COMPETITION

  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10859 - Trafigura / Ecobat Resources Stolberg)
  • Commission invites comments on draft Guidelines for sustainability agreements in agriculture - IP/23/102
  • Commission clears acquisition of Elton by Schibsted and Circle K (M.10903) - Midday Express
  • Commission clears acquisition of DEM and HPM by Advent (M.10817) - Midday Express
  • Austria - BWB refers the review of the Adobe Inc., USA/Figma, Inc. USA merger to the European Commission
  • Cyprus - Notification of a concentration regarding the acquisition of the share capital of Contabo Topco GmbH by KKR & Co. Inc., via Constellation BidCo GmbH
  • France - Opening of an in-depth examination into the creation of a joint venture by the Aéroport de Paris and Select Service Partner groups
  • UK - CMA secures ESS’s offer for eligible schools to switch contracts

STATE AID

  • Commission approves €14.28 million Lithuanian measure to support construction of terminal in Vilnius airport (SA.62161) - Midday Express
  • Commission approves a €215 million French aid scheme to support the phasing out of glyphosate in the agricultural sector in the context of the war in Ukraine (SA.105134) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (Internal Market) - 16 January 2023
  • Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/69 of 9 January 2023 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436 as regards the harmonised standard for electrically power assisted cycles

FINANCIAL SERVICES

TAXATION

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Tax Questions (Direct Taxation) - 25 January 2023
  • Draft report by MEP Niels Fuglsang - Lessons learnt from the Pandora Papers and other revelations - Amendments 1 - 183

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

  • Launch of EIT Campus: better offer for entrepreneurial education - IP/22/7860 & FactSheet
  • Traineeships: Commission evaluation analyses impact of European quality framework - IP/23/71

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • Answer given by Mr Wojciechowski to a MEP written question - Impact on the European poultry sector of trade deregulation with Ukraine
  • Answer given by Mr Wojciechowski to a MEP written question - Decline in Chinese imports of farm produce

ENERGY

  • Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Energy prices and the survival of European businesses 
  • Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Leaks from Nord Stream 1 and 2 in the Swedish and Danish economic zones 

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Dutch court ruling on ‘sham cigarettes’
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Pest categorisation of Icerya aegyptiaca
  • EFSA - Reasoned Opinion - Modification of the existing MRLs for prothioconazole in garlic, onions and shallots
  • EFSA - Scientific Report - Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2022
  • EFSA - Reasoned Opinion - Review of the existing MRLs for dithianon according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005
  • EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Assessment of the feed additive consisting of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (previously Lactobacillus plantarum) DSM 19457 for all animal species for the renewal of its authorisation (Biomin GmbH)
  • ECDC - Salmonellosis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Answer given by Mr Reynders to a MEP written question - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • Finnish SA: Administrative fine on Viking Line for unlawful processing of employees' health data - EDPB

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • Joint press statement following the meeting between Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti and Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe
  • Introductory remarks of Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe at Istituto Luigi Sturzo event in Rome, 9 January 2023

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Anonymised references for preliminary rulings lodged from 1 January 2023 to be allocated a fictional name - See CPR No 1/23

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

EU/UK RELATIONS

  • Joint Statement by Vice-President Šefčovič and UK Foreign Secretary Cleverly following their meeting in London today

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the EU-Ukraine Association Council updating Annex XLIV 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. – See the Annex
  • Answer given by Mr Lenarčič to a MEP written question - Financial, logistical and coordination issues faced by European SMEs in supplying material requested by the Ukrainian authorities
  • Answer given by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - EU foreign policy – statements by Joseph Borrell

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