Europe Daily News, 16 September 2024

COMPETITION

• Agenda for: Working Party on Competition - 19 September 2024
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11633 - Tubacex / Mubadala / Spanish JV / UAE JV)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11709 - CKI / CKA / Target Wind Farms and Assets)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11695 - Towerbrook Capital Partners / CD&R / R1 RCM)
• Commission clears acquisition of Globeducate by Wendel et PEP (M.11655) - Midday Express
• Google, Apple and the antitrust tipping point - Major competition victories suggest Big Tech is reaching a reckoning - Financial Times
• F1 rival calls for Brussels scrutiny of Liberty Media’s €4bn MotoGP takeover - Formula E’s Alejandro Agag warns deal would hand US group significant power with broadcasters - Financial Times

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections - SA.112857 & SA.115014
• State aid - Germany - State aid SA.63203 (2024/C) - Restructuring aid to Condor - Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 108(2) of the TFEU
• Commission approves €682 million Belgian State aid scheme to support renewable offshore wind energy to foster the transition to a net-zero economy (SA.107336)

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 19 September 2024
• Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 20 September 2024
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): mandatory use of electronic Applications for Action (eAFAs)
• Global carbon pricing needed to avert trade friction, says WTO chief - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Industry) - 19 September 2024
• €2.7 million from European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support 365 dismissed workers in Belgium (Match-Smatch) 

CHEMICAL

• Order of the President of the General Court of 31 July 2024 - Djchem Chemicals Poland Vs. Commission - Case T-174/24 R
  Re: Interim relief - Environment and protection of human health - Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 - Classification, labelling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures - Classification of 1,4-Benzenediamine, N,N’-mixed Ph and tolyl derivs. - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - Lack of any urgency

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Agenda for: Commission Expert Group on Organic Production - 24 & 25 September 2024
• Commission proposes a first set of fishing opportunities for 2025 in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 16 September 2024
• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Biodiversity) - 19 September 2024
• European Mobility Week kicks off to promote shared public spaces for sustainable urban mobility and improved quality of life*

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Telecommunications & Information Society - 17 September 2024

EU INSTITUTIONS  & FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.2) - 16 September 2024
  - European Council meeting (17 and 18 October 2024) – Annotated draft agenda
• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1) - 18 September 2024
• French European Commissioner Thierry Breton resigns, attacks von der Leyen for ‘questionable governance’ - In a fiery letter, Breton accused the Commission chief of trying to get Emmanuel Macron to ditch him - Politico.eu

EURO, ECB & ECONOMY

• Commission endorses preliminary assessment of Cyprus' second payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (€152 million (net of pre-financing))
• Commission endorses preliminary assessment of Slovenia's third payment request for €257.6 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility
• Commission receives Germany's second payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility - Midday Express
• Commission receives Czechia's third payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility - Midday Express
• Remarks by Paschal Donohoe following the Eurogroup meeting of 13 September 2024

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Joint statement by High Representative/Vice-President Borrell and Vice-President Šuica on the International Democracy Day

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Visoki trgovački sud Republike Hrvatske (Croatia) of 10 June 2024 - PRVO Plinarsko Drustvo d.o.o. Vs. Gazprom export LLC, Privredna banka Zagreb d.d.- Case C-403/24
  Re: Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 - restrictive measures - human rights violation - Article 177(3) of the Sudski poslovnik (Rules of Procedure of the Courts) - Article 19(1) TEU and Article 47 of the Charter
• Iran: Statement by the HR/VP on behalf of the EU strongly condemning the recent transfer of Iranian-made ballistic missiles to Russia - See also the G7 Statement
• Frequently asked questions on asset freezes following sanctions adopted in view of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine and Belarus' involvement in it as of 05 September 2024
• Frequently asked questions on provision of services concerning sanctions adopted following Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine as of 05 September 2024
• Consolidated version of the FAQs on sanctions against Russia and Belarus