COMPETITION

  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10708 - Cura / OCG / Deutsche Euroshop JV)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10529 - Heidelbergcement / Thoma Bravo / Command Alkon)
  • Belgium - Decision of the Competition College of the BCA in the context of the concentration Ter Beke/CFG Benelux
  • Germany - Bundeskartellamt greenlights start of automated driving development cooperation between VW and Bosch

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Deputy Members) - 08 July 2022
  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Dual Use Goods Working Party - 13 July 2022
  • EU and UK agree on way forward in WTO dispute concerning UK’s green energy subsidy scheme - See the Exchange of Letters
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevicius to a MEP written question - Import tariffs on Patagonian squid from the waters around the Falkland Islands

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - EU type approval regulations for autonomous vehicles

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Agenda for: 47th Meeting of the Expert Group of the European Securities Committee - 12 July 2022 
  • ESMA has published the results of its fourth stress test exercise of Central Counterparties (CCPs)
  • EBA updates the list of Other Systemically Important Institutions

ENERGY

  • Report on the implementation of the obligations under the Convention on Nuclear Safety - 8th and 9th Joint Review Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS), Vienna, 20-31 March 2023 - Information note
  • Germany draws up law to take stakes in struggling gas importers - Berlin moves to tackle fallout from surging energy prices in wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevicius to a MEP written question - Biodegradable materials in the context of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
  • Answer given by EVP Timmermans to a MEP written question - Reducing energy dependency on Russian gas by temporarily reducing the cost of lignite and hard coal emission allowances

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1107 of 4 July 2022 laying down common specifications for certain class D in vitro diagnostic medical devices in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council
  • EFSA - Scientific statement on the maximum residue levels for potassium phosphonates
  • EFSA - Safety evaluation of the food enzyme β‐galactosidase from the GM Bacillus licheniformis strain NZYM‐BT
  • EFSA - Scientific opinion on flavouring group evaluation 415 (FGE.415): (E)‐3‐benzo[1,3]dioxol‐5‐yl‐N,N‐diphenyl‐2‐propenamide
  • EFSA - Safety of frozen and freeze‐dried formulations of the lesser mealworm (Alphitobius diaperinus larva) as a Novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
  • ECDC - Operational considerations for the provision of the HIV continuum of care for refugees from Ukraine in the EU/EEA
  • ECDC - Risk communication and community engagement approaches during the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, 2022

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET

  • Digital Services Package: Commission welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of the EU's new rulebook for digital services - IP/22/4313
  • Digital Services: landmark rules adopted for a safer, open online environment - See the EP Statement

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • More than 130 arrests during EU-wide action against child trafficking - Law enforcement authorities identify up to 60 new suspects as well as around 130 potential victims - Europol

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on Cyber issues - 06 July 2022
  • Summary of the Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on the Proposal for a Regulation on
    - geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products
    - information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union
    - laying down measures for a high common level of cybersecurity at the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Summary report of the 11th; 10th; 9th; 8th; and 7th meeting of the Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe
  • Letter on the Parliament's resolution on the call for a Convention for the revision of the Treaties
  • Agenda of the EP Plenary Session from 04 to 07 July 2022

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Readout of the telephone conversation between President Charles Michel and Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • Commission Decision (EU) 2022/1108 of 1 July 2022 on relief from import duties and VAT exemption on importation granted for goods to be distributed or made available free of charge to persons fleeing the war in Ukraine and to persons in need in Ukraine 
  • Speech by Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis at the Ukraine Recovery Conference
  • Keynote speech by President von der Leyen at the opening ceremony of the Ukraine Recovery Conference
  • Answer given by Mr Wojciechowski to a MEP written question - Implementation of Article 219 in response to the Ukrainian crisis
  • Answer given by to a MEP written question - General ban on issuing Schengen visas for Russians individuals involved in the Ukraine aggression
  • BEREC reports on support measures for Ukrainian refugees by European telecom operators
  • ‘It used to feel nice here’: Russian threats stoke tensions on Lithuania’s borders - Financial Times

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