COMPETITION

  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11033 - Adobe / Figma)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11156 - Cinven / Amara)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11181 - Macquarie / BCI / Endeavour Energy)
  • Commission authorises the creation of a joint venture by HPSL, Golden Chance and CMAT (M.11104) - Midday Express
  • Why Europeans don’t have Threads yet - New EU competition rules are what’s holding Meta’s new Twitter rival back - Politico.eu

STATE AID

  • Commission adopts rules for implementing the Foreign Subsidies Regulation - IP/23/3747 & QaA
  • Commission approves modification of Dutch scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (SA.104448) - IP/23/3743
  • Commission approves €10 million Estonian scheme to support agricultural and food producers in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine (SA.106614) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1431 of 30 June 2023 concerning exemptions from the extended anti-dumping duty on certain bicycle parts originating in the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 88/97
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1427 of 4 July 2023 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN: 7210 70 80)
  • EU and New Zealand sign ambitious free trade agreement - IP/23/3715
  • Press statements by President von der Leyen and New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins
  • The EU and New Zealand sign an agreement for the participation of New Zealand in European programmes like Horizon Europe - IP/23/3728
  • EU launches consultation on use of Enforcement Regulation on Indonesian nickel export restrictions
  • UK - The TRA has initiated a scope review regarding countervailing measures on continuous filament glass fibre products imported to the UK from Egypt
  • Aluminium companies complain about EU carbon border tax loophole - Levy encourages non-EU producers to generate scrap to be remelted and sold to bloc - Financial Times
  • EU, Latin America at odds on Ukraine and Mercosur trade ahead of big summit - There’s no agreement yet on whether to mention Ukraine in the summit communiqué, and only a placeholder referring to a possible Mercosur trade deal - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY & RESEARCH

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Company Law (CSDD) - 14 July 2023 

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 
    - (Decision -     4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated (‘4-tert-OPnEO’ & 4-Nonylphenol, branched and linear, ethoxylated (4-NPnEO))
    - (Decision     - 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated (‘4-tert-OPnEO’))

FINANCIAL SERVICES

TAXATION

  • VAT – amendments to legislation on administrative cooperation - Proposal for a regulation - Feedback period : 06 July 2023 - 03 August 2023

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

  • Decision (EU) 2023/1430 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2023 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium - EGF/2022/002 BE/TNT

ENERGY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Energy - 13 July 2023
  • European Commission proposes a coordinated EU withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty
  • REMIT breach: Hungarian regulator fines Prvo Plinarsko Društvo d.o.o. for market manipulation
  • Eurobarometer: Europeans show strong support for the EU energy policy and for EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and more optimism regarding economy - IP/23/3755

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 11 July 2023
  • Council adopts new regulation on batteries and waste batteries
  • Climate diplomacy: EU, Canada and China co-host the 7th Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA) - Midday Express
  • EU emissions trading system (ETS) – revised rules (e.g. competitive bidding under the Innovation Fund) - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 10 July 2023 - 07 August 2023
  • Maritime transport emissions: Commission welcomes new IMO climate ambition for 2030, 2040 and 2050 and calls to set transition in motion - IP/23/3745
  • Answer given by Mr Sinkevičius to a MEP written question - Microplastics in textiles

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • Council adopts €100 million assistance to North Macedonia
  • Remarks by Paschal Donohoe, at Les Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence, 8 July 2023 at the plenary session on “Sustainable Growth, do we really have a choice?”
  • ECB - Letter from Fabio Panetta to ECON Chair Irene Tinagli, on themes for future euro banknotes
  • ECB - Theme Advisory Group report on the selection of a theme for future euro banknotes
  • ECB Surveys Europeans on new themes for euro banknotes
  • ECB Survey of Monetary Analysts (SMA), July 2023

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 12 & 14 July 2023
  • Agenda for: Working Party on General Affairs - 14 July 2023

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • US: Statement by the High Representative on the complete destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • ‘Roaming' for Ukraine: operators extend agreement to provide affordable calls to and from Ukraine for another year - Midday Express
  • Eurobarometer: Europeans show strong support for the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and more optimism regarding economy - IP/23/3755

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