Europe Daily News, 05 September 2022 | Perspectives & Events

COMPETITION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10781 - KB AG / KB SFN / KBJ)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10861 - HG / Team.Blue)
Answer given by Ms Vestager to a MEP written question - Guidelines on the application of EU competition law to collective agreements regarding the working conditions of solo self-employed people

STATE AID

Action brought on 20 July 2022 - Millennium BCP Participações and BCP África Vs. Commission - Case T-462/22
Re: Annulment of Article 1 and Article 4(1) of Commission Decision C(2020) 8550 final of 4 December 2020 on aid scheme SA.21259 (2018/C) (ex 2018/NN) implemented by Portugal for Zona Franca da Madeira (ZFM) - Regime III; ordering the European Commission to put before the Court the letter of 28 June 2006 from the Portuguese authorities
Appeal brought on 4 July 2022 by Larko Geniki Metalleftiki kai Metallourgiki AE against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 4 May 2022 in Case T-423/14 RENV, Larko Geniki Metalleftiki kai Metallourgiki AE Vs. Commission - Case C-445/22 P
Re: Ground of appeal: infringement of Article 107(1) TFEU, in that the General Court found that measure No 2 (2008 State guarantee) conferred an advantage on the appellant
Commission approves €7.7 million Swedish scheme to support the fishery sector in the context of Brexit (SA.102849) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 1 June 2022 - Bolloré logistics SA v Direction interrégionale des douanes et droits indirects de Caen, Recette régionale des douanes et droits indirects de Caen, Bolloré Ports de Cherbourg SAS (Case C-358/22)
Re: Articles 195, 217 and 221 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92; Community system of reliefs from customs duty; customs debt
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1461 of 26 August 2022 concerning exemptions from the extended anti-dumping duty on certain bicycle parts originating in the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 88/97
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1456 of 10 June 2022 establishing a derogation from Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards the import conditions for introduction into the Union of wood packaging material in the form of ammunition boxes, originating in the United States of America, under the control of the United States Department of Defence, and manufactured before 1 September 2007
Commission helps resume trade in European pork and poultry to the Republic of Korea - IP/22/5285
Answer given by Mr Dombrovskis to a MEP written question - Application of the new trade and sustainable development rules to the EU-India negotiations

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (Internal Market - Ecodesign) - 09 September 2022
Agenda for: EP Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) - 08 September 2022
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... of 30.8.2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 as regards the adaptation of the provisions on monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions from in-service internal combustion engines installed in non-road mobile machinery to include engines with power of less than 56 kW and more than 560 kW - See the Annex
Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Essential oils

ENERGY

ACER urges a review of the rules on the automatic maximum price adjustment mechanism in the day-ahead electricity market
Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Measures to immediately reduce EU dependence on imports of Russian natural gas and oil

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMAT CHANGE

Agenda for: Working Party on Environment - 08 & 09 September 2022
EU Cohesion Policy: €155.7 million for a just climate transition in Sweden - IP/22/5316
EEA report ‘Energy Prosumers in Europe - Citizen participation in the energy transition’
Answer given by Mr Timmermans to a MEP written question - Threats to heritage sites from climate change and environmental degradation

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

Agenda for: Meeting of the PAFF Committee, section General Food Law - 06 September 2022
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on general product safety, amending Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Directive 87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council - 4 column table
EFSA and ECHA to develop guidance on the impact of water treatment processes on active substance residues in drinking water
EMA - Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC): 29 August - 1 September 2022
EMA - New measures to minimise risk of meningioma with medicines containing nomegestrol or chlormadinone
EMA - PRAC starts review of topiramate use in pregnancy and women of childbearing potential
ECDC - MediPIET fellows and supervisors attend project review module in Lisbon, Portugal
ECDC - Tuberculosis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020

EU COVID-19 RESPONSE

COVID-19: Commission rallies Member States to prepare for autumn and winter - IP/22/5302
EMA - First adapted COVID-19 booster vaccines recommended for approval in the EU

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

FUTURE OF EUROPE

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

EU-ASEAN Plan of Action 2023-2027
Pakistan: EU helps coordinate incoming assistance for flood victims - Midday Express
Executive Vice-President Timmermans attends the Africa Adaptation Summit ahead of COP27 - Midday Express
Answer given by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - Combating Iranian terrorism and protecting the citizens of EU Member States

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

Solidarity with Ukraine: EU-Ukraine Association Council takes place, with new agreements further strengthening cooperation between the EU and Ukraine - Midday Express

BREXIT

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