Europe Daily News, 10 October 2022

COMPETITION

• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10889 - CNP / CVA)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10594 - Securitas / Stanley Security)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10869 - P2X Europe / NVG / P2X Portugal JV)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10893 - Quattror / IMTC / MTD)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10886 - Ineos / Sinopec / Shanghai Secco Petrochemical)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10945 - GIP / Meridiam / Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Group Holdings LTD)
• Commission clears acquisition of sole control of Beiersdorf by Scintia (M.10827) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of sole control of Tchibo Group by Trivium (M.10885) - Midday Express
  
• Commission sends Statement of Objections to Teva over misuse of the patent system and disparagement of rival multiple sclerosis medicine (AT.40588) - IP/22/6062
• Answer given by EVP Vestager to a MEP written question - Acquisition of Vodafone Magyarország Távközlési Zrt. by the Hungarian state

STATE AID

• Commission Decision (EU) 2022/1920 of 26 January 2022 on the State aid SA.59974 - 2021/C (ex 2020/N, ex 2020/PN) which Romania partly implemented for Complexul Energetic Oltenia SA
• Commission approves €1.1 billion Slovakian aid schemes partially funded under Recovery and Resilience Facility to help industry decarbonise production processes and become less energy-intensive (SA.102385) - IP/22/6015
• Commission approves €1 million Maltese aid measure to support fast ferry passenger transport between Malta and Gozo in context of Russia's war against Ukraine (SA.104238) - Midday Express
• Commission approves €100 million Italian scheme under Recovery and Resilience Facility to support modernisation of oil mills (SA.103933) - Midday Express
• Commission authorises a €450 million French scheme to support wagonload rail transport (SA.62529) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: 25th Meeting Prohibitions & Restrictions Expert Group - 20 October 2022
• Agenda for: 7th Meeting of the Customs Expert Group, Taric sub section - 23 November 2022
• Public consultation: EU’s Stabilisation and Association process - Proposal for a regulation - Feedback period: 06 October 2022 - 01 December 2022
• Answer given by EVP Dombrovskis to a MEP written question - Exports of European kiwifruit and New Zealand: direct prejudice to European kiwifruit breeders and importers 

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Tourism) - 13 October 2022 
  - Draft Council Conclusions on ‘European Agenda for Tourism 2030’
• Attendance of a third party at the Working Party on Intellectual Property (CI GIs) on 26 October 2022 - Approval
• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC - Policy debate
• Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - European Chips Act and investment

REACH /CHEMICAL

• 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
• Minutes of the Meeting of the REACH Committee - 23 September 2022
• Case T-453/22: Action brought on 21 July 2022 - BASF and Others Vs. Commission
  Re: annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• Commissioner McGuinness on first official visit to the United States to meet high-level officials and discuss digital finance, sustainable finance, energy crisis and sanctions - Midday Express
• Report from the Commission "On the functioning of the Securitisation Regulation"
• Banks exposed to downside risks as residential real estate markets get overheated, EBA Report finds
• ESMA has today published its Strategy for 2023-2028

TAXATION

• Agenda for: 39th meeting of the Expert Group on the Future of VAT - 14 October 2022

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

• Solidarity with Ukraine: EU takes new steps to provide certainty and access to employment to beneficiaries of Temporary Protection - IP/22/5998
• Culture Moves Europe: the largest EU mobility scheme provides new opportunities for artists and cultural professionals - IP/22/6046
• Commission supports Member States to foster gender equality in policy-making and public expenditure - Midday Express

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Recommendation for a Council Decision amending Decision (EU) 2021/1345 as regards the opening of negotiations with Colombia and Mexico with a view to concluding agreements on trade in organic products - Presidency suggested amendments
• Successful ‘Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment' ECI presented to the European Commission - Midday Express

ENERGY

• Agenda for: Meeting on the Revision of the Primary Energy Factor (PEF) for Electricity - 07 November 2022
• Commissioner Simson in Prague to participate in informal meeting of EU energy ministers - Midday Express

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party of Environment - 10,11 & 13 October 2022
• Agenda for: Council of the European Union (Environment) - List of "A Items" - 24 October 2022
• Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) and Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste - Policy debate
• Eurobarometer: European citizens agree that a just ecological transition is essential and that much remains to be done - Midday Express

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• World Mental Health Day: Commission's Report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people's mental health - Statement by  Stella Kyriakides
• European Citizens' Initiative: successful ‘Save bees' initiative presented to the Commission - Midday Express
• Plant protection products - records to be kept by professional users - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 06 October 2022 - 03 November 2022
• EMA - EMA Management Board: highlights of October 2022 meeting
• EMA - Meeting highlights from the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP) - 4-6 October 2022

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET

• Agenda for: Working Party of Telecommunications & Information Society - 13 October 2022
• Keynote address by President von der Leyen at the Tallinn Digital Summit

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• Data protection: Commission welcomes Executive Order for a new EU-US Data Privacy Framework, see the Q&A: EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework - Midday Express

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Agenda for: Council of the European Union (Justice & Home Affairs) - 13 & 14 October 2022
• Public consultation: Home affairs - non-recognition of Russian travel documents - Proposal for a decision - Feedback period: 06 October 2022 - 01 December 2022

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Opening remarks of Commissioner Hahn in the Annual EU Budget Conference 2022
• 20th European Week of Regions and Cities - Cohesion Policy makes a real difference - IP/22/6002
• EU Cohesion Policy: Commission welcomes the inauguration of one of the biggest EU-funded projects in the EU and Greece - Midday Express
• ECB and People’s Bank of China extend bilateral euro-renminbi currency swap arrangement
• It’s not time to make a change: sovereign fragility and the corporate credit risk - ECB Working Paper Series No.2740
• Gender diversity in bank boardrooms and green lending: evidence from euro area credit register data - ECB Working Paper Series No.2741

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 12 & 14 October 2022
• Legislative programming - Letter from the Presidency to the Commission
• Main Results of the Informal meeting of "Heads of state or government" - See the remarks by President von der Leyen - 7 October 2022 
• Ms Thérèse Blanchet has been nominated as the next Secretary-General of the Council

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Agenda for: Political and Security Committee - 11 October 2022
• European and World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October 2022: Joint statement by the HRVP, on behalf of the European Union, and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

• Consolidated version of the FAQs concerning sanctions adopted following Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine and Belarus' involvement in it
• FAQs on import, purchase and transfer of listed goods concerning sanctions adopted following Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine
• Case T-520/22: Action brought on 28 August 2022 - Karić Vs. Council
  Re: annul Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2022/881 & annul Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/876
• Case T-521/22: Action brought on 29 August 2022 - Golovaty Vs. Council
  Re: annul Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2022/881 & annul Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/876
• Case T-522/22: Action brought on 29 August 2022 - QU Vs. Council
  Re: annul Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2022/881 & annul Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/876
• Case T-528/22: Action brought on 30 August 2022 - Belaruskali Vs. Council
  Re: annul Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2022/881 & annul Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/876
• Case T-534/22: Action brought on 30 August 2022 - Belarusian Potash Company Vs. Council
  Re: annul Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2022/881 & annul Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/876
• Answer given by High Representative/Vice-President Borrell i Fontelles to a MEP written question - Small investors with Russian stocks