COMPETITION

STATE AID

  • Commission approves €1.5 billion French measure to support ProLogium in researching and developing innovative batteries for electric vehicles (SA.106740) - IP/23/4029
  • Commission approves €308 million Irish scheme to support investments in afforestation (SA.107220) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) /... accepting a request for new exporting producer treatment with regard to the definitive anti- dumping measures imposed on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware originating in the People’s Republic of China and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1198
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) /... accepting a request for new exporting producer treatment with regard to the definitive anti- dumping measures imposed on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware originating in the People’s Republic of China and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1198
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) /... amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/265 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tiles originating in India and Türkiye
  • Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-subsidy measures (Certain organic coated steel products - The People’s Republic of China - Countervailing duty - Regulation (EU) 2019/688 - 4.5.2024)
  • Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures (Certain organic coated steel products - The People’s Republic of China - Countervailing duty - Regulation (EU) 2019/688 - 4.5.2024)

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1586 of 26 July 2023 on harmonised standards for machinery drafted in support of Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
  • Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1587 of 1 August 2023 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1668 as regards harmonised standards on performance requirements and test methods for electrical equipment for the detection and measurement of oxygen

CHEMICAL

  • Agenda for: REACH Committee meeting - 14 September 2023
  • 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

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • ESA’s Joint Board of Appeal dismisses appeal by Euroins Insurance Group AD against the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
  • The EBA publishes its first Report on the implementation of the European Resolution Examination Programme
  • The EBA updates guidance on reporting of Financial Soundness Indicators to the International Monetary Fund

ENERGY

  • EU taxonomy: Commission launches expert consultations on a complementary delegated act covering certain activities in the nuclear and gas sectors - Midday Express
  • Public consultation - Renewable energy – report on the opening up of support schemes - Report - Feedback period: 31 July 2023 - 28 August 2023

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Public consultation - Shipping emissions - rules on monitoring & reporting - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 02 August 2023 - 30 August 2023
  • Public consultation - Modernisation Fund – rules of operation (revision) - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 01 August 2023 - 29 August 2023
  • Public consultation - 2021-2027 LIFE programme – mid-term evaluation - Evaluation - Feedback period: 01 August 2023 - 15 September 2023
  • Biodiversity and production of wine can be optimised simultaneously, where organic management is enhanced with other regenerative practices - Issue 606
  • Power pylons offer pockets of habitat for mammals in intensively farmed landscapes - Issue 606
  • Major rise in forest disturbances over the past 70 years - Issue 606

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • EDPB Letter to Accredia related to the Europrivacy criteria of certification

AREA OF FREEDOM , SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • Public consultation - EU visa policy – revision of the visa suspension mechanism - Proposal for a regulation - Feedback period: 03 August 2023 - 31 August 2023

EURO, ECB & ECONOMY

  • Report from the Commission concerning the implementation and the results of the Pericles IV programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting in 2022
  • Commission supports Croatia with €319 million for the series of earthquakes in Sisak-Moslavina, Karlovac and Zagreb Counties - Midday Express
  • NextGenerationEU: Commission receives payment request from Greece for €3.6 billion payment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility - Midday Express
  • NextGenerationEU: Commission receives payment request from Italy for €21 billion payment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility - Midday Express
  • Speech by Fabio Panetta: "Getting disinflation right"
  • ECB - Euro area bank interest rate statistics: June 2023
  • ECB - Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 28 July 2023
  • Monetary policy shocks and firms’ bank loan expectations - ECB Working Paper Series - No.2838
  • Risk retention in the European securitization market: skimmed by the skin-in-the-game methods? ECB Working Paper Series - No.2837
  • Nowcasting world trade with machine learning: a three-step approach - ECB Working Paper Series - No.2836
  • Innovation, industry equilibrium, and discount rates - ECB Working Paper Series - No.2835

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Declaration of the EU-CELAC Summit in 2023
  • YAZIDI: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the situation of the Yazidi community in Iraq
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1580 of 31 July 2023 amending for the 338th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations

EU/UK RELATIONS

  • Michel Barnier calls for post-Brexit UK-EU defense treaty - Brussels’ former Brexit chief urges collaboration on shared challenges and reflects on tumultuous talks - Politico.eu
  • After divorce with EU, UK’s future involves getting closer - Delays to introduction of trade barriers with neighbours show Rishi Sunak’s administration cannot avoid tighter relations - Financial Times

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • High Representative/Vice-President Borrell in Ukraine from 04 to 06 August - Midday Express
  • Consolidated version of the FAQs on sanctions against Russia and Belarus as of 03 August 2023
  • FAQs on sanctions against Russia and Belarus, with focus on the following provisions: Articles 3m and 3n of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 - Oil imports
  • Guidance on sanctions against Russia and Belarus, with focus on the following provision: Article 3n of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 - Oil price cap