COMPETITION

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competition - 08 September 2022
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10870 - Capvest / Natra)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10898 - Platinum Equity Group / HOP Lun)
  • Commission clears acquisition of IPCOM by Astorg (M.10865) - Midday Express
  • Valve, videogame publishers’ geoblocking prohibition decisions published by EU Commission - see AT.40424 Capcom - Video Games; AT.40422 Bandai Namco - Video Games; AT.40420 Zenimax - Video Games; AT.40414 Koch Media - Video Games; AT.40413 Focus Home - Video Games (Prohibition Decision (Art. 101 Ex 81))

STATE AID

  • Commission approves amendment to Hungarian scheme to support companies in context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (SA.104009) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Trade Questions - 06 September 2022
  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Dual Use Goods Working Party - 07 September 2022 
  • Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the EU-CTC Joint Committee established by the Convention of 20 May 1987 on common transit procedure as regards amendments to that Convention
  • WTO - Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - European Union - Wireless Access Systems including Radio Local Area Networks (WAS/RLANs)

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • First InvestEU project in Germany: €60 million for construction of affordable and energy-efficient flats - IP/22/5226 

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Genetic Resources and Innovation in Agriculture (Genetic Resources) - 07 & 08 September 2022
  • Common Agricultural Policy 2023-2027: the Commission approves the first CAP strategic plans - IP/22/5183

ENERGY

  • Introductory speech by President von der Leyen at the Baltic Sea Summit
  • Statement by President von der Leyen at the Baltic Sea Summit
  • Figuring out how to reform the EU’s power market - Next week’s emergency summit of EU energy ministers will discuss reforms; what’s still not clear is just how a new energy market would work - Politico.eu

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1434 of 22 July 2022 granting a Union authorisation for the biocidal product family ‘CMIT-MIT Aqueous 1.5-15’
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevičius to a MEP written question - Sustainability credentials
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevičius to a MEP written question - Using space technologies to cut water waste
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevičius to a MEP written question - The EU Packaging Directive is hindering trade
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevičius to a MEP written question - The issue of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevičius to a MEP written question - Request for an opinion on including poultry meat under the measures to combat deforestation

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Agenda for: Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed - Section: "General food law" - 06 September 2022
  • Minutes of the 27th meeting - Expert Group on Health Systems Performance Assessment (HSPA) - 28 June 2022
  • International Overdose Awareness Day: EMCDDA answers key questions on drug-related deaths 

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues - 05 September 2022
  • EDPB has published Art.65 GDPR dispute resolution Binding Decision concerning Accor SA - 17 August 2022
  • EDPS - Opinion on the Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN) - 11 August 2022
  • EDPS - Opinion on the Cross-border data flows in the Agreement between the EU and Japan for an Economic Partnership - 09 August 2022
  • UK - ICO acting against eight individuals over alleged theft of road traffic accident data from garages
  • Edtech companies breaking UK data laws, privacy campaigners claim - Investigation by children’s digital rights charity highlights policies of Google Classroom and ClassDojo - Financial Times 

EURO, ECB & ECONOMY

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • FAQs on assets freezes following sanctions adopted in view of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine and Belarus' involvement in it
  • FAQs on central securities depositories concerning sanctions adopted following Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine
  • EU’s eastern states threaten steps to stem flow of Russians across their borders - Financial Times & Politico.eu
  • Why EU is split over banning Russian tourists - Ministers to pave way for more hurdles, but no outright ban on Russian tourists - Financial Times

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