COMPETITION

  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11215 – PAI Partners / HG / Azets)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11154 – Lubea / GEL / Esteve Healthcare)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11170 – Veritas / EIM / Patient Square / Syneos Health)
  • Poland - UOKiK has raided 2 companies (BIN Sp. z o.o. and Michał P. Targoński spółka komandytowa) over grain silos price hikes
  • Romania - Competition Council examines the transaction by which the Dohotariu family intends to take over the company Nastimed Serv SRL
  • UK - CMA updates scope of concerns in rail signalling merger - Updated provisional findings have been issued by the CMA in its investigation of Hitachi’s proposed takeover of Thales GTS

STATE AID

  • Commission approves €800 million Czech scheme to support companies facing increased energy costs in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine (SA.107138) - IP/23/3997

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Ukraine information on imports for July 2023 (per TRQ category) as updated on 23 August 2023
  • List of screening mechanisms notified by Member States as updated on 17 August 2023
  • EU Trade organisational chart updated on 22 August 2023
  • EFTA and India make strides towards a comprehensive Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement
  • EU’s hopes to make trade more sustainable, diversified before 2024 - Euractiv.com

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • What the great EU patent fight means for global competition - The question of how to keep up with China — as well as billions of dollars — is now at stake - Financial Times

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... of 18.8.2023 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Cameroon and Vietnam to the list of high-risk third countries - See the Annex

AGRICULTURE FISHERIES

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Executive Vice-President Timmermans resigns; Vice-President Šefčovič will take over his duties - IP/23/4223

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Tackling EFSA assessment delays
  • EFSA - Reasoned Opinion - Modification of the existing MRLs for "metazachlor" in leeks and honey

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

  • Big Tech’s to-do list under new EU content rules - Large digital platforms will have to clamp down on illegal and harmful content as soon as Friday under the bloc’s content-moderation rulebook - Politico.eu 

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... of 25.7.2023 supplementing Directive (EU) 2022/2557 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a list of essential services
  • Letter from the Commissioner Didier Reynders transmitting on behalf of the Commission the Handover Report delivered by the entity managing the e-CODEX system and the Takeover Report delivered by eu-LISA
  • Call for evidence - Justice programme - final evaluation of the 2014-2020 programme and interim evaluation of the 2021-2027 programme - Report - Feedback period: 22 August 2023 - 19 September 2023
  • Call for evidence - Rights, equality, citizenship and values programmes (REC, EfC and CERV) – evaluation report - Report - Feedback period: 22 August 2023 - 19 September 2023

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • ECB - Euro area monthly balance of payments: June 2023 
  • ECB - Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 18 August 2023
  • Falling eurozone business activity raises doubts over ECB’s next move - Economists and investors increasingly think central bank will hold interest rates in September - Financial Times

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • EU reflects on ‘too slow’ Ukraine support pace, eyes peace talks in September - Euractiv.com

 

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