COMPETITION

  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10867 - GIP / Azure / Omers / VTG)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10714 - VGRD / Assets of Auto-Holding Dresden)
  • Amazon’s compliance with new laws ‘a work in progress’, says top EU official - Financial Times

STATE AID

  • Commission approves €380 million Italian investment support scheme towards a sustainable recovery in the context of the coronavirus pandemic (SA.103540) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Trade Questions - 20 September 2022
  • Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (CN: 4202 31 00 & 4202 39 00)
  • UK Guidance - Declaring goods you bring into Northern Ireland 'not at risk’ of moving to the EU
  • WCO and WHO cooperation enhanced through the signing of a new cooperation agreement - 08 September 2022

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Committee on market surveillance and compliance of products - 27 September 2022
  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (Internal Market - Ecodesign) - 16 September 2022
  • Draft Council conclusions on the New European Innovation Agenda - Presidency text
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1519 of 5 May 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements applicable to EU fertilising products containing inhibiting compounds and the post processing of digestate 

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • EBA issues Opinion on measures to address macroprudential risk following notification by De Nederlandsche Bank

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • Common Agricultural Policy 2023-27: the Commission approves the CAP strategic plans for Austria and Luxembourg
  • EU delays cut in pesticide use over food output fears - Council drags feet on ‘toxic topic’ as rules could reduce production and raise prices - Financial Times

ENERGY

  • The European Parliament’s vote on the revision of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) on 14 September - See the Amendments

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Agenda for: Standing Committee on Biocidal Products - 06 October 2022
  • Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (UNECE CLRTAP) - 19 September 2022

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • SCHEER - Minutes of the Working Group meeting on Draft Environmental Quality Standards for the WFD Priority Substances & groundwater quality standards of 2 September 2022

EU COVID-19 RESPONSE

  • COVID-19: Team Europe has delivered €47.7 billion to help its partners address the pandemic and its consequences - IP/22/5431
  • EMA - Adapted vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants and original SARS-CoV-2 recommended for approval
  • Eurojust - EU Justice and Home Affairs agencies joint paper on COVID-19 - Latest update

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET

  • ECTA statement on suggested contribution to network investment (“fair contribution” debate)

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Opinion 24/2022 on the draft decision of the Swedish Supervisory Authority regarding the Processor Binding Corporate Rules of the Samres Group
  • Opinion 23/2022 on the draft decision of the Swedish Supervisory Authority regarding the Controller Binding Corporate Rules of the Samres Group
  • Opinion 22/2022 on the draft decision of the Liechtenstein Supervisory Authority regarding the Controller Binding Corporate Rules of Hilti Group
  • Lack of resources puts enforcement of individuals’ data protection rights at risk - Open letter on EDPB budget proposal for 2023
  • Hellenic SA fines Debt Management Company for unlawful processing of personal data and non-essential examination of rights to object and erasure
  • Hellenic SA: Ex officio audit of processing of personal data in the context of COVID-19 self-test result declaration
  • Answer given by Ms Johansson to a MEP written question - Storage and processing of personal data under PeDRA
  • Answer given by Mr Reynders to a MEP written question - PimEyes: the fundamental rights implications of private use facial recognition technology and biometric databases 

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • Monetary policy and bank resolution in the Eurozone: the Court sets out the limits of the liability of a central bank in respect of damage incurred by holders of financial instruments cancelled by that bank pursuant to reorganisation measures (see CPR Nº 146/2022 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-45/21, Banka Slovenije)
  • EU Cohesion Policy: €467 million for cooperation actions in the North West Europe, Atlantic and Arctic area - Midday Express
  • Decision ECB/2022/30 on temporary adjustments to the remuneration of certain non-monetary policy deposits held with national central banks and the European Central Bank
  • ECB - Looking at the evolution of macroprudential policy stance: A growth-at-risk experiment with a semi-structural modelings - Occasional Paper Series No.301
  • ECB - The use of the Eurosystem’s monetary policy instruments and its monetary policy implementation framework in 2020 and 2021
  • ECB - Two-tier system for remunerating excess reserve hold - Occasional Paper Series No.302
  • ECB - Euro area pension fund statistics: second quarter of 2022
  • ECB - Disclosure of climate change risk in credit ratings

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Background note with the Presidency questions for the exchange of views on Legislative Programming at the Council (General Affairs) meeting of 20 September 2022

BREXIT

  • UK and EU step back from confrontation over Northern Ireland - London and Brussels seek to avoid legal deadline over ‘grace periods’ becoming a flashpoint in talks - Financial Times

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Answer given by Mr Várhelyi to a MEP written question - Given Turkey’s many provocations, can it really still join the EU?

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