COMPETITION

  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11250 - Reliance / Brookfield / Digital Realty / JV)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11223 - PAI Partners/Infra Group)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11150 - Versalis / Novamont)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10855 - Capgemini / Orange / JV)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11201 - Rexel Development / Wasco)
  • UBS sees clearance decision for Credit Suisse takeover published by the EU Commission - see Case M.11111
  • Denmark - The Competition Council intervenes in Rema 1000's purchase of Aldi
  • Germany - No competition law concerns regarding automotive industry cooperation in the area of wire harnesses
  • UK CMA - Responses to addendum provisional findings related to the Hitachi / Thales merger inquiry

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Customs Programme - CLEN Action 3 - CLEN Project Group on Compliance assessment, use of precision data and statistics - Invitation - 11 September 2023
  • Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in 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 the Republic of Moldova, of the other part as regards the modification of Annex XXVIII-B (Rules applicable to telecommunication services) and Annex XXVIII-C (Rules applicable to postal and courier services) to that Agreement - See the Annex
  • Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the EU within the Trade Specialised Committee on Administrative Cooperation in VAT and Recovery of Taxes and Duties established by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part t - See the Annex
  • Council Decision (EU) 2023/1685 of 8 October 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Accession Protocol to the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Indonesia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
  • EFTA and Chile move closer to modernised free trade agreement
  • WTO - DDG Paugam: Trade can help us respond to food security, sustainable development challenges
  • UK - The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has initiated an extension review of the safeguard measure on 15 categories of steel products

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EU) 305/2011 - 4-column document
  • European Commission consults on European standardisation policy - Feedback period: 01 September 2023 - 29 September 2023
  • European Research Council awards over €628 million to 400 early-career researchers - see the ERC press release
  • Commission facilitates the activities of cross-border associations in the EU - IP/23/4242, Facsheet, see the Proposal for a Directive and for a Regulation
  • Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Tackling illegal gold panning and mining in French Guiana

CHEMICAL

FINANCIAL SRVICES

  • Agenda for: Att & Exp Financial Services and Banking Union (Financial Services) (CMDI) - 18 September 2023

TAXATION

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1686 of 30 June 2023 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698 as regards certain procedural requirements for the recognition of control authorities and control bodies that are competent to carry out controls on operators and groups of operators certified organic and on organic products in third countries and certain requirements on their supervision
  • Minutes of the Meeting of the Expert Group for Sustainability and Quality of Agriculture and Rural Development - Sub-group on methane emissions in agriculture (‘GREX on methane’) - 13 July 2023
  • Minutes of: Expert Group EU Fertilisers Market Observatory - 27 June 2023
  • Answer given by Mr Wojciechowski to a MEP written question - Carbon credits to reward livestock farmers for their environmental services 

ENERGY

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • Denmark may make the retention of Danish nationality dependent on the existence of a genuine connection with that country (See CPR, Nº 131/2023 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-689/21, Udlændinge- og Integrationsministeriet)
  • The Commission was not required to suspend the exemption from the visa requirement for US nationals due to a lack of reciprocity in this matter (See CPR Nº 130/2023 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-137/21, Parliament Vs. Commission) 

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • ECB Consumer Expectations Survey results – July 2023
  • Interview with ECB's Philip R. Lane conducted by Stephen Kinsella on 31 August 2023
  • ECB must accept forecasting limitations to restore trust, says Christine Lagarde - Difficulty of predicting inflation and growth after big shocks needs to be conveyed with ‘humility’, warns central bank chief - Financial Times

FUTURE OF EUROPE

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Conventional Arms Exports subgroup (COARM) of the Working Party on Non-Proliferation and Arms Exports - 13 September 2023
  • EU Statement at the 14th reconvened session of the Implementation Review Group (IRG), United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), as delivered on 4 September 2023
  • EU Statement - UN General Assembly: Adoption of the biannual resolution on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly
  • UN Panel discussion on the most efficient ways of upholding good governance to address the human rights impacts of the various digital divides - EU Intervention
  • The EU Satellite Centre: the EU’s eyes in the sky - Josep Borrell
  • Commissioner Várhelyi visits Ankara to discuss cooperation with Türkiye - Midday Express 

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • Russia ready to restart grain deal if sanctions lifted, Putin tells Erdoğan - Politico.eu
  • Turkey’s Erdoğan says grain deal to be revived ‘soon’ after talks with Putin - Financial Times

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