COMPETITION

  • Opinion of Advocate General Rantos of 7 July 2022 in Case C‑42/21 P, Lietuvos geležinkeliai AB Vs. European Commission
    Re: Appeal - Competition - Abuse of a dominant position - Rail freight market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 102 TFEU - Access to infrastructure managed by Lithuania’s national railway company - Removal of a section of railway track - Concept of ‘abuse’ - Bronner case-law - Indispensability of access - Anticompetitive intent - Exercise of unlimited jurisdiction - Reduction of the amount of the fine
  • Judgment of the Court of 07 July 2022 in Case C-261/21, F. Hoffmann-La Roche and Others Vs. Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 19(1), second subparagraph, TEU - Obligation of the Member States to establish the legal remedies necessary to ensure effective judicial protection in the fields covered by Union law - Article 267 TFEU - Obligation of the referring court to give full effect to the interpretation of Union law given by the Court - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU - Article 47 - Access to an independent and impartial tribunal established in advance by law - Judgment of a national court or tribunal adjudicating at last instance after a preliminary ruling by the Court - Alleged non-compliance of that judgment with the interpretation of Union law given by the Court National legislation precluding an action for review of that judgment
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10741 - HG / EFMS / TA / IFS)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10768 - KKR / Albioma)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10772 - TSM / Irepse)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10740 - Cummins / Meritor)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10809 - CD&R / TPG / Covetrus)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10742 - Hartree / CATL / CFC / JV)
  • FOREX, Commission Decision of 2 December 2021, Case No. AT.40135 (public version)
  • Communication from the Commission Approval of the content of a draft for a Commission Regulation amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 461/2010 of 27 May 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the TFEU to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices in the motor vehicle sector
  • Commission sends Statement of Objections to Alcogroup and Agroetanol over alleged ethanol benchmarks cartel (AT.40054) - IP/22/4362
  • Austria - Competition authority has said there are currently no direct indications of cartelization or abuse of market power in the national fuel market
  • Czech Republic - Competition Authority has fined Strima to pay CZK4.45 million after settling resale price fixing case
  • Germany - Amazon now subject to stricter regulations – Bundeskartellamt determines its paramount significance for competition across markets (Section 19a GWB)
  • Poland - Żabka, Dino, Selgros - President of UOKiK launches further preliminary investigations
  • Spain - The CNMC has fined 6 of the main construction companies in Spain 203.6 million euros for altering the competitive process in infrastructure construction tenders for more than 25 years
  • UK - CMA investigates Amazon over suspected anti-competitive practices
  • UK - CMA is investigating the anticipated acquisition by Microsoft Corporation of Activision Blizzard, Inc. - See the Commencement notice
  • UK - CMA has accepted undertakings in lieu of reference for the completed acquisition by CVS Group plc of Quality Pet Care Ltd (trading as The Vet).
  • Amazon to share more data with rivals after EU antitrust deal - Financial Times

