COMPETITION

  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10839 - Apollo Capital Management / Schur Flexibles Group)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10756 - ACC / Evonik / JV)
  • Summary of Commission Decision of 30 June 2022 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT. 40511 - Insurance Ireland: Insurance claims database and conditions of access)
    - Opinion on restrictive agreements and dominant positions
    - Final Report of the Hearing Officer
  • Austria - Investigations into concerted practices in the school bags sector concluded: Final application filed with Cartel Court
  • Cyprus - Notification of a concentration concerning the acquisition of the share capital of Arca Holdings LLC by Garda World Security Corporation - 30.08.2022
  • Germany - Bundeskartellamt: List of Notified Merger Projects
  • Malta - Notification of a concentration between Thermoplastics Ltd (Marsa) and D-Square Ltd (Paola)
  • UK - The CMA has cleared the anticipated acquisition of Avast by NortonLifeLock following an in-depth merger investigation
  • UK - Microsoft / Activision deal could lead to competition concerns

STATE AID

  • Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Customs Control Equipment Instrument (CCEI) to the common benefit of the EU customs union - 06 October 2022
  • Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)) - 07 September 2022
  • Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Services and Investment) - 07 September 2022
  • EU investment screening and export control rules effectively safeguard EU security - IP/22/5286
  • Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision (EU) 2015/2169 on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part
  • WTO - Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Subsidies - Replies to the questions posed by Australia regarding the new and full notification of the European Union - Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece & Ireland

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
  • Commission Regulation (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards synthetic polymer microparticles

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Financial Services and Banking Union - (MiFIR) - 12 September 2022

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Biosafety) - 08 September 2022
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) …/... of XXX on establishing operational guidance on the evidence for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria for forest biomass laid down in Article 29 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
  • InvestEU: Support for women-founded Green Generation Fund for sustainable startups - IP/22/5282

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Commission Regulation (EU) …/… of XXX amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of perfluoroalkyl substances in certain foodstuffs 
  • European Health Union: Statement by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides on the authorisation of the first COVID-19 variant-adapted booster vaccines 

DATA PRIVACY CYBERSECURITY

  • Answer given by Mr Reynders to a MEP written question - GDPR enforcement in the light of new revelations about Facebook being manifestly and structurally unable to comply with the GDPR and Digital Markets Act (limitation of purpose)
  • Answer given by Ms Johansson to a MEP written question - Decision on the expansion of intrusive personal data processing by Frontex and Europol

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

BREXIT

  • Brussels warns Truss on triggering Article 16 - EU officials say legislation to override Northern Ireland protocol must be halted or Brexit talks will be frozen - Financial Times
  • What business wants from a Truss premiership - Plus, US-UK ‘special relationship’ risks and how London and Paris see the energy crisis - Financial Times 

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Agenda for: Working Party on European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - 06 September 2022 
  • EU Statement on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
  • China: Statement by HR/VP Josep Borrell on the assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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