Europe Daily News, 21 October 2024

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11761 - TPG / New Mountain / HB)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11758 - Vanden Avenne / Alcogroup / IGPC)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11620 - Axpo Italia / Canarbino / ALG)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11652 - Ocean Yield / Geogas / Marigold / NYK / FLS JV)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11678 - KBC Bank / BNP Paribas Fortis / Joyn International)
• Commission clears acquisition of HANSE by GP Verkehrswegebau and Eurovia (M.11622) - Midday Express
• Commission authorises the creation of a joint venture by Masdar and EDF (M.11586) - Midday Express
• Slovak Republic: AMO conducted inspections at undertakings in health sector
• Spain - The CNMC proposes measures to end the monopoly in the management of packaging waste in Spain

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.113444 & SA.108787
• Commission approves €128 million Swedish State aid measure to support SSAB in decarbonising its steel production (SA.109640)

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Minutes of the 12th DIH Project Group Meeting UCC DA/IA Data Annexes Reversion for Harmonisation of Customs Data Requirements - 20 June 2024
• Notice to economic operators – New round of requests for the suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products
• Recommendation for a Council Decision amending the Decision of 30 November 2017 authorising the opening of negotiations with the CARIFORUM States for an agreement on the protection of geographic indications based on Article 145 of the CARIFORUM Agreement, as regards craft and industrial products
• EU’s game plan for Trump trade war: ‘Hit back fast and hard’ - Rapid reaction force readies action on trade aimed at forcing