12 April 2022
  • Minutes of the Meeting of the Coreper of 16 & 18 March 2022
  • Future of Europe: Conference plenary puts finishing touches to proposals - See the EP Statement
  • Since 1 January 2022, three cities in Europe hold the title of European Capital of Culture for one year: Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), Kaunas (Lithuania), and Novi Sad (Serbia) - Midday Express

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