COMPETITION

  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10894 - BC Partners / Bain Capital  / Fedrigoni)
  • Commission clears acquisition of Micro Focus by OpenText (M.10931) - Midday Express
  • Commission extends duration of R&D and specialisation block exemption regulations -  Midday Express
    - Commission Regulation  (EU) / amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 1218/2010 of 14 December 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the TFEU to certain categories of specialisation agreements
    - Commission Regulation (EU) / amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 1217/2010 of 14 December 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the TFEU to certain categories of research and development agreements

STATE AID

  • Commission approves €28 million Dutch scheme to encourage freight traffic to shift from road to rail (SA.100325) - Midday Express
  • ESA approves a prolongation of and amendments to a Norwegian innovation and development scheme for news and current affairs media

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)) - 13 December 2022
  • Agenda (revised) for: Working Party on Trade Questions - 09 December 2022
  • Agenda for: Working Party on Trade Questions - 12 December 2022
  • Notice of reopening the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of optical fibre cables originating in the People’s Republic of China
  • Council Decision on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Customs established under the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore, as regards the amendment of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of “originating products” and methods of administrative cooperation - Adoption
  • Decision No 1/2022 of the Trade Committee of 16 November 2022 modifying Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part
  • Decision No 2/2022 of the Trade Committee of 16 November 2022 modifying Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part
  • Decision No 3/2022 of the Trade Committee of 16 November 2022 modifying Appendix 1 to Annex XIII to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2390 of 7 December 2022 amending the definitive countervailing duty imposed on imports of certain rainbow trout originating in Türkiye by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/823 following a partial interim review pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the
  • Council Decision (EU) 2022/2391 of 25 November 2022 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Council of Members of the International Olive Council, as regards the trade standard applying to olive oils and olive-pomace oils

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2387 of 30 August 2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 as regards the adaptation of the provisions on monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions from in-service internal combustion engines installed in non-road mobile machinery to include engines with power of less than 56 kW and more than 560 kW
  • The European Innovation Council: over one and a half billion euro for breakthrough technologies - IP/22/7437
  • European Innovation Council unveils winners of Capital of Innovation and Women Innovator awards - IP/22/7442

FINANCIAL SERVICES

TAXATION

  • Combatting aggressive tax planning: the obligation for a lawyer to inform other intermediaries involved is not necessary and infringes the right to respect for communications with his or her client (See CPR No.198/22, Judgment of the Court in Case C-694/20, Orde van Vlaamse Balies and Others)
  • Opinion of advocate General Collins on 8 December 2022, Case C‑692/20, European Commission Vs. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Re: Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 95/60/EC - Fiscal marking of gas oils - Failure to comply with a judgment - Article 260(1) TFEU - Imposition of a lump sum payment - Article 260(2) TFEU - Gravity of the infringement - Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community - Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland - Persistence of the infringement after the end of the transition period in respect of Northern Ireland - Consequences for the calculation of the lump sum payment
  • Judgment of the Court of 8 December 2022 in Case C-247/21, Luxury Trust Automobil GmbH Vs. Finanzamt Österreich
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Harmonisation of tax laws - Common system of VAT - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 203 - Regularisation of the VAT return - Recipients of services not entitled to deduct - No risk of loss of tax revenue
  • Judgment of the Court of 8 December 2022 in Case C-378/21, GmbH Vs. Finanzamt Österreich
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - VAT - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 42(a) - Article 197(1)(c) - Article 226(11a) - Article 141 - Exemption - Triangular transaction - Designation of the final recipient of a supply as the person liable for payment of VAT - Invoices - 'Reverse charge' statement - Compulsory nature - Omission of that statement from an invoice - Retroactive correction of the invoice
  • Taxation: New transparency rules require service providers to report crypto-asset transactions - IP/22/7513 & QaA: DAC8
  • Taxation: Embracing the digital transition to help fight VAT fraud and support EU businesses - IP/22/7514
    - QaA: VAT in the Digital Age and on VAT Gap 2022 report 
    - Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 as regards the VAT administrative cooperation arrangements needed for the digital age
    - Proposal for a Council Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2011 as regards information requirements for certain VAT schemes
    - Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • EU agricultural outlook 2022-32: production growth of major agricultural sectors to slow down - Midday Express
  • The European Commission launches dashboard on food security in the EU - Midday Express
  • Council (Agriculture and Fisheries) on 11-12 December 2022
    - Establishment of multiannual quotas - Note by the French, Portuguese and Spanish Delegations
    - Regulation on geographical indications and quality schemes - state of play - Information from the Presidency
    - Market situation in particular following the invasion of Ukraine - Information from the Commission - Exchange of views

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • ETS aviation: Council and Parliament strike provisional deal to reduce flight emissions
  • Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP): 42nd session of the Executive Body (EB 42) (Geneva/hybrid, 12-16 December 2022) - First EU coordination
  • Draft Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the EU at the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP 19) (Panama City, Panama, 14 – 25 November 2022) and on the submission of a species to include in Appendix III to CITES - Annexes
  • Report from the Commission - Third Clean Air Outlook
  • Report from the Commission - First 'zero pollution' monitoring and outlook 'Pathways towards cleaner air, water and soil for Europe'
  • Effective nature finance needs better data, analysis and tools - See EEA Briefing

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2388 of 7 December 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of perfluoroalkyl substances in certain foodstuffs
  • Keynote address by President von der Leyen on the occasion of “One Year of HERA”, via video message
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety of 6′‐sialyllactose (6’‐SL) sodium salt produced by derivative strains of Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
    EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety evaluation of the food enzyme pectinesterase from the genetically modified Aspergillus luchuensis strain FLZSC
    EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety evaluation of the food enzyme β‐galactosidase from the non‐genetically modified Aspergillus sp. strain GD‐FAL
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety evaluation of the food enzyme phytepsin from Cynara cardunculus L. , see also Opinion 7681 & 7680 

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’): the operator of a search engine must dereference information found in the referenced content where the person requesting dereferencing proves that such information is manifestly inaccurate (See CPR No.197/2022 - Judgment of the Court in Case C-460/20, Google (Dereferencing of allegedly inaccurate content)
  • The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) announces the creation of the “SecureSME Tool”

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • Cross-border workers are not required to have registered in Luxembourg a civil partnership (PACS) that was entered into in another Member State (See CPR No.199/2022, Judgment of the Court in Case C-731/21, Caisse nationale d’assurance pension)
  • European Commission presents recommendations on detention conditions - IP/22/7570 

EURO, ECB & ECONOMY

  • European Commission raises €7.05 billion for SURE and MFA programmes in its last syndicated transaction of the year - IP/22/7536
  • Welcome remarks by Christine Lagarde: Macroprudential policy in Europe: building resilience in a challenging environment

FUTURE OF EUROPE

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • The EU, PA and business community held the first ever EU - Palestine Business Forum and signed investment agreements worth over EUR 80 million

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • Press statement by President von der Leyen on the ninth package of sanctions against Russia

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