Europe Daily News, 03 June 2022

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10741 - HG / EFMS / TA / IFS)
• Answer given by EVP Vestager to a MEP written question - The European Chips Act and its implications for competition and a functioning market

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections   
• Commission opens in-depth investigation into Czech support measure for Digital Terrestrial Television operators (SA.64153) - IP/22/3462
• Commission approves €276 million Dutch scheme to promote the acquisition of land for nature conservation (SA.64168) - Midday Express
• Commission approves €110 million Italian scheme to support the wedding, entertainment, and HORECA sectors in the context of the coronavirus pandemic (SA.102925) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Experts - Services & Investment) - 08 June 2022
• 8th meeting of Working Group on Trade Remedy Cooperation EU-Korea 19 May 2022 - Joint public report
• Joint Minutes of the Second Meeting of the Committee on Intellectual Property under the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership – December 2021
• Regulation(EU) 2022/870 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under 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
• Overview of the EU’s active dispute settlement cases: WTO cases involving the EU as a complainant or respondent, cases under bilateral agreements, and cases under the Trade Barriers Regulation as of 16 May 2022
• EU and Taiwan hold Trade and Investment Dialogue - 02 June 2022
• EU-Serbia subcommittee on trade, industry, customs and taxation - 04 April 2022
• EFTA and Malaysia hold twelfth round of trade negotiations
• Answer given by Vice-President Šefčovič to a MEP written question - New developments in the negotiations on the Association Agreement with Andorra, Monaco and San Marino

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• ERAC Opinion on the ERA Policy Agenda 2022-2024
• Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - High energy costs having a disastrous impact on the production of glass, plastic, wood and paper packaging and driving up agri-food prices - need for EU intervention

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• Harald Waiglein reappointed chair of the financial services committee for third term
• Answer given by Ms McGuinness to a MEP written question - The EU taxonomy and lack of transparency
• Answer given by Ms McGuinness to a MEP written question - Steep rise in gas and fuel prices and the role played by speculative finance
• Answer given by Ms Johansson to a MEP written question - The TFTP Agreement and the CIA
• ESMA publishes technical standards to suspend the CSDR buy-in regime
• ESAs provide clarifications on key areas of the RTS under SFDR 

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Minutes of the Expert Group Sugar Market Observatory - 12 May 2022
• SAIO: Council and Parliament reach a compromise on the scope of the new regulation, including PPPs and organic farming
• Common agricultural policy – performance framework and data for monitoring and evaluation - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 02 June 2022 - 30 June 2022

ENERGY

• Regulation (EU) 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2009, (EU) 2019/942 and (EU) 2019/943 and Directives 2009/73/EC and (EU) 2019/944, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 347/2013

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Zero Pollution: Large number of Europe's bathing waters meet highest quality standards - IP/22/3434 & Bathing Water report
• EU Ship Recycling Regulation – evaluation - Evaluation - Feedback period: 02 June 2022 - 30 June 2022
• European Green Deal: Commission seeks views on better management of Nutrients - Consultation period: 23 May 2022 - 26 August 2022
• Commissioner Sinkevičius is travelling to Tajikistan to participate in the 2nd High-Level International Conference on “Water for Sustainable Development” 
• ECHA - Lead in outdoor shooting and fishing: SEAC agrees draft opinion

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Opinion of Advocate General Emiliou of 2 June 2022 in Case C‑147/21, Comité interprofessionnel des huiles essentielles françaises (CIHEF), Florame, Hyteck Aroma-Zone, Laboratoires Gilbert, Laboratoire Léa Nature, Laboratoires Oméga Pharma France, Pierre Fabre Médicament, Pranarom France, Puressentiel France Vs. Ministre de la Transition écologique, Premier ministre
  Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of legislation - Biocidal products - Objective to protect health and the environment - Possibility for the Member States to adopt restrictive measures on commercial practices and advertisement
• Food imports: Report supports the EU's ambitious agenda to promote global transition to sustainable food systems - Midday Express
• SCHEER - Draft agenda of the 2nd plenary meeting, Luxembourg, 15-16 June 2022
• Unauthorised medicinal products used in clinical trials (labelling rules) - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 01 June 2022 - 29 June 2022
• Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Evaluations of health risks related to e‑cigarettes, heated tobacco and novel tobacco products
• Coronavirus: Commission secures an agreement with Moderna to adapt delivery schedules to Member States' needs - IP/22/3438
  

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• Judgment of the Court of 2 June 2022 in Case C‑589/20, JR Vs. Austrian Airlines AG,
  Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Air transport - Montreal Convention - Article 17(1) - Liability of air carriers for death or injury sustained by passengers - Concept of ‘accident’ causing death or injury - Bodily injury suffered during disembarkation - Article 20 - Exoneration of air carrier from liability - Concept of ‘damage suffered caused or contributed to by the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of that injured passenger’ - Fall of passenger not holding on to the handrail of a mobile disembarkation stairway
  
• Main Results of the Council of the EU (TTE - Transport) - 2 June 2022 
  - European transport ministers today adopted the Council’s position on the three files of the fit for 55 package (aviation, maritime transport and alternative fuels) 
  - Transport ministers today adopted the Council’s position on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems - See the General Guidance 
  - Ro-ro passenger ships: Council adopts its position on improved stability requirements
  - Illegal seizure of two Greek-flagged vessels by Iranian armed groups in the Persian Gulf - Information from the Greek Delegation

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Telecommunications & Information Society - 09 June 2022 
• Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on European data governance and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (Data Governance Act)

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Third Schengen Forum: setting the way forward - IP/22/3445

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Main results - General Affairs Council (Cohesion) - 02 June 2022
  - Cohesion in Europe towards 2050: The Council approved conclusions on the Commission Communication on the 8th report on the EU cohesion policy
• EU cohesion policy: Commission adopts €18.4 billion Partnership Agreement with France for 2021-2027 - IP/22/3368
• Statement by President von der Leyen on Poland's recovery and resilience plan

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/873 of 2 June 2022 amending for the 331st time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations
• Joint press statement following the 14th Association Council meeting between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the European Union
• Speech by President von der Leyen at the GLOBSEC 2022 Bratislava Forum

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

• Russia’s aggression against Ukraine: EU adopts sixth package of sanctions - IP/22/2802
• Ukraine: 500 patients transferred to European hospitals through EU civil protection mechanism - Midday Express
• Corridors of solidarity: European Commission launches EU-Ukraine business matchmaking platform - Midday Express
• Ukraine: €26.2 million initially planned for Russia and Belarus will be transferred to strengthen cooperation with Ukraine and Moldova - Midday Express
• Judicial responses to the situation in Ukraine - Discussion paper
• Answer given by Ms Johansson to a MEP written question - Ukrainian refugees
• Answer given by HR/VP Borrell i Fontelles to a MEP written question - Russo-Ukrainian conflict
• Answer given by Ms Johansson to a MEP written question - Ukrainian crisis: human traffickers waiting in ambush
• Answer given by HR/VP Borrell i Fontelles to a MEP written question - Establishment of a special criminal court for crimes in Ukraine
• Answer given by HR/VP Borrell i Fontelles to a MEP written question - Russian intelligence operations against the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ukraine’s fight for freedom exposes ‘sovereign Europe’ as a delusion - Central Europeans understand better than France or Germany the connection between national independence and security - Financial Times