Europe Daily News, 20 July 2022

COMPETITION

• Commission approves Bouygues' acquisition of Equans, subject to conditions (M.10575) - IP/22/4603
• Commission clears acquisition of Hitachi Transport System by KKR & Co.(M.10829) - Midday Express

STATE AID

• Commission approves €700 million Italian scheme to support companies in context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (SA.103464) - IP/22/4620
• Commission approves €10 billion Italian scheme to support companies in context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (SA.103286) - IP/22/4594
• Commission amends the Temporary Crisis Framework - IP/22/4622

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Deputy Members) - 22 July 2022
• Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1263 of 19 July 2022 terminating the anti-subsidy proceeding concerning imports of graphite electrode systems originating in the People’s Republic of China
• Commission proposes to temporarily scrap tariffs on goods used to produce fertiliser - See the Proposal
• EU-China: A stable global economy is a shared responsibility - IP/22/4547
• WTO - Items proposed for consideration at the next meeting of Dispute Settlement Body - 21 July 2022
• WTO - Members share experiences on measures adopted to ease trade in COVID-19 essential goods

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Defence Industry: EU takes steps to invest almost €1.2 billion to support 61 defence industrial cooperation projects - IP/22/4595
• EIT Community announces New European Bauhaus Citizen engagement projects
• Non-transposition of EU legislation: Commission takes action to ensure complete and timely transposition of EU directives - Midday Express

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• Answer given by Ms McGuinness to a MEP written question - Trade restrictions on cryptocurrencies
• ESMA has updated the following Questions and Answers:
  - MiFIR data reporting 
  - MiFID II and MiFIR market structures topics 
  - SFTR data reporting

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

• Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1262 of 18 July 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1355 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to Romania to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreak

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Council conclusions on the European Court of Auditors' Special Report No 6/2022: 'EU intellectual property rights - Protection not fully waterproof' – Council conclusions (18 July 2022)

ENERGY

• Save Gas for a Safe Winter: Commission proposes gas demand reduction plan to prepare EU for supply cuts - IP/22/4608, QaA, see the Communication, the Regulation & Annex
  - Factsheet: Save gas for a safe winter
  - Factsheet: A European Gas Demand Reduction Plan
  - Factsheet: Supporting cities to save energy
• Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Seeking energy market solutions

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Minutes of the Commission Expert Group to implement the soil protection provisions of the 7th EAP - 19 May 2022

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Minutes of: Meeting of the Committee on medical devices - 06 July 2022
• Minutes of: Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed
  - Section: "Controls and import conditions" - 06 July 2022 
  - Section: "Animal health and animal welfare" - 07 July 2022
• Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Conclusions from national authority experts on tobacco policy
• EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Assessment of the efficacy of the feed additive consisting of Saccharomyces cerevisae CNCM I‐1077 (Levucell® SC) for dairy cows, cattle for fattening, minor ruminant species and camelids (Lallemand SAS)
• EFSA - External Scientific Report - Training courses in risk assessment methodologies: uncertainty analysis, weight of evidence assessment and assessment of biological relevance

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... of 14.7.2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the indicative maps of the trans-European transport network -  See the Annex

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET

• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC - Outcome of the European Parliament's first reading (Strasbourg, 4 to 7 July 2022) 

DATA PRIVACY CYBERSECURITY

• Proposal for Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Union geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and quality schemes for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/787 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 - Opinion from the European Data Protection Supervisor
• The Danish DPA imposes a ban on the use of Google Workspace in Elsinore municipality

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Minutes of the expert group Management of External Borders - 28 March 2022
• Answer given by Mr Reynders to a MEP written question - Due Diligence Directive 

EURO, ECB & ECONOMY

• IMF warns of sharp European economic hit from Russian gas embargo - Eastern Europe and Italy would suffer serious recessions unless countries pool resources - Financial Times

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Main Results of EU-Azerbaijan Cooperation Council - 19 July 2022
• Albania: Speech by High Representative Josep Borrell at the Intergovernmental Conference

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

• Russia: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the Law on Foreign Agents