STATE AID

  • EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 280/21/COL of 13 December 2021 amending the procedural and substantive rules in the field of State aid by introducing new Guidelines on criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of State aid to promote the execution of important projects of common European interest
  • EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 March 2022
  • EFTA ESA - State aid - Decision to raise no objections
  • EFTA ESA - State aid - Decision to raise no objections
  • Commission approves €500 million Croatian scheme to support companies in context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (SA.103003) - IP/22/4343
  • Commission approves €1.2 billion Italian scheme under Recovery and Resilience Facility to support investments in photovoltaic panels in agricultural sector (SA.102460) - IP/22/4331
  • Commission authorises French scheme to support traditional rum production in overseas departments and regions (SA.63903) - Midday Express
  • Commission approves €3.8 million Swedish scheme to support the fishery sector in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (SA.103543) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: 667th meeting of the Export Credits Group - 18 July 2022
  • Agenda for: Customs Coordinators' Network - Presentation of the draft Multiannual Work Programme 2023-2025 for the Customs Programme - 11 July 2022
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) …/... of XXX amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff as regards subheading 9505 10 (Articles for Christmas festivities)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU).../... of XXX amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff - CN 2023
  • Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Moldovan products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part - Outcome of the European Parliament's first reading (Strasbourg, 4-7 July 2022)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) /... making imports of certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries and with a load index exceeding 121 originating in the People's Republic of China subject to registration following the re-opening of the investigation in order to implement the judgments of 4 May 2022 in joined cases T-30/19 and T-72/19, with regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1579 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1690
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1166 of 6 July 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1480/2004 laying down specific rules concerning goods arriving from the areas not under the effective control of the Government of Cyprus in the areas in which the Government exercises effective control
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1167 of 6 July 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/633 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of monosodium glutamate originating in the People’s Republic of China and in Indonesia following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council following a partial interim review
  • Spot checks: Europe’s customs officers struggle to catch faulty goods - A surge of e-commerce in places like Alibaba’s Belgian hub has ‘changed the nature’ of trade - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Internal Market) - 14 July 2022
  • Metals industry opposes proposed EU toxic label on key battery component lithium - European Chemicals Agency is seeking to classify lithium as a reproductive toxin - Financial Times
  • 4 key questions on the EU’s shift to more sustainable chemicals - The EU’s effort to make chemicals more sustainable is one of the hottest files in the bloc’s Green Deal effort - Politico.eu

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  • Commission seeks views and input on compulsory licensing of patents - Midday Express
  • EPO - AI cannot be named as inventor on patent applications: written decision now available - EPO

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • EU Taxonomy: Commission welcomes the result of today's vote by the European Parliament on the Complementary Delegated Act - IP/22/4349 , see T&E Statement
  • Capital Markets Union: Commission publishes reports on improving quality of financial advice and directing SMEs to alternative funding providers - Midday Express
  • Progress on financial services legislative files
  • EFAMA reply to IOSCO consultation on good practices for exchange traded funds
  • Vision for the future of EU wholesale financial markets: AFME recommendations on the MiFIR review
  • EBF position on the latest developments concerning the Commission proposal for a European Green Bond Standard

TAXATION

  • Judgment of the Court of 7 July 2022 in Case C-696/20, B. Vs. Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w W.
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Taxation - VAT - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 41 - Intra-Community acquisition of goods - Place - Chain of successive transactions - Misclassification of part of the transactions - Principles of proportionality and fiscal neutrality
  • Judgment of the Court of 7 July 2022 in Case C-194/21, Staatssecretaris van Financiën Vs. X
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - VAT - Directive 2006/112/EC - Articles 184 and 185 - Regularisation of deductions - Taxable person who has not exercised his right to deduct before the expiry of a time-limit - Impossibility of making that deduction in the context of regularisation
  • Tax regime for short-term rentals imposing obligations on property intermediaries: the freedom to provide services does not preclude the obligation to collect and transmit information or to withhold tax (See CPR Nº 120/2022 - Opinion of the Advocate General in the Case C-83/21, Airbnb Ireland and Airbnb Payments UK)
  • Call for evidence - Tackling the role of enablers involved in facilitating tax evasion and aggressive tax planning in the EU - Proposal for a directive - Feedback period: 06 July 2022 - 12 October 2022
  • Answer given by Mr Gentiloni to a MEP written question - VAT on farm machinery

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

  • Child-raising periods completed in other Member States are to be taken into account in the calculation of an old-age pension (See CPR Nº 119/2022 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-576/20, Pensionsversicherungsanstalt (Périodes d’éducation d’enfants à l’étranger))

