COMPETITION

  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11055 - Equitix / Cube / River Ridge)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11092 - Blackstone / CDPQ / Invenergy / AEP Renewables / AEP Wind Holdings / Trent Wind Farm / Desert Sky Wind Farm)
  • Commission prolongs Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation and updates the Supplementary Guidelines - IP/23/2248
  • Anti-competitive practices: Commission closes investigation into possible collusion between Casino and Intermarché (AT.40644) - Midday Express
  • Antitrust: Commission seeks feedback on rules on technology transfer agreements (Evaluation - Consultation period: 17 April 2023 - 24 July 2023) - Midday Express
  • Commission clears acquisition of home24 by XXXLutz (M.10969) - Midday Express
  • UK - The CMA investigated and cleared the anticipated acquisition by Stryker Corporation of Cerus Endovascular Limited Stryker / Cerus merger inquiry

STATE AID

  • Commission opens in-depth investigation into Romanian support measures in favour of Blue Air (SA.62829 ) - IP/23/1364 

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Experts - Services & Investment) - 19 April 2023
  • Agenda for: Working Party on 647th meeting of the Export Credits Group - 03 May 2023
  • Order of the General Court of 17 February 2023 - Hansol Paper Vs. Commission (Dumping - Imports of certain heavyweight thermal paper originating in South Korea - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Sales through related companies - Construction of the export price - Injury to the Union industry - Calculation of price undercutting - Calculation of the injury margin - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) - Case T-693/20
  • Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations for digital trade disciplines with the Republic of Korea and with Singapore - Annex & Working Document
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) /... extending the anti-dumping duty imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1408 on imports of certain hot rolled stainless steel sheets and coils originating in Indonesia to imports of certain hot rolled stainless steel sheets and coils consigned from Türkiye, whether declared as originating in Türkiye or not
  • Overview of FTA negotiations and other trade negotiations as of 12 April 2023
  • Eastern and Southern Africa EPA deepening negotiations - Public report - 11th round - 27-31 March 2023
  • Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in support of FTA and Investment Protection Agreement negotiations between the EU and the Republic of India - Inception Report & Annex - April 2023
  • Poland and Hungary defy Brussels to halt Ukraine grain imports - Temporary block an attempt by Warsaw and Budapest to placate their farmers amid grain glut - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Better Regulation) - 20 April 2023
  • Appeal brought on 21 February 2023 by Firearms United Network, Tomasz Walter Stępień, Michał Budzyński and Andrzej Marcjanik against the judgment of the General Court delivered on 21 December 2022 in Case T-187/21, Firearms United Network and Others Vs. Commission - Case C-105/23 P

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • Concerns about draft legislative act on sustainable use of plant protection products and maintenance of an adequate plant health status in the EU - Information from the Latvian delegation on behalf of the Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Slovak delegations

ENERGY

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 20 and 21 April 2023
  • Agenda for: Informal meeting of environment ministers -18 &19 April 2023
  • Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directive 2008/99/EC - Amendments by the European Parliament

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • WHO/ECDC report: antimicrobial resistance threatens patient safety in European Region
  • EMA - Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 11-14 April 2023
  • EMA - Reducing risks to human and animal health from exposure to N-methyl pyrrolidone in veterinary medicines

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

  • DSA enforcement: Commission launches European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency - IP/23/2186
  • Commission adopts procedural rules on the implementation of the Digital Market Regulation - Midday Express
  • Energy savings: Commission presents new rules to reduce ‘standby' consumption of electrical appliances
  • European parliament prepares tough measures over use of artificial intelligence - Proposals include requiring chatbot makers to reveal if they are using copyrighted material - Financial Times

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

FUTURE OF EUROPE

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • North Korea/DPRK: Statement by the HR/VP Borrell on behalf of the EU on the launch of a long-range ballistic missile
  • Answer given by Mr Reynders o a MEP written question - Surveillance technology and Iran

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • Action brought on 26 February 2023 - SBK Art Vs. Council (Case T-102/23)
    Re: Article 263, 275(2) and 277 TFEU, the inapplicability of Article 2(1) final paragraph, of Council Decision No 2014/145/CFSP; Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2477
  • Answer given by the Council to a MEP written question - Designation of the Wagner Group as a terrorist organisation
  • Answer given by the Council to a MEP written question - Violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty by increasing the number of European countries with US nuclear weapons

BREXIT

  • Agenda for: Working Party on the United Kingdom - 18 April 2023
  • Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 laying down arrangements relating to the Windsor Framework
  • Recommendation No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on market surveillance and enforcement 
  • Recommendation No 2/2023 of the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on Article 13(3a) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland 
  • Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023
  • Joint Declaration of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on the application of Article 10(1) of the Windsor Framework
  • Joint Declaration of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on Article 13(3a) of the Windsor Framework
  • Joint Declaration No 2/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023
  • Joint Declaration of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on the VAT regime for goods not being at risk for the Union’s internal market and on the VAT arrangements for cross-border refunds
  • Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on market surveillance and enforcement
  • Unilateral Declaration by the Union in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 taking note of the Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on market surveillance and enforcement
  • Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on export procedures for goods moving from Northern Ireland to other parts of the United Kingdom
  • Unilateral Declaration by the Union in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 taking note of the Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on export procedures for goods moving from Northern Ireland to other parts of the United Kingdom
  • Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on the democratic consent mechanism in Article 18 of the Windsor Framework
  • Unilateral Declaration by the Union in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 taking note of the Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on the democratic consent mechanism in Article 18 of the Windsor Framework
  • Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on strengthening enforcement action for goods moved in parcels from another part of the United Kingdom to Northern Ireland
  • Unilateral Declaration by the Union in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 taking note of the Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023 on strengthening enforcement action for goods moved in parcels from another part of the United Kingdom to Northern Ireland

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