Europe Daily News, 30 May 2022

COMPETITION

• Action brought on 6 April 2022 - Pharol Vs Commission (Case T-181/22)
  Re: annul Decision C(2022) 324 final of 25 January 2022, amending Decision C(2013) 306 final of 23 January 2013, relating to a proceeding under Article 101 of the TFEU (AT.39839) - Telefónica and Portugal Telecom) pursuant to Article 264 TFEU
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10706 - HAL Investments / Royal Boskalis Westminster)
• Commission clears acquisition of Europcar by Volkswagen and Trinity (M.10565) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of Coradia Polyvalent and Talent 3 by CAF (M.10616) - Midday Express
• Poland - UOKiK has initiated antitrust proceedings against the Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation and Ekstraliga Żużlowa
• Poland - UOKiK has started proceedings against Auchan and Carrefour, to see if the retail chains abused their bargaining power to the detriment of agri-food suppliers
• Portugal - The AdC fines Moody's and Informa D&B for cartel
• Portugal - The Prénatal notifies the acquisition of sole control over the Production Unit of Toys "R" Us Iberia
• UK - The CMA has found that Cérélia’s purchase of the Jus-Rol business could lead to higher prices and lower quality products for shoppers in the UK

STATE AID

• Action brought on 25 March 2022 - Ryanair Vs. Commission - Case T-164/22
  Re: annul the European Commission’s decision (EU) on State aid SA.63402 (2021/N) - Portugal - COVID-19: Damage compensation to TAP II
• Action brought on 25 March 2022 - Ryanair Vs. Commission - Case T-185/22
  Re: annul the European Commission’s decision (EU) on State aid SA.63402 (2021/N) - Portugal - COVID-19: Damage compensation to TAP III
• Commission approves €677 million Italian investment support scheme towards a sustainable recovery in the context of the coronavirus pandemic (SA.102579) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) - 3 June 2022
• Agenda for: Working Party on Trade Questions - 01 June 2022
• Agenda for: Economic Tariff Questions Group - 20 & 21 June 2022
• Agenda for: 4th meeting of the Programme Expert Group on Transit and Status - 01 June 2022
• Notice from the Commission pursuant to Article 4(17) of the Protocol 1 to 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 (OJ L 250, 16.9.2016, p.3) List of materials excluded from cumulation between the European Union and certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the overseas countries and territories of the European Union, as provided for under Article 4(3) of Protocol 1 to the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Agenda for: Competitiveness Council - 9 & 10 June 2022
• Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/834 of 25 May 2022 pursuant to Article 31(1) of Directive 2010/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, on a measure taken by France concerning the withdrawal from the market of certain gas cylinders manufactured by Xinchang Burong Machinery Co. Ltd before 31 October 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• Commissioners Reynders and Johansson visit Europol and Eurojust to discuss security cooperation and investigation into Russia's war crimes - Midday Express
• 20th meeting of the Platform on Sustainable Finance - Plenary session - Meeting report of 19 & 20 April 2022

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

• €1.5 million from European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support dismissed workers in Greece - IP/22/3291 & Decision
  

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: 29h meeting of the Committee on control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances of 23 June 2022
• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Group (Basel) - 1 June 2022
• Agenda for: Working Party on Environment - 01,02 & 03 June 2022
• Minutes & Report of the 93rd Meeting of the CITES Scientific Review Group - 05 May 2022
  Minutes of the Meeting of the WEEE Expert Group 07 April  2022
• Climate diplomacy: EU, Canada and China co-convene the 6th Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA) - Midday Express
• Answer given by Mr Sinkevicius to a MEP written question - Divergent national rules on plastic packaging in the EU
• Answer given by EVP Timmermans to a MEP written question - Industry suffocated by the spiralling cost of carbon allowances
• Answer given by Mr Sinkevicius to a MEP written question - Violation of the right to free movement: disproportionate restrictions imposed under a so-called climate protection regime
• Answer given by Mr Sinkevicius to a MEP written question - Achieving environmental and climate targets under the EU Strategy for Sustainable Textiles through new binding legislation and aligned financial flows

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Appeal Committee, section Genetically Modified Food & Feed - 9 June 2022
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/825 of 17 March 2022 amending Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 on the work programme for the systematic examination of all existing active substances contained in biocidal products referred to in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Council Decision (EU) 2022/830 of 20 May 2022 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in the seventy-fifth session of the World Health Assembly as regards certain amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005)
• Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/835 of 25 May 2022 on the unresolved objections regarding the conditions for granting an authorisation for the biocidal product Primer Stain TIP in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Europe's Beating Cancer Plan: Commission launches EU-wide process to address the right to be forgotten - See the Study & Speech by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
• World No Tobacco Day: Statement by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
• Review of the EU Global Health Strategy - EPSCO Council - 14 June 2022
• EFSA - Seafood safety and food‐borne zoonoses from fish
• EFSA - Setting of an import tolerance for oxathiapiprolin in blueberries
• EFSA - A risk assessment model for Salmonella spp. in swine carcasses
• EFSA - Risk–benefit assessment of seaweed Allergenicity risk assessment of novel protein
• EFSA - Evaluation of EFSA training courses on principles in chemical and biological risk assessment
• EFSA - Association Between dietary exposure to bisphenols and body mass index in Spanish school children
• EFSA - Risk assessment of rare earth elements, antimony, barium, boron, lithium, tellurium, thallium and vanadium in teas
• EFSA - Assessment of endocrine disruptive properties of PFOS: EFSA/ECHA guidance case study utilising AOP networks and alternative methods
• EFSA - Safety of 3‐fucosyllactose (3‐FL) produced by a derivative strain of Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) as a Novel Food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
• EFSA - Safety of 3’‐sialyllactose (3’‐SL) sodium salt produced by derivative strains of Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) as a Novel Food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Agenda for: Council of the European Union (TTE - Telecommunications) - 2 June 2022
• High-level workshop on “Digital Humanism and Artificial Intelligence” - Information from the Austrian, Czech and Slovak delegation 

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• Agenda for: Council of the European Union (TTE - Transport) - 2 June 2022 
  - Presentation of the second Progress Report of the Platform on International Rail Passenger Transport (IRP)

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Fighting organised crime – freezing and confiscating the proceeds of crime - Proposal for a directive - Feedback period: 30 May 2022 - 25 July 2022
• Nearly 40 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes seized in France - See Europol Statement

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• EU cohesion policy: Commission adopts €808 million Partnership Agreement with Denmark for 2021-2027 - IP/22/3304
• Tax thy neighbour: local corporate taxes and consumer prices across German regions - Research Bulletin - No.95
• Speech by Fabio Panetta: Normalising monetary policy in non-normal times 
• Interview with Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Nuño Rodrigo and Laura Salces
• Presentation by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 20th anniversary of the Germán Bernácer Prize

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Speech by President von der Leyen at the African Union Extraordinary Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference
• Decision of the EU-Jordan Association Council on the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities 2021-2027 & Annex 

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

• Action brought on 15 April 2022 - OT Vs. Council (Case T-193/22)
  Re: annul Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/427 and Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/429 of 15 March 2022 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine  in so far as it concerns the applicant
• Stall on oil ban shows EU capitals trying to limit pain of helping Ukraine - As Russian troops grind through Donbas, EU nations bicker over technicalities of an oil embargo - Politico.eu