COMPETITION

  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10925 - BNP Paribas / Terberg Business Lease Group)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10790 - Salic / Olam / Olam Agri)
  • Commission renews interim measures to ensure Illumina and GRAIL continue to be kept separate following the prohibition decision (M.10938) - Midday Express
  • Commission clears acquisition of Tenneco by Apollo (M.10712) - Midday Express
  • Austria - Construction cartel update - AFCA files application to have five companies of the Gebrüder Haider Group fined 
  • UK - CMA published its latest update report on the implementation of Google’s Privacy Sandbox commitments accepted by the CMA in February 2022
  • UK - CMA published the Responses to provisional findings and possible remedies related to the NEC Software Solutions UK / Capita Secure Solutions and Services merger inquiry

STATE AID

  • Communication from the Commission - Framework for State aid for research and development and innovation
  • Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections
  • Commission approves €1.5 billion Belgian scheme to support energy suppliers in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine (SA.104585) - IP/22/6384
  • Commission approves €120 million Italian measure to support newspaper publishers (SA.103737) - Midday Express
  • Commission approves prolongation of Belgian scheme to exempt seafarer employers from social security contributions (SA.103643) - Midday Express
  • Commission approves prolongation and modification of German scheme to encourage freight traffic to shift from road to inland waterways and rail (SA.104018) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Trade Questions - 03 November 2022
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2076 of 25 October 2022 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN: 8544 30 00)
  • Decision No 1/2022 of the Special Committee on Customs and Trade Facilitation of 27 July 2022 regarding its Rules of Procedure
  • Decision No 1/2022 of the EU-Republic of Moldova Customs Sub-Committee of 3 October 2022 concerning the mutual recognition of the authorised economic operator programme of the Republic of Moldova and the authorised economic operator programme of the European Union [2022/2089]
  • Customs: new agreement to improve trade flows between the EU and Moldova enters into force on 1 November - Midday Express
  • Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis in Prague for the informal Foreign Affairs Trade Council and to engage with civil society - Midday Express

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (High Level) - 09 November 2022
  • Minutes of the 9th Meeting of the Horizon Europe Programme Committee - the European Innovation Council (EIC) and European Innovation Ecosystems - 14 October 2022
  • Strategic objectives and governance of Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI)
  • 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 concerning the REACH (4-(1,1,3,3-Tetra methylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated (4-tert-OPnEO) - REACH/22/37/0; REACH/22/36/0 & REACH/22/33/0)
  • Opinion of Advocate General Pitruzzella of 27 October 2022 in Case C‑144/21; European Parliament Vs. European Commission
    Re: Action for annulment - Commission Implementing Decision C(2020) 8797 of 18 December 2020 partially granting an authorisation for certain uses of chromium trioxide - Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) - Article 60(4) - ‘Socio-economic’ authorisation procedure - Analysis of the risk to human health or the environment arising from the use of the substance - Analysis of the absence of suitable alternative substances or technologies

FINANCIAL SERVICES

TAXATION

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • Agenda for: Special Committee on Agriculture - 07 November 2022
    - Regulation on geographical indications and quality schemes - Summary of public feedback received after adoption of the proposal
  • Common Agricultural Policy 2023-27: strategic plans for Croatia, Slovenia and Sweden worth almost €9 billion in total approved - Midday Express
  • The Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak: Commission proposes 2023 fishing opportunities with catch limits' increases for largest stocks - IP/22/6437

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

ENERGY

  • Background paper: The energy crisis and the competitiveness of EU industry
  • Answer given by EVP Vestager to a MEP written question - Iberian price cap for natural gas
  • Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Extension of the operational lives of German nuclear power plants
  • The end of Europe’s energy crisis is in sight - What a negative gas price tells us about economics, capitalism and the future - Financial Times
  • EU risks undermining climate goals with focus on energy prices - Divide opens up among bloc members after compromise on buildings’ efficiency measures - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET

  • Chairman report - 80th RSC Radio Spectrum Committee - Decision n° 676/2002/EC - 05 October 2022
  • Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Twitter: fake accounts and bot networks facilitating manipulation and the spread of disinformation

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on Cyber issues - 28 October 2022

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

  • Minutes of the Committee for the application of common safety rules in the field of civil aviation - 12 October 2022

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2085 of 27 October 2022 amending Decision 2010/573/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova
  • Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2022/2086 of 27 October 2022 implementing Decision 2011/72/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Tunisia
  • Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2073 of 27 October 2022 implementing Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Tunisia
  • Public Address by President von der Leyen in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Statement by President von der Leyen on the occasion of her official visit to Albania
  • Joint press communiqué by Heads of State of Central Asia and the President of the European Council
  • Remarks by President Charles Michel after his meeting with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana
  • Joint press statement of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel
  • Joint press statement by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Charles Michel, President of the European Council
  • Main results - 3rd EU-CELAC Ministerial meeting & Co-Chairs' Communiqué, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 27 October 2022
  • EU provides €1 million in funding to the Office of the Envoy on Technology of the UN's Secretary-General - IP/22/6452

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • FAQs on provision of services concerning sanctions adopted following Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine 
  • FAQs on central securities depositories concerning sanctions adopted following Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine
  • FAQs on asset freezes following sanctions adopted in view of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine and Belarus' involvement in it
  • Consolidated version of the FAQs concerning sanctions adopted following Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine and Belarus' involvement in it

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