Europe Daily News, 23 May 2022

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10714 - VGRD / Assets of Auto-Holding Dresden) 
• UK - CMA - Anticipated merger between Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling - CMA/7/2022 - Decision on relevant merger situation and substantial lessening of competition
• UK - The CMA is carrying out a market investigation in respect of the supply of the land mobile radio network services for public safety (and ancillary services) in Great Britain

STATE AID

• Commission approves €890,000 Cypriot scheme to support cheesemakers in the context of the coronavirus pandemic (SA.102885) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof Amsterdam (Netherlands) of 16 February 2022 - X BV, Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst/Douane
  Re: GRI 2(a), Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, external Community transit procedure, components for that satellite receiver
• Agenda for: 234th meeting of the Customs Code Committee - Tariff & Statistical Nomenclature Section (Sub-Section Mec/Misc/Tex) - 13th to15th June 2022
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) /... correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People's Republic of China
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/802 of 20 May 2022 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of electrolytic chromium coated steel products originating in the People’s Republic of China and Brazil
• EU and its international partners call for Russia and Belarus’ participation at the WCO to be suspended 

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• EIT RawMaterials welcomes the REPowerEU plan and the North Sea Declaration, but warns that mineral and metal supply-demand gaps need a drastic review and investment now - Midday Express
• Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Ongoing closures in the wind turbine industry in the EU and displacement of production
• Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Relocation of Schneider Electric in Griñón (Madrid)
• Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Production of microprocessors

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• Capital Markets Union: Commission publishes its report on the European Supervisory Authorities - Midday Express
• Financial markets: Commission launched targeted consultation on the use of third-country benchmarks - Midday Express
• Regulation on European long-term investment funds (ELTIF) - General approach & Presidency's Final Compromise
• Progress on financial services legislative files
• Answer given by Ms McGuinness to a MEP written question - Treatment of the defence industry in the social taxonomy
• ESMA has updated the following Questions and Answers:
  - on the application of the AIFMD
  - on the application of the UCITS Directive
  - on the Central Securities Depositories Regulation
  - on the European crowdfunding service providers for business Regulation
  - on MiFID II and MiFIR transparency topics 

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Group on Environment of 25 May 2022

ENERGY

• REPowerEU: Commission launches public consultation on rules for renewable hydrogen  - Midday Express
• Lukoil’s ex-chief warns against EU ban on ‘irreplaceable’ Russian oil - Financial Times 

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/800 of 20 May 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substances paraffin oils CAS No 64742-46-7, CAS No 72623-86-0 and CAS No 97862-82-3
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/801 of 20 May 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 to update the list of active substances approved or deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Commission Recommendation of 20 May 2022 on monitoring the presence of inorganic arsenic in feed
• EU Therapeutics Strategy: Commission presents a Therapeutics Innovation Booster to identify and support new treatments for COVID-19 - Midday Express
• EFSA - Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance limestone powder (calcium carbonate)
• WHO - 75th World Health Assembly - Item 3 – Address by the Director-General - See the EU Statement

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Open data directive: Commission calls on Romania and Slovenia to comply with EU rules open data and public sector data reuse
• EU digital acts: MEPs to visit tech companies in Silicon Valley, US - Midday Express
• Commission launches "MediaInvest" to boost Europe's audiovisual industry

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• EDPB letters to the European institutions on the protection of personal data in the AML-CFT legislative proposals
• A new United Nations convention on cybercrime: fundamental rights come first - EDPS
• UK - ICO fines facial recognition database company Clearview AI Inc more than £7.5m and orders UK data to be deleted

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY 

• Protecting EU transport in times of crisis: Commission adopts Contingency Plan for Transport - (COM 2022-211) -  IP/22/2867

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Rule of law in Malta: MEPs travel to Valletta to take stock of developments
• MEPs travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina to assess the situation of migrants

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• European Semester Spring Package: Sustaining a green and sustainable recovery in the face of increased uncertainty - IP/22/3182, see the  Communication, Country Reports, Country-specific recommendations - Remarks by EVP Dombrovskis and Commissioner Gentiloni
• Commission (Eurostat) publishes 2022 report on Sustainable Development Goals in the European Union - IP/22/3112
  - QaA on the European Semester 2022 Spring Package
• Proposal for a Council Decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
• Agenda for: Eurogroup meeting and economic and financial affairs ministers' meeting - 23-24 May 2022
• President von der Leyen and members of the College attend the World Economic Forum in Davos 

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.2) of 25 May 2022

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Energy policy is at the centre of EU foreign policy
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: a roadmap for advancing on the EU path
• European Union supports sustainable grazing and pasture management in Kazakhstan
• The EU’s renewed partnership with Least Developed Countries - Council conclusions (20 May 2022)
• World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development: Joint Statement by HR/VP Borrell and Commissioners Gabriel and Urpilainen
• Press statement by President Michel of the European Council following a trilateral meeting with President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia