Europe Daily News, 24 July 2024

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11603 - Advent / Genstar / Prometheus Group)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11600 - GIP / CPPIB / Allete)
• Joint Statement on Competition in Generative AI Foundation Models and AI Products
• Commission clears creation of joint venture by Kiwa and adesso (M.11601) - Midday Express
• The European Commission appoints Mr Koen Van de Casteele as new Director at the Directorate-General for Competition - Midday Express
• Spain - The CNMC investigates the Apple Group for possible anti-competitive practices related to the distribution of applications on its devices
• France - Mass dissemination of legal information on companies: the General Rapporteur states that he has sent a report to two players in the sector

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.106980 & SA.59029

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Deputies) / Attachés & Experts - 24 July 2024
• Notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron and spheroidal graphite cast iron (CN code ex 7307 19 10) originating in the People's Republic of China and Thailand
• Executive summary of the request for the initiation of anti-circumvention proceedings: definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of monosodium glutamate originating in the P.R. of China 
• Revision of the EU Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regulation - See the EP Briefing 22 July 2024
• EC’s DG Trade published a summary of responses received to the targeted consultation on the White Paper on Outbound Investments, alongside the actual responses received
• WTO - Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - European Union - Determination of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty vehicles
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Commission’s acquiescence to third country pressure on EU deforestation regulation

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the polymers in Component Material Category 1 & Category 9

FINANCE

• Commission proposes to postpone by one year the market risk prudential requirements under Basel III in the EU

TAXATION

• The Commission invites you to "have your say" on the proposal regarding electronic version of the "VAT exemption certificate" until 13 September 2024

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Presentations for the EU Agri-Food Chain Observatory (AFCO) - inaugural meeting - 17 July 2024
• Commission decides to register two new European Citizens' Initiatives on "closing animal farms" and "labelling of food"

ENERGY

• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2202 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a list of selected cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Climate change) - 30 July 2024
• Public consultation: Export and import of hazardous chemicals – review of the list of chemicals subject to international trade rules - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 19 July 2024 - 16 August 2024

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed
  - Section: "Biological Safety of the Food Chain" - 03 July 2024
  - Section: "Phytopharmaceuticals - Legislation" - 24 June 2024
• Regulation on the welfare of dogs and cats - Summary of public feedback received after adoption of the proposal
• EFSA - The impact of the proposed revised Australia's microbiological monitoring programme for beef and sheep meat exported to the EU
• EFSA - Safety evaluation of the food enzyme lysophospholipase from the genetically modified Trichoderma reesei strain DP‐Nyc81
• EFSA - Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance paraffin oil (CAS 8042‐47‐5, chain lengths C17–C31)
• EFSA - Public health aspects of Vibrio spp. related to the consumption of seafood in the EU

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Rule of Law Report 2024: with the 5th edition, the EU is better equipped to face rule of law challenges - Q&A
• Public consultation: Revision of the EU explosives precursors legislation - Proposal for a regulation - Feedback period: 23 July 2024 - 20 August 2024

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• Commission publishes Member States' recommendations for mitigating cybersecurity risks in telecommunications and electricity sectors - Midday Express
• Answer given by Ms Johansson to a MEP written question - Agreement on the exchange of personal data with Israel

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Commission endorses Luxembourg's €241 million modified recovery and resilience plan
• Commission disburses the fourth payment for loans of €2.3 billion to Greece under the Recovery and Resilience Facility - Midday Express
• Council Decision on the existence of an excessive deficit in Belgium, in France, in Hungary, in Malta, in Poland, and Slovakia

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Council Decision (EU) 2024/2045 of 22 July 2024 on the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Council of Europe bodies as regards the status of the European Union in the Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Register of Damage caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine
• EU's first medical evacuation operation of Palestinians transfers children from Egypt to Spain