COMPETITION

  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11161 - Nordic Capital / Foxway)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11250 - Reliance / Brookfield / Digital Realty / JV)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11249 - Totalenergies / RNS Holding / RNS Enerji)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10726 - BNP Paribas / Stellantis / PCDF Assets / FCAB Assets / JV)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11263 - EF Exclusive Cars / FG Automobil Holding / FG Exclusive Cars JV)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11268 - General Atlantic / L Catterton / Dogmate)
  • Cyprus - Notification of a concentration concerning the acquisition of the share capital of Adfil NV, from Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A., via Starcin Holding France S.A.S.
  • Cyprus - Notification of a concentration regarding the acquisition by Fondo Italiano d’ Investimento SGR S.p.A. of part of the share capital of Rina S.p.A. via Superba One S.r.l..
  • Germany - Bundeskartellamt: List of Notified Merger Projects
  • Greece - Decision on the complaints lodged against the company OPAP SA, imposing a fine totaling EUR 24,562,249
  • The Netherlands - ACM rejects Apple’s objections against order subject to periodic penalty payments

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 04 October 2023
  • Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures Certain seamless pipes and tubes, of iron or steel; Ukraine; Regulation (EU) 2018/1469; 03.10.2023)
  • Notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes, of iron or steel originating in Russia
  • Annex to the Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community of the one part, and the European Union of the other Part
  • German manufacturers resist trade tensions in China’s Mittelstand enclave - A cluster of companies in a city near Shanghai faces rising competition and slowing Chinese growth - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Technical Harmonisation (Construction Products) - 09 October 2023
  • Agenda for: Working Party Meeting on Technical Harmonisation (Fertilisers) - 10 October 2023
  • New European Bauhaus: applications open for 2024 edition of NEB Prizes - IP/23/4684
  • Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Business transfers and SMEs
  • DigitalEurope position paper on ESPR Trialogues negotiations
  • DigitalEurope - Driving a resilient and commercially attractive raw material market in Europe: industry recommendations on the CRM Act
  • EU payment rules shake-up will prompt price rises, retailers warn - Brussels plan aimed at aiding SMEs will also lead businesses to source more goods from China, say industry groups – Financial Times 

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Att. Financial Services (Financial Services) (Taxonomy) - 05 October 2023
  • Inclusion of South Africa on AML blacklist requires ESMA to withdraw the recognition decision of JSE Clear

TAXATION

  • Agenda for: 54th Meeting of the Administrative cooperation in the field of direct taxation - 12 October 2023
  • Europe takes climate fight global as carbon border tax goes live - The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism enters a trial phase on Sunday - Politico.eu
  • UK exporters face hefty EU carbon tax bill after Sunak weakens climate policies - UK carbon market collapse lets Brussels benefit from revenues that would previously have gone to Treasury - Financial Times

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

ENERGY

  • Minutes of the First meeting of the sub-group for industrial gas consumers - 18 September 2023
  • Draft Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Directive 98/70/EC as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council Directive (EU) 2015/652 (first reading) - Adoption of the legislative act = Statements
  • 18th Gas Forum focuses on winter preparedness - Energy Community
  • ECB, EIB and IEA stress importance of private capital markets in financing energy transition - See the Report

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 2, 5 and 6 October 2023

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

  • InvestEU: €10 million support by the EIB to allow the scale-up of cancer detection technology in Poland - IP/23/4725
  • Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question – Increase in tricyclazole limit
  • EMA - Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 25-28 September 2023

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

  • European telecom groups ask Brussels to make Big Tech pay more for networks - see ETNO Statement - Financial Times

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Data Protection - 11 October 2023
  • Commission and Member States simulate large-scale cyber attacks to improve preparedness  - Midday Express 

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

  • NextGenerationEU: Commission endorses Spain's €163 billion modified recovery and resilience plan, including a REPowerEU chapter - IP/23/4700
  • NextGenerationEU: Commission receives first payment request from Belgium for €847 million in Recovery and Resilience Facility grants - Midday Express
  • NextGenerationEU: Bulgaria submits request to modify recovery and resilience plan - Midday Express
  • Opinion of the Governing Council of the ECB on a Council recommendation
  • Interview with Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, conducted by Martin Arnold
  • Underlying inflation and asymmetric risks - ECB Working Paper Series No.2848
  • Optimal monetary policy in an estimated SIR model - ECB Working Paper Series No.2847
  • Opinion of the ECB of 28 September 2023 on a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (CON/2023/29)

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 04 & 06 October 2023

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Moldova: HR/VP Josep Borrell met with President Maia Sandu
  • Somalia: Statement by the Spokesperson on latest attack on civilians
  • Turkey: Statement by the Spokesperson on the court decisions in the Gezi Park case
  • Global Gateway: Commissioner Urpilainen travels to Ethiopia and Kenya to launch youth, digital programmes - Midday Express

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • Ukraine: Switzerland tightens sanctions in connection with the supply of Iranian drones to Russia
  • Ukraine: Press remarks by HR/VP Josep Borrell ahead of EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Kyiv
  • Ukraine: Press remarks by HR/VP Josep Borrell on Russia’s information manipulation in its military aggression
  • Ukraine: Press remarks by HR/VP Josep Borrell in Odesa port
  • Ukraine: Remarks by HHR/VP Josep Borrell after visiting destroyed cultural heritage of Odesa

EU-UK RELATIONS