COMPETITION
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11421 - JSW / JFE / JV)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11321 - VWFS / PON Bike / BMS)
- Toray Industries, LG Chem see clearance decision for battery separator film JV published - Case M.10598
- Commission launches calls for contributions on competition in virtual worlds and generative AI - IP/24/85
- Commission clears acquisition of ICE by Buckland and Hy24 Investor (M.11374) - Midday Express
- Commission clears joint venture between Volvo and Renault (M.11051) - Midday Express
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- UK - The TRA has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of SPVC from the USA - See the Notice
- The EU’s carbon border tax and the fragmentation of global trade - A levy on imports of carbon-intensive materials such as steel may help limit emissions, but producers warn it could radically alter trade flows - Financial Times
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Agenda for: Working Party Meeting on Technical Harmonisation (Fertilisers) - 12 January 2024
- EU services production: down 0.6% in October 2023
FINANCE
- ESAs consult on draft implementing technical standards specifying certain tasks of collection bodies and certain functionalities of the European Single Access Point
TAXATION
- Agenda for: Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) - Subgroup on internal and external issues - 19 January 2024
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on a Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution (OEWG-2) (Nairobi, Kenya, 11 – 15 December 2023) - Compilation of statements from the European Union and its Member States
- Regulation on type-approval of motor vehicles and engines and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7) - Letter to the Chair of the European Parliament ENVI Committee
- Answer given by Mr Sinkevičius to a MEP written question - Proposal for a packaging and packaging waste regulation: transparency and impartiality of the impact assessment
- EBB Letter to Belgian Presidency on the need for a Council agreement on Commission proposal setting regulatory standards for water pollutants
- EBB pinning hopes on Belgian Presidency of EU Council to finalise European Green Deal before elections - See the Memorandum
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
- Agenda for: Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: Joining Forces - 31 January 2024
- Agenda for: EUHPP Live Webinar: Health workforce challenges: ways forward for policy making - 26 January 2024
- Agenda for: Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed - Section "Phytopharmaceuticals - Legislation" - 30 - 31 January 2024
- eHN Guidelines on Medical imaging studies and reports
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament’s and the Council amending Council Directives 2001/110/EC relating to honey, 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption, 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption, and 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption - Four-column table
- Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Meat substitutes: definition of consumer protection
- EFSA - Safety evaluation of an extension of use of the food enzyme containing cellulase, endo‐1,3(4)‐β‐glucanase and endo‐1,4‐β‐xylanase from the non‐genetically modified Trichoderma reesei strain AR‐256
- Brits left baffled by Brexit’s ‘not for EU’ food labels - Post-Brexit rules requiring foods to carry ‘not for EU’ labels spark confusion — and, in some cases, outright disgust — from UK shoppers. - Politico.eu
DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Inadequate telecommunications coverage
TRANSPORT & MOBILITY
- Agenda for: Working Party on Transport - Intermodal Questions & Networks - 12 January 2024
- Over 36,000 young Europeans to travel across Europe for free with DiscoverEU passes - Midday Express
EURO, ECB & ECONOMY
- Economic and Financial Committee on 8 January 2024
- Annual Sustainable Growth Survey 2024 ‒ Draft Council conclusions
- Alert Mechanism Report 2024 ‒ Draft Council conclusions - The EU’s new fiscal rules are not fit for purpose - Member states have tried tinkering with them before — and it didn’t work - Financial Times
FUTURE OF EUROPE
- Possible items for College agenda from 10 January to 27 February 2024
- Draghi floated as potential European Council president - Charles Michel’s plans for early departure have kicked off race for bloc’s top jobs - Financial Times
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