COMPETITION

  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10933 - Orlen / SGE / OSGE)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11036 - EP Power Europe / Camden)
  • Commission announces Guidelines on exclusionary abuses and amends Guidance on enforcement priorities - IP/23/1911 - (Feedback period: 27 March 2023 - 24 April 2023)
  • Commission clears the acquisition of TWS by YRC (M.10821) - Midday Express
  • Commission clears the acquisition of Elior by Derichebourg (M.11044) - Midday Express
  • Competition: EU and China to discuss competition policy and enforcement during 25th Competition Week - Midday Express 
  • Answer given by EVP Vestager to a MEP written question - eBook markets
  • Poland - A fine of over pln 3 million against Raiffeisen Bank - decision of the President of UOKiK
  • UK - The CMA has issued updated provisional findings in its assessment of Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision
  • UK - The CMA is investigating the anticipated acquisition by ÉDF SA of the nuclear steam power business owned by the General Electric Company

STATE AID

  • Commission concludes 2019 Italian loan worth €400 million to Alitalia is illegal aid (SA.55678) - Midday Express 
  • Commission approves €396 million Spanish scheme to support energy-intensive companies (SA.102006) - Midday Express 
  • Commission approves €126 million Polish scheme to support the wheat and maize production sector in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine (SA.106480) - Midday Express 

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 31 March 2023
  • Agenda for: 646th meeting of the Export Credits Group -12 April 2023
  • Agenda for: Working Party on European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - 28 March 2023
  • Agenda for: Working Party on Trade Policy Committee (Deputy Members) - 30 March 2023
  • Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)) - 31 March 2023
  • Answer given by Mr Gentiloni to a MEP written question - The EUR 1 billion fund for procurement of customs equipment should strengthen EU's strategic autonomy and not weaken it further
  • TTC WG10 Report of the Roundtable on Due Diligence - 3 March 2023
  • Council Decision (EU) 2023/683 of 17 March 2023 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the Cooperation Council established by the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part, in relation to the setting up of a Sub-Committee on Development Cooperation and the adoption of its terms of reference
  • Korea withdraws WTO dispute complaint regarding Japanese export measures
  • WTO - First Fish Week concludes with “illuminating” discussion of negotiating objectives

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Internal Market) - 31 March 2023
  • Investment Committee paves way for first InvestEU projects by EBRD to support green mobility and energy - IP/23/1868

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 concerning the REACH - See: "- 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated (‘4-tert-OPnEO’)" - C(2023) 1725 & C(2023) 1771
  • Commission Regulation (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers - Decision not to oppose adoption

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Agenda for: Att. Financial Services (Financial Services) (AIFM) - 30 March 2023
  • Answer given by Ms McGuinness to a MEP written question - Crypto-asset exchanges
  • ESMA fines S&P €1.11 million for failures related to the premature release of credit ratings to the public
  • EBA consults on standards for supervisors assessing the new market risk internal models under the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book
  • SRB signs cooperation arrangements with Australia, Argentina and New Zealand 

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • Fisheries package - Comments from Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Poland and the Nertherlands
  • Agriculture: Commission launches call for applications for second edition of EU Organic Awards - Midday Express
  • InvestEU: €28 million for the first Blue Economy instrument in Portugal - Midday Express

ENERGY

  • ACER approves the rules on cross-zonal capacity allocation in long-term electricity markets
  • Oil import dependency down to 91.7% in 2021 - Eurostat

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Non-transposition of EU legislation: Commission takes action to ensure complete and timely transposition of EU directives - FaQ
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevičius to a MEP written question - Protection of health from microplastics and nano-plastics
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevičius to a MEP written question - New conclusions on best available techniques in the context of Directive 2010/75/EU

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

  • Road safety – advanced driver distraction warning systems - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 24 March 2023 - 21 April 2023
  • Answer given by Ms Vălean to a MEP written question -  Aviation fuel in the EU
  • Answer given by Ms Vălean to a MEP written question - Roadworthiness package
  • Answer given by Ms Vălean to a MEP written question - Dynamic charging (ERS) - HDV road sector
  • Answer given by Ms Vălean to a MEP written question - Joint paper by Portugal and other Member States calling for the banning of short flights

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

  • Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the 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 modification of Appendix XVII-3 (Rules applicable to telecommunication services) of Annex XVII to that Agreement
  • Draft Decision of the EU-Ukraine Association Committee in Trade Configuration modifying Appendix XVII-3 (Rules applicable to telecommunication services) of Annex XVII 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

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Data act: member states agree common position on fair access to and use of data

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

EURO, ECB & ECONOMY

  • The Euro Summit, meeting in inclusive format, adopted a statement on 24 March 2023
  • Interview with Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, conducted by Daniel Murray
  • Presentation by Isabel Schnabel: "Inflation in the euro area and the US - causes, persistence, outlook"
  • ECB - Monetary developments in the euro area: February 2023
  • ECB - Who foots the bill? The uneven impact of the recent energy price shock - Economic Bulletin Issue 2, 2023
  • ECB - Oil price developments and Russian oil flows since the EU embargo and G7 price cap - Economic Bulletin Issue 2, 2023

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 29 March 2023

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Press release following the phone calls of President Charles Michel with Prime Minister of Armenia and President of Azerbaijan on 25 March 2023
  • Answer given by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - Linking sanctions against Belarus with sanctions against Russia in view of the two regimes cooperating in the armed aggression against Ukraine

BREXIT

  • Joint statement on the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee and Trade and Cooperation Agreement Partnership Council meetings, 24 March 2023

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