Europe Daily News, 14 September 2022

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• 2022 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen - see ETUC reaction
• Sanna Marin : Europe needs strategic autonomy in energy, food and technology - See EP Statement
• Parliament appoints a new Secretary General

COMPETITION

• Google and Alphabet Vs. Commission (Google Android) The General Court largely confirms the Commission’s decision that Google imposed unlawful restrictions on manufacturers of Android mobile devices and mobile network operators in order to consolidate the dominant position of its search engine (See CPR No.147/22 - Judgment of the General Court in Case T-604/18) & See Beuc reaction
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10619 - SNAM / ENI / JV)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10869 - P2X Europe / NVG / P2X Portugal JV)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10872 - Geely / Renault / Renault Korea Motors)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10792 - Philip Morris International / Swedish Match)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10866 - F2i / GVM / Generation and Supply Businesses)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10696 - Aramco Overseas Company / BP Europa / Lotos - Air BP Polska)

STATE AID

• Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2022 in Case T-597/19: Helsingin kaupunki, the Republic of Finland, intervener, Vs. European Commission, supported by Nobina Oy, Nobina AB
  Re: State aid - Bus transport - Capital and operating loans granted by the City of Helsinki - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering its recovery - Existing aid - Advantage - Application of the market economy private creditor test - Public status of the debtor - Taking into account of an existing aid scheme - Application of the market economy private investor test - Economic continuity - Procedural rights of the interested parties - Article 108, Article 108(2) TFEU - Obligation to state reasons - General principles of Union law
• Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2022 in Case T-603/19: Helsingin Bussiliikenne Oy, the Republic of Finland, Vs. European Commission supported by Nobina Oy, Nobina AB
  Re: State aid - Bus transport - Capital and operating credits granted by the City of Helsinki - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery - Economic continuity - Procedural rights of interested parties - Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 - Obligation to state reasons

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2022 in Case T-744/19, Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd, Vs. European Commission,  Achema AB, and by Grupa Azoty S.A., Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Puławy S.A.
  Re: Dumping - Imports of mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1688 - Article 3(1) to (3) and (5) to (8) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Sales through related companies - Construction of the export price - Injury to the Union industry - Calculation of price undercutting - Causal link - Article 9(4) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Calculation of the injury margin - Injury elimination
• Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2022 in Case T-865/19, AO Nevinnomysskiy Azot, AO Novomoskovskaya Aktsionernaya Kompania NAK “Azot”, Vs. European Commission, supported by Fertilizers Europe
  Re: Dumping - Imports of mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1688 - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Dumping margin - Determination of the normal value - Adjustments - Construction of the export price - Fair comparison - Injury to the Union industry - Calculation of price undercutting - Sales between related companies - Causal link - Calculation of the injury margin - Injury elimination - ‘Lesser duty’ rule - Use of facts available
• Agenda for: 237th meeting of the Customs Code Committee Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section (Sub-Section Mec/Misc/Tex) - 3rd to 5th October 2022
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... of 7.9.2022 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1233/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of certain guidelines in the field of officially supported export credits
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) /... amending Regulation (EC) No 738/2000 as regards the classification of a vehicle equipped with a hydraulic lifting device fitted with a working platform in the Combined Nomenclature (CN: 8427)
  
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1522 of 8 September 2022 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN: 9021 10 90)
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1523 of 8 September 2022 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN: 6307 90 98)
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1524 of 8 September 2022 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN: 6306 90 00)
• Commission moves to ban products made with forced labour on the EU market - IP/22/5415, QaA, FactSheet & Proposal for a Regulation
• European Parliament gives green light to amendments to International Sugar Agreement

INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY & RESEARCH

• Agenda for: 5th Industrial Forum meeting - 21 September 2022
  Council Decision (EU) 2022/1526 of 9 September 2022 authorising the opening of negotiations with Canada for an Agreement on the general principles for the participation of Canada in Union programmes and on the association of Canada to Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027)
• Council Decision (EU) 2022/1527 of 9 September 2022 authorising the opening of negotiations with New Zealand for an Agreement on the general principles for the participation of New Zealand in Union programmes and on the association of New Zealand to Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027)
• The European Commission adopted a call for evidence (without an impact assessment) as it prepares a legislative proposal for a basic Regulation for the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) - Feedback period: 12 September 2022 - 10 October 2022
• Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Action plan to eliminate all non-essential uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS)

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• Financial Services: Commission calls on the Slovak insurance supervisor to take measures in order to ensure compliance with Union law - IP/22/5496
• Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation in the area of resolution (“daisy chain” proposal) - See the EP Resolution

ENERGY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Energy - 15 September 2022
• Energy Charter Treaty modernisation text (as of June 2022)
• Energy prices: Commission proposes emergency market intervention to reduce bills for Europeans - IP/22/5489, QaA, Factsheet & Remarks by EVP Timmermans and Commissioner Simson
  - Proposal for a Council Regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices
  
• Energy prices: MEPs call for swift measures to shield consumers and businesses
• EU prepares ‘action plan’ to digitalise the energy system
• REPower EU: A critical moment to make next generation infrastructure digital by design

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (CITES) - 20 September 2022
• Climate change: new rules for companies to help limit global deforestation - See EP Statement and Adopted Amendments
• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Social Climate Fund - Four-column table
• European Parliament resolution of 13 September 2022 on a new EU Forest Strategy for 2030 – Sustainable Forest Management in Europe
• Summary of the Synthesis Report on the operation of Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Statement by European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides and WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge on preventing monkeypox from becoming endemic in Europe
• EFSA - First update of the EU database of processing factors for pesticide residues

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET

• BEREC and FCC (US) sign renewed partnership agreement

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Expert Group on EU Criminal Policy - 16 September 2022
• Minutes of: ICLEG plenary meeting on transparency companies data - 14 June 2022

EURO, ECB & ECONOMY

• NextGenerationEU: European Commission raises a further €12 billion for Europe's recovery - IP/22/5499
• ECB - What drives inflation expectations of women and men?
• ECB - A tale of three crises: synergies between ECB tasks

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Answer to a written question - EU funding provided to sanctioned Russian entities and individuals