COMPETITION

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competition of 26 April 2022
  • Answer given by Ms Vestager to a MEP written question - Collusion and rigging in fuel pricing
  • Belgium - 36 million euros fine for four cigarette manufacturers who restricted competition
  • Portugal - AdC decides not to oppose the exploration by JCDecaux of the outdoor advertising concession in Lisbon
  • UK - CMA welcomes Sony and Nintendo’s gaming subscription improvements
  • UK - Ex-post assessment of merger control decisions involving vertically-related firms
  • UK - Responses to provisional findings and possible remedies, re: CHC / Babcock merger inquiry

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: 232nd Meeting of the Tariff & Statistical Nomenclature Section of the Customs Code Committee (Combined Nomenclature Sector) on 5 May 2022
  • Minutes of: 42nd meeting of the CEG - Tariff & Statistical Nomenclature - Section HS/WCO Coordination Sector - 07 - 28 February 2022
  • Commission Decision of XXX on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Republic of Chile concerning amendments to Appendix I to the Agreement on Trade in Spirit Drinks and Aromatised Drinks (Annex VI), annexed to the Association Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part
  • WTO - Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Semi-annual report under article 16.4 of the Agreement - 1 July - 31 December 2021 - European Union
  • WTO - Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - European Union - Marine Equipment
  • WTO panel issues report regarding Costa Rican import restrictions on Mexican avocados
  • World Bank, IMF, WFP and WTO call for urgent coordinated action on food security
  • WTO - Council for Trade in Goods - 21 April 2022 - Proposed agenda

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Answer given by Mr Gentiloni to a MEP written question - Excessive French import VAT and customs duties on UK goods and services 

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Sustainable finance: Council agrees its position on European Green Bonds
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/629 of 12 January 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/583 as regards adjustment the liquidity thresholds and trade percentile used to determine the size specific to the instrument applicable to certain non-equity instruments 
  • The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) issued their first joint risk assessment report for 2022

ENERGY

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Measures to harmonise composition and labelling requirements for growth preparations
  • Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Missing studies on the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines
  • EMA and the EUnetHTA 21 consortium set priorities for their collaboration  

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • ENISA publishes a map of national Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) policies in the EU Member States and makes recommendations
  • Answer given by Mr Reynders to a MEP written question - The independence of the Hungarian data protection authority and the Pegasus investigation 
  • Opinion on a proposal for a directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 (NIS2) - (CON/2022/14) 

BREXIT - UK/EU RELATIONS

  • Answer given by President von der Leyen to a MEP written question - Report entitled 'The Benefits of Brexit' 

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Iraq: Council extends advisory mission on security sector reform until 2024
  • Answer given by HR/VP Borrell i Fontelles to a MEP written question - Member States stepping up efforts to counter foreign interference and disinformation

EU RESPONSES TO RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • EU introduces exceptions to restrictive measures to facilitate humanitarian activities in Ukraine
    - Council Regulation (EU) 2022/625 of 13 April 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
    - Council Regulation (EU) 2022/626 of 13 April 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2022/263 concerning restrictive measures in response to the recognition of the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine and the ordering of Russian armed forces into those areas
    - Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/627 of 13 April 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
    - Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/628 of 13 April 2022 amending Decision (CFSP) 2022/266 concerning restrictive measures in response to the recognition of the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine and the ordering of Russian armed forces into those areas
  • EU support to Ukraine: Council agrees on third tranche of support under the European Peace Facility for total €1.5 billion
  • EUAM Ukraine: Council further amends the mandate to also provide support in the investigation and prosecution of international crimes
  • Council agrees recommendation on the exchange of Ukrainian hryvnia banknotes into EU currencies to support people escaping the war in Ukraine 

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