COMPETITION

  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10759 - GIP / Meridiam / Veolia (Hazardous Waste Business)) 
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10507 - Hitachi Rail / Ground Transportation Systems Business of Thales)
  • Commission approves Celanese's acquisition of DuPont's Mobility and Materials Business, subject to conditions (M.10721) - IP/22/6114
  • Croatia - High Administrative Court rejects the claims against the CCA infringement decision in bid rigging cartel in public procurement involving undertakings Agro-Vir, Agrodalm, Diljexport and Marino-Lučko
  • France: One million euro fine to Gaz de Bordeaux and its parent companies for abuse of dominant position
  • Germany - G7 competition summit brings together policy makers and enforcers to exchange on future-proof enforcement in digital markets
  • Poland - President of UOKiK signs Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with his counterpart from the Armenian Competition Protection Commission
  • Romania - The Competition Council has opened an investigation on a possible abuse of dominant position of Auto Italia Impex SRL
  • Romania - The Competition Council recommends modifying the law provisions so that consulting firms can also be owned by specialists
  • Slovak Republic: AMO SR conducted an unannounced inspection at an undertaking in IT sector 

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Services & Investment) - 19 October 2022
  • Agenda for: Customs Programme - CLEN Proficiency Test on Mineral Oils - 24 October 2022
  • Agenda for: Customs Programme - CLEN Action 1 - ILIADe Project Group meeting - 19 October 2022
  • Minutes of 46th meeting of the Customs Expert group - Tariff & Statistical Nomenclature Section HS/WCO Coordination Sector - 16-26 August 2022
  • Council Decision on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the 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 of the Trade Committee - See Draft Decision No …/2022 of the Trade Committee of … regarding its Rules of Procedure
  • Draft Decision of the EU-Ukraine Association Committee in Trade configuration as regards the update of Annex XV (Approximation of customs legislation) to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part
  • Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EU-Ukraine Association Committee in Trade configuration established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic  Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards the update of Annex XV (Approximation of customs legislation) to that Agreement
  • Council Decision amending Decision (EU) 2015/2169 on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part
  • Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the 2021-2023 period
  • Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications established by the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, as regards the adoption of its rules of procedure - See Draft Decision of the EU-Armenia Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications adopting its rules of procedure
  • Answer given by EVP Dombrovskis to a MEP written question - Compromise agreement on the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (Internal Market-Attachés + Internal Market-Ecodesign) - 17 October 2022
  • Draft Council conclusions on the New European Innovation Agenda - Presidency text
  • Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe, as regard the Chips Joint Undertaking - Presidency text
  • Minutes of the 4th CEG meeting on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender equality in EU R&I - 15 September 2022 

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • ESMA’s CCP Supervisory Committee (CCP SC) has published strategic objectives, in line with ESMA’s overall strategy for the period 2023-2028
  • EBA clarifies the status of several disclosure guidelines, and ensures continuous transparency of credit quality of exposures by all types of credit institutions

TAXATION

  • Agenda for: Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) - 24 October 2022
  • Council conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes 2022/C 391/02
  • OECD - Progress Report on the Administration and Tax Certainty Aspects of Pillar One - Public consultation: 6 October - 11 November 2022

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 17-18 October 2022
    - Trade-related agricultural issues - Exchange of views 
    - Joint Declaration of the Ministers of Agriculture of the Visegrad Group and Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Slovenia on the challenges and opportunities of Member States in relation to EU carbon farming initiatives - Information from the Slovak delegation, on behalf of the Bulgarian, Croatian, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak and Slovenian delegations 
  • Answer given by Mr Wojciechowski to a MEP written question - Drought in Europe: call on the Commission to take immediate action to support European farms

ENERGY

  • SolarPower Europe - 13 Solar CEOs Call on the EU Commission to Urgently Support European Solar PV Manufacturing
  • EU looks to enforce mandatory co-operation on gas purchases -  Financial Times
  • Cepsa plans ‘green hydrogen corridor’ between Spain and Rotterdam - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Agenda for: Working Party on International Environmental Issues (Climate Change) - 18 October 2022
  • Agenda for: 68th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC 68) (Portorož, Slovenia, 13-21 October 2022) - First EU coordination
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevičius to a MEP written question - Measures to combat illegal logging
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevičius to a MEP written question - Residues from slate extraction

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Joint Statement by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge and Director of the ECDC Dr Andrea Ammon: working together towards COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccinations for this winter

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET & INFORMATION SOCIETY

  • Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2022 on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Digital Markets Act)
  • Commission steps up action to tackle disinformation and promote digital literacy among young people - IP/22/6048, see the Guidelines & Final report

DATA PRIVACY CYBERSECURITY

  • Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on Cyber issues - 12 October 2022
  • EDPB adopts “wish list” of procedural aspects, first EU data protection seal and a statement on digital euro
  • Opinion 28/2022 on the Europrivacy criteria of certification regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 (GDPR)

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • EU may need budget top-up for Ukraine, energy crisis - Bloc’s seven-year budget is rapidly burning through cash - Financial Times 

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Meeting between Bjoern Seibert and former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd
  • Answer given by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - Support for a counter-terrorism analytical unit in Libya
  • Answer given by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - Breach of Nagorno - Karabakh ceasefire by Azerbaijan
  • Answer given by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - Financing for French armed forces operating under the aegis of the EU in the Sahel 

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • European Commission raises a further €11 billion for NextGenerationEU and to support Ukraine - IP/22/6097
  • G7 statement on Ukraine
  • Answer given by Mr Várhelyi to a MEP written question - Access to EU funding for LGBTI organisations in Ukraine in the context of Russia’s invasion

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