Europe Daily News, 21 September 2022

COMPETITION

• Agenda for: Working Party on Competition - 26 September 2022
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10847 - NBH / NLMK Dansteel)
• Commission clears acquisition of Natra by CapVest (M.10870) - Midday Express
• Cyprus - Notification of concentration regarding the acquisition of Columbia Marlow Holding Ltd by Schoeller Group, via Ferrum Marine Company Ltd

STATE AID

• Judgment of the General Court of 21 September 2022 in Case T-95/21, Portuguese Republic Vs. European Commission
  Re: State aid - Madeira free zone - Aid scheme implemented by Portugal - Decision finding that the scheme does not comply with Decisions C(2007) 3037 final and C(2013) 4043 final, declaring that scheme incompatible with the internal market and ordering the recovery of aid paid under it - Concept of State aid - Existing aid within the meaning of Article 1, (b)(i) and (ii) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 - Recovery - Legitimate expectations - Legal certainty - Principle of sound administration - Absolute impossibility of implementation - Limitation period - Article 17 of Regulation 2015/1589
• Commission approves up to €5.2 billion of public support by thirteen Member States for the second Important Project of Common European Interest in the hydrogen value chain - IP/22/5676 & Statement by EVP Vestager
• Commission approves €50 million Lithuanian scheme to support companies in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (SA.104109) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the Trade Committee established by the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore as regards the adoption of the Rules of Procedure for the Trade Committee
• Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1624 of 20 September 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/607 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of steel ropes and cables originating in the People’s Republic of China as extended to imports of steel ropes and cables consigned from Morocco and the Republic of Korea, whether declared as originating in these countries or not, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Fourth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries established by the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - Minutes
• CETA turns 5: a privileged partnership for sustainable growth and secure supplies - IP/22/5654
• EU-Australia: Council adopts decision for the conclusion of a framework agreement
• WTO - Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - European Union - Hazardous substances and mixtures

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Non-transposition of EU legislation: Commission takes action to ensure complete and timely transposition of EU directives
• Industrial Forum's 5th meeting addresses energy preparedness - Midday Express

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• Agenda for: Working Party on financial services and the banking union (Insurance) - 23 September 2022
• Agenda for: Financial Counsellors Working Party - 23 September 2022
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1622 of 17 May 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on emerging markets and advanced economies
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) /... amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 as regards the 2022 update of the taxonomy for the single electronic reporting format
• ESMA has withdrawn the trade repository (TR) registration of UnaVista TRADEcho B.V. (UnaVista) under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) 

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Financing of the CAP and aid to the Member States: the Court of First Instance dismisses France's action challenging a financial correction France's action challenging a financial correction of 46 million proposed by the Commission (See CPR Nº 159/2022, Judgment of the General Court in Case T-475/21, France Vs. Commission)
• Commission Notice - Q&As on the application of EU rules on import controls on products from third countries intended to be placed on the EU market as organic products or in-conversion products 

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environmental Issues (Climate Change) - 27 September 2022
• Speech by President von der Leyen at the pledging event "Countdown to COP15: Landmark Leaders Event for a Nature Positive World", co-hosted by the EU and other partners

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Speech by President von der Leyen at the 2022 Global Goalkeepers Awards by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Non-compliance with health standards in Brazilian slaughterhouses
• ECHA - Cancer-causing PAHs in clay targets need an EU-wide ban - ECHA/NR/22/15
• EFSA - Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance quartz sand
• EFSA - External Scientific Report - Italian national dietary survey on adult population from 10 up to 74 years old - IV
• EFSA - Statement on the short‐term (acute) dietary risk assessment for the temporary MRLs for nicotine in rose hips, teas and capers
• EFSA - Scientific Report - Scientific support for preparing an EU position in the 53rd session of the codex committee on pesticide residues (CCPR)
• EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety of iron milk proteinate as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 and bioavailability of iron from this source in the context of Directive 2002/46/EC 

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• EDPB - September plenary - adopted documents
• Employees’ right of access: Italian SA fines Unicredit S.p.A. and orders corrective measures

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• European Aviation Environmental Report 2022: Ramping up sustainability is crucial for sector's long-term viability 

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• EU Cohesion Policy: €1.4 billion for Ireland's economic and social development and green transition in 2021-2027 - IP/22/5436
• Will the green transition be inflationary? Expectations matter - ECB Working Paper Series No.2726
• A sensitivities based CoVaR approach to assets commonality and its application to SSM banks - ECB Working Paper Series No.2725
• Fiscal policies to mitigate climate change in the euro area - Economic Bulletin Issue 6, 2022
  

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1621 of 20 September 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic
• Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/1626 of 20 September 2022 amending Decision 2013/798/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Central African Republic 
• Declaration of Leaders’ Summit on Global Food Security; see Remarks by President Charles Michel
• Answer given by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - Severing of the Friendship Treaty between Spain and Algeria and suspension of trade relations with a Member State

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1623 of 14 July 2022 derogating from Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 for the year 2022 as regards the value of marketed production, the national strategy and the recovery of Union financial assistance for multiannual commitments in the fruit and vegetables sector due to the crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
• Statement by High Representative Josep Borrell on the illegal “referenda” in Luhansk, Kherson and Donetsk