COMPETITION

STATE AID

  • Commission approves aid to support the resolution of the Polish Getin Noble Bank S.A. (SA.100687) - IP/22/5922
  • Commission approves €450 million German measure to replace electricity generation amid Russian natural gas shortages (SA.103662) - IP/22/5919
  • Commission approves €390 million Romanian scheme under Recovery and Resilience Facility to support high-efficient cogeneration of electricity and heat (SA.101723) - IP/22/5044

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Customs Union Working Party - 6 October 2022
  • Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures (Oxalic acid; India - The People’s Republic of China; Anti-dumping duty; Regulation (EU) 2018/931; 3.7.2023)
  • Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the EC/Faroe Islands Joint Committee - See the Annex
  • Council Decision (EU) 2022/1664 of 20 September 2022 on the conclusion on behalf of the Union of the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Australia, of the other part
  • EU agri-food trade remains stable - see the Report 

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Case T-449/22: Action brought on 20 July 2022 - Evonik Operations Vs. Commission
    Re: annulment of the Commission’s Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692
  • Agenda for: Working Party on on Competitiveness and Growth (Industry) - 6 October 2022
  • Commission Regulation (EU) …/… of XXX amending, for the purpose of its adaptation to technical progress, the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals - see the Annex
  • 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 of concerning the REACH
  • 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 of concerning the REACH
  • European Research Council grantee wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine  - Midday Express
  • Franco-German position on an EU Critical Raw Materials Act

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Submission of regulatory technical standards specifying the minimum performance-related triggers for STS synthetic securitisation transactions
  • ESAS propose disclosure for fossil gas and nuclear energy investments
  • EBA releases the technical package for phase 3 of its 3.2 reporting framework
  • European Money Markets Institute (EMMI), EURIBOR administrator, announced that Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) will join the EURIBOR panel on 2 November 2022

TAXATION 

  • Agenda for: Ad Hoc Working Party on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (AHWP CBAM) - 07 October 2022

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

  • Draft Council Conclusions on Gender equality in disrupted economies: focus on the young generation 

ENERGY

  • Council Decision (EU) 2022/1842 of 20 September 2022 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community with regard to the incorporation of Regulation (EU) 2022/1032 of the European Parliament and of the Council on gas storage into the Energy Community acquis
  • Opening remarks by Commissioner Simson at the press conference of the Extraordinary Energy Council, 30 September 2022
  • Outcome of Proceedings - Proposal for a Council Regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices
  • Statement by President von der Leyen at the inauguration of the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria
  • Answer given by EVP Vestager to a MEP written question - Arbitrary manipulation of natural gas prices on European gas markets by energy traders acting in favour of Russia
  • Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Market distortion – Energy-related Products Directive 

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 03,04 & 06 October 2022
  • Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directive 2008/99/EC - Progress report
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevicius to a MEP written question - Categorisation of battery waste for electric vehicles 
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevicius to a MEP written question - Exploitation of frog populations in Asia and Eastern Europe for the trade in frogs’ legs in the EU

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • Statement by Commissioner Johansson on general visa issuance in relation to Russian applicants and controls of Russian citizens at the external borders
  • Guidelines on general visa issuance in relation to Russian applicants and controls of Russian citizens at the external borders - IP/22/5903

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 05 and 07 October 2022 
  • Statement of President von der Leyen on the first day of office of the new President of the European Court of Auditors

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Agenda for: 12th EU-Israel Association Council - 03 October 2022

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • EU leaders condemn the illegal annexation by Russia - Statement by the Members of the European Council
  • Message of President Charles Michel on Russia's illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions
  • Judicial responses and the fight against impunity regarding crimes committed in connection with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine - State of play
  • Answer given by the Council to a MEP written question –

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