COMPETITION

  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10862 - Olin / Mitsui/ BWA JV)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11065 - Samskip / Duisport / TX Logistik / Ziel Terminal)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11214 - Mubadala Capital / Fortress Management / FIG)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11229 - MFE-Mediaforeurope / Prosiebensat1)
  • Capgemini-Orange cloud services JV decision published by EU Commission - See Case M.10855
  • Commission clears acquisition of AIG's treaty reinsurance business by RenRe (M.11207) - Midday Express
  • Commission authorises the acquisition of joint control of BMS by Eurazeo, BCI and PCP (M.11047) - Midday Express
  • Belgian - The Competition Authority approves the acquisition of the Quoilin group by the Louyet group
  • UK - CMA: Anticipated acquisition by Cochlear Limited of Demant A/S - See the Notice of Acceptance of Final Undertakings
  • UK - CMA: Hitachi / Thales merger inquiry - See the Observations on ORR Remedies Submission and on third party submissions
  • Microsoft to unbundle Teams to appease EU competition worries - Tech giant to also make it easier for competing apps to be interoperable in bid to stop Brussels’ antitrust probe - Financial Times

STATE AID

  • EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 004/23/COL of 8 February 2023 amending the substantive rules in the field of State aid by introducing new Guidelines on State aid for broadband networks

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Minutes of the 245th meeting of the Tariff & Statistical Nomenclature Section (Textiles & Mechanical/Miscellaneous Sub-section) of the Customs Code Committee - 12th to 14th June 2023
  • DG Taxud Guidance for economic operators on the use of the customs common transit procedure for goods going to and coming from Ukraine
  • Answer given by Mr Gentiloni to a MEP written question - Possibility of establishing the European customs authority in Bucharest
  • The EFTA States and Türkiye hold their first Joint Committee Meeting under the modernised Free Trade Agreement
  • Australia, EU resume talks on free trade deal
  • UK - Trade Remedies Notice 2023/14: anti-dumping duty on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the People's Republic of China

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Better Regulation) - 13 September 2023

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Final Minutes - Ad hoc meeting of the Expert Group of the European Securities Committee - 27 July 2023
  • ESMA sees prevailing market uncertainty as downside risks rise 

ENERGY

  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1669 of 16 June 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of smartphones and slate tablets
  • Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1670 of 16 June 2023 laying down ecodesign requirements for smartphones, mobile phones other than smartphones, cordless phones and slate tablets pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/826
  • Germany accused of ‘ignoring emergency’ by rejecting energy subsidies for industry - Business groups say country’s competitiveness is at stake, warning lack of support could spark exodus - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Climate change) - 05 September 2023 & (Biodiversity) - 07 September 2023
  • InvestEU: EIF invests €50 million to support circular plastics - IP/23/4309
  • Europe’s water crisis: how supplies turned to ‘gold dust’ - Drought, leaky pipes and poor policy among several factors contributing to continent’s scarcity problem - Financial Times

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • Attendance of third parties at the Working Party on Genetic Resources and Innovation in Agriculture (Seeds, Propagating and Planting Materials) on 13 September 2023 - Approval
  • EFSA - Scientific Report - Scientific support for preparing an EU position in the 54th Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR)
  • EFSA - Statement - Targeted risk assessment for prochloraz

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

  • What the E.U.’s sweeping rules for Big Tech mean for your life online - The Digital Services Act has now taken effect, imposing new requirements on some of the tech industry’s biggest names - FaQ WashingtonPost

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Today, noyb filed three complaints against Fitbit in Austria, the Netherlands and in Italy - See the Statement 

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • NextGenerationEU: Greece submits request to modify recovery and resilience plan and add a REPowerEU chapter - Midday Express
  • Statement by Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe on the candidates for the post of ECB Executive Board member
  • Euro area insurance corporation statistics: second quarter of 2023
  • Speech by ECB's Isabel Schnabel: "Disinflation and the Phillips curve"
  • Extreme renting: Estonia tech boom fuels EU’s biggest cost rises - High levels of home ownership in the Baltic nation mean rents are volatile to market changes and fuelled by expat workers - Financial Times

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Annual Report on the European Union´s humanitarian aid operations financed in 2022
  • Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Gymnich): Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell upon arrival
  • Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Defence): Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell at the press conference
  • Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Defence): Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell upon arrival
  • EU weighs sanctions on Niger as Gabon hit by latest coup - Measures on Niger have become the focal point of an EU meeting in Spain - Politico.eu
  • Rejoining the EU remains a very distant dream - Even returning to the single market or customs union is a hard argument for an electorate queasy about reopening divisions - Financial Times

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • Ukraine: Switzerland implements new sanctions against Belarus
  • Answer given by HR/VP Borrell i Fontelles to a MEP written question - Reported death threats from the Ukrainian security services to Mikhail and Aleksander Kononovich
  • Ukraine cries foul as fuels refined from Russian oil pour into the EU - In an exclusive interview, top Ukrainian economic adviser urges the West to close a sanctions ‘loophole’ - Politico.eu

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