COMPETITION

  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10724 - Itochu / Under Armour / Dome)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10768 - KKR / Albioma)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10652 - MOL / Lotos PALIWA)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10594 - Securitas / Stanley Security)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10751 - CVC Funds / LFP / Medicaco)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10725 - SK Capital Partners / Polymer Additives Holdings)
  • Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive disparagement by Vifor Pharma of iron medicine - IP/22/3882
  • Commission approves Ali Group's acquisition of Welbilt, subject to conditions (M.10431) - IP/22/3837
  • Commission clears acquisition of Mooney and the Compendio by Enel and Intesa (M.10624) - Midday Express
  • Commission clears creation of a joint venture by Indomobil, Mitsui, and PTL (M.10698) - Midday Express
  • UK - CMA consumer research into purchasing behavior in the UK smartphone market
  • UK - CMA: Merger inquiry outcome statistics

STATE AID

  • Commission approves €226 million Hungarian scheme to support SMEs in context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (SA.102986) - IP/22/3705
  • Commission approves €3.9 million Estonian scheme to support agricultural producers in context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - IP/22/3752
  • Commission approves €500 million Romanian scheme under Recovery and Resilience Facility to support the establishment of new forest areas - IP/22/3794
  • Commission approves €85.3 million Croatian recapitalisation scheme to support the civil aviation sector affected by the coronavirus pandemic - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Second set of Council conclusions at the end of the 12th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference
  • The Council has adopted a regulation to promote reciprocity in access to international public procurement markets
  • Answer given by Vice-President Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Trade relations between the EU and the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • EU plans sanctions if partner countries breach labour and sustainability rules - Talks with India will present first challenge as EU increasingly uses economic muscle to change policies elsewhere - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Draft Council Conclusions on the Development of Sustainable Public Procurement
  • 4th Session of the WIPO Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System (Geneva, 14 to 16 June 2022) - Final EU/Member States statements

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Capital Markets Union: Council agrees its position on updated rules for hedge funds, private debt funds, and other alternative investment funds
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... of 10.6.2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the minimum details of the data to be reported to trade repositories and the type of reports to be use - See the Annex

TAXATION

  • The Council today adopted conclusions on the work of the "Code of Conduct" Group (Business Taxation)
  • Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation)
    - Overview of EU Member States' preferential tax regimes examined since the creation of the COCG in March 1998 

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • Team Europe response to global food insecurity – Council conclusions (20 June 2022)
  • Agriculture: Commission approves two new geographical indications and one traditional speciality guaranteed, from Portugal (‘Maranho da Sertã' i ‘Sopa da Pedra de Almeirim') and Turkey (Giresun Tombul Fındığı') - Midday Express

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Toxic-free environment, circular economy and biodiversity: EU welcomes outcomes of three UN COPs on chemicals and waste, and pushes COP15 negotiations towards a new global deal for nature and people- Midday Express

ENERGY

  • EU-US Joint Press Release on the Global Methane Pledge Energy Pathway - IP/22/3793
  • Speech by President von der Leyen at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, see Speech by Joe Biden
  • Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - 

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

  • Agenda for:Horizontal Group on Cyber Issues - 21 June 2022
  • Commission Decision of 7 June 2022 on the participation of the National Regulatory Authority of Ukraine in the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications
  • Hate speech: Twitch joins the EU Code of Conduct against illegal hate speech online - Midday Express

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

ARE OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • The Prestige sinking: The arbitration proceedings initiated in the United Kingdom cannot block the recognition of the Spanish judgment ordering the insurer to pay compensation for the damage caused by the oil spill (See CPR Nº 104/2022 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-700/20, London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutual Insurance Association)
  • Minutes of 29th meeting of the Standing Committee on Precursors - 20 April 2021

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • Main results of the EcoFin Council -17 June 2022, see list of adopted "A Items"
    - European Semester 2022: country-specific recommendations agreed
    - NextGenerationEU: ministers approve the assessment of Poland’s national plan by the European Commission
  • ECB - Euro area pension fund statistics: first quarter of 2022
  • New facts on consumer price rigidity in the euro area - ECB Working Paper Series No.2669

FUTURE OF EUROPE

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Main results - EU-Egypt Association Council - 19 June 2022
  • EU- NATO cooperation: seventh progess report
  • Global Gateway: the EU's strategy to build a better connected world at the heart of the European Development Days 2022 - Midday Express
  • Eurobarometer 2022: EU citizens strongly support international cooperation to reduce poverty and build partnerships with partner countries - IP/22/3584

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • Crimea and the city of Sevastopol: EU extends sanctions over Russia's illegal annexation by one year
  • Statement by President von der Leyen on the Commission's opinions on the EU membership applications by Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

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