2021年9月22日

Europe Daily News, 22 September 2021

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EU CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

HEALTH

ECONOMY

  • SURE: Report confirms instrument's success in protecting jobs and incomes - IP/21/4822 & Report

COMPETITION

  • The General Court dismisses Altice Europe’s action against the Commission decision imposing two fines totalling €124.5 million in connection with the acquisition of PT Portugal (See CPR No.160/2021 - Judgment of the General Court in Case T-425/18, Altice Europe Vs. European Commission)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10381 - One Rock Capital/The Eastman Tire Additives business of Eastman Chemical Company
  • Commission clears acquisition of TVH Parts by D'Ieteren and Wehold (M.10417) - Midday Express
  • Germany - The Bundeskartellamt - Joint Statement on the Reform of the Vertical VBER
  • Norway - The Competition Authority has carried out unannounced inspections in the market for relocation services.
  • Portugal - The AdC publishes final Report and Best Practices Guide on anticompetitive agreements in the labor market

STATE AID

  • The General Court annuls the decisions by which the Commission found that an arbitration award setting an allegedly preferential tariff for electricity did not involve the granting of an advantage to the aluminium producer Mytilinaios (See CPR No.161/2021 - Judgment of the General Court in joined Cases T-639/14 RENV, T-352/15 et T-740/17, DEI Vs. European Commission)
  • Answer given by Ms Vestager to a MEP written question - Article 345 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and State aid

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2021 in Case T-752/16, Novolipetsk Steel PJSC (NLMK) Vs. European Commission
    Re: Dumping - Imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in China and Russia - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (now Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036) - Use of facts available - Article 2(3), (4), (9), (10) and (12) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 2(3), (4), (9), (10) and (12) of Regulation 2016/1036) - Calculation of the normal value, the export price and the dumping margin - Article 3(2) and (5) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 3(2) and (5) of Regulation 2016/1036) - Determination of the existence of injury - Article 3(7) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 3(7) of Regulation 2016/1036) - Causal link - Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of Regulation 2016/1036) - Injury elimination - Rights of the defence - Principle of good administration - Proportionality - Manifest errors of assessment
  • Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2021 in Case T-753/16, PAO Severstal Vs. European Commission
    Re: Dumping - Imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in China and Russia - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (now Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036) - Use of facts available - Article 2(3), (4), (9), (10) and (12) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 2(3), (4), (9), (10) and (12) of Regulation 2016/1036) - Calculation of the normal value, the export price and the dumping margin - Article 3(2) and (5) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 3(2) and (5) of Regulation 2016/1036) - Determination of the existence of injury - Article 3(7) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 3(7) of Regulation 2016/1036) - Causal link - Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 2(9) and Article 9(4) of Regulation 2016/1036) - Injury elimination - Rights of the defence - Principle of good administration - Proportionality - Manifest errors of assessment
  • Agenda for 224th meeting of the Customs Code Committee - Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature (Sub-Section Agriculture/Chemistry) of 27th to 29th September 2021
  • Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Deputy Members) of 24 September 2021
  • Trade and sustainability: Commission proposes new EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences to promote sustainable development in low-income countries - IP/21/4801Q&AFactSheet, Remarks by EVP Valdis Dombrovskis & Proposal & Impact Assessment Report
  • EU launches new tool to empower SMEs: Access2Procurement

FINANCIAL SERVICES

TAXATION

  • Fair and simpler taxation supporting the recovery strategy - Ways to lower compliance costs and improve EU corporate income taxation – See Study for the EP ECON Committee
  • Answer given by Mr Dombrovskis to a MEP written question - Spanish digital services tax (Google tax) 

ENERGY

  • Commissioner Simson in Warsaw for transatlantic energy discussions - Midday Express
  • The Netherlands - ACM warns against disruptions on the balancing market for natural gas
  • Energy price surge intensifies backlash against Brussels carbon tax plan - MEPs consider scrapping proposal in favour of alternatives such as tougher regulation - Financial Times
  • IEA urges Russia to ramp up gas supply to Europe - More could be done to fill storage sites ahead of winter heating season, says energy body - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • Communication from the Commission - Enhanced Surveillance update - Greece, September 2021 - See the Working Document
  • Avoiding a financial epidemic - The role of macroprudential policies - Research Bulletin - No. 87.1
  • Side effects of monetary easing in a low interest rate environment: reversal and risk-taking - Research Bulletin - No. 87.2
  • A novel risk management perspective for macroprudential policy - Research Bulletin - No. 87.3
  • Rise in Inflation: Temporary or Sign of a More Permanent Trend? - PE 695.447 - See Study for the EP ECON Committee
  • Inflation on the Upswing - Just a Hiccup or a Trend Reversal After All? - See In-Depth Analysis for the EP ECON Committee
  • Rise in Inflation: Much Ado About Nothing? - See In-Depth Analysis for the EP ECON Committee 

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Revised Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) of 22 & 24 September 2021 
  • Minutes of the Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) of 14 July 2021
  • 8th Revised List of meetings taking place between 1 and 30 September 2021
  • Main Results of the General Affairs Council, 21 September 2021 - See Press remarks by Vice-President Šefčovič

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2021 in Case T-203/20, Al-Imam Vs. Council of the European Union
    Re: Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against Syria - Freezing of funds - Rights of the defence - Right to effective judicial protection - Error of assessment - Proportionality - Right to property - Damage to reputation
  • Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1693 of 21 September 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2018/2010 in support of countering illicit proliferation and trafficking of small arms, light weapons (SALW) and ammunition and their impact in Latin America and the Caribbean in the framework of the EU Strategy against Illicit Firearms, Small Arms & Light Weapons and their Ammunition ‘Securing Arms, Protecting Citizens’
  • Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1694 of 21 September 2021 in support of the universalisation, implementation and strengthening of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW)
  • Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1695 of 21 September 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/615 on Union support for activities leading up to the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
  • Yemen: EU allocates €119 additional million for humanitarian crisis - IP/21/4807
  • Colombia: EU and Colombia today open a new chapter to strengthen bilateral relations - IP/21/4831, see the MoU
  • Western Balkans: High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell meets with regional leaders
  • GCC: High Representative/Vice-President Borrell meets with Gulf Cooperation Council

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