ENERGY

  • French state plans to take full control of EDF - Nuclear investments have saddled power company with debt - Financial Times
  • Europe’s biggest biogas producer warns EU targets unachievable - Head of Denmark’s Nature Energy says it will take years to ramp up capacity - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Call for evidence - Import conditions for third countries for controls of VMP and pesticides residues and contaminants - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 06 July 2022 - 03 August 2022
  • Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Nutri-Score and potential confusion for consumers surrounding organic products - Commission action 
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety assessment of the process Extremadura TorrePet, based on the Starlinger iV+ technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety assessment of the process Ganesha ecosphere, based on the Starlinger iV+ technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety assessment of the process Circularpet IV80, based on the Starlinger iV+ technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety assessment of the process Greenpet, based on the Starlinger iV+ technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety evaluation of the food enzyme phospholipase A1 from the GM Aspergillus oryzae strain NZYM‐LJ
  • EFSA - Assessment of the 2020 post‐market environmental monitoring report on the cultivation of GM maize MON 810 in the EU

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

  • Council Decision (EU) 2022/1165 of 27 June 2022 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova on the carriage of freight by road
  • The Council and the Parliament launch urgent temporary measures for Ukrainian driver documents - See the EP Statement
  • Call for evidence - Development of trans-European transport (TEN-T) network in light of war in Ukraine – amended proposal for guidelines - Feedback period: 06 July 2022 - 20 July 2022
  • ACEA - 2022 Progress Report – Making the transition to zero-emission mobility

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET

  • Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act) - Outcome of the EP's first reading
  • Big Tech platforms could face new major EU limits on targeted political ads - Aim is for stricter rules to be in place before the 2024 EP election (See the Report) - Politico.eu
  • Telecom Industry applauds EU Institutions for new platform rulebooks - see ETNO Statement

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on Cyber issues - 08 July 2022
  • Summary of the Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on the Proposal for Council Decisions on the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part, on the exchange of personal data between Europol and the authorities of New Zealand competent for fighting serious crime and terrorism
  • Commercial prospection: the French SA fines TotalEnergies Électricité et Gaz France €1,000,000 - EDPB
  • Poland - Loss of a document with personal data and failure to notify the incident as a reason for a fine - EDPB
  • Poland - Audio recording requires legal basis. Administrative fine imposed on Warsaw Centre for Intoxicated Persons - EDPB
  • The cybersecurity threat landscape methodology developed by the ENISA aims at promoting consistent and transparent threat intelligence sharing across the European Union

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • Council Decision (EU) 2022/1168 of 4 July 2022 authorising the opening of negotiations on a status agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
  • Council Decision (EU) 2022/1169 of 4 July 2022 authorising the opening of negotiations on a status agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Senegal on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Senegal

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 as regards the introduction of the euro in Croatia
  • Council Decision on the adoption by Croatia of the euro on 1 January 2023
  • EU Cohesion Policy: more than €469 million for new cooperation programmes in the Baltics and Scandinavia - Midday Express
  • ECB - Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 1 July 2022
  • Selling price expectations among euro area enterprises - ECB Economic Bulletin Issue 5, 2022
  • Letter from the ECB President to Mr Engin Eroglu, MEP, on Special Drawing Rights
  • Letter from the ECB President to Mr Ville Niinistö, MEP, on climate change
  • Letter from the ECB President to Seán Kelly, MEP, on climate change

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Report by President Charles Michel to the European Parliament plenary session

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Development cooperation and international partnerships - 11 July 2022
  • Afghanistan: Humanitarian Air Bridge delivers medical aid in response to earthquake - Midday Express
  • EU support to the African Union Mission in Somalia: Council approves further €120 million support under the European Peace Facility
  • Operational Guidelines for integrating environmental and climate aspects into civilian Common Security and Defence Policy missions
  • Uzbekistan: The European Union and Uzbekistan complete negotiations for a new Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
  • The European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect for human rights in Hong Kong, Brazil and Tajikistan

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • Commission calls on telecom operators to continue help refugees stay connected - See the Joint Statement
  • EU Statement on the Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine - OSCE Permanent Council No.1381 Vienna, 7 July 2022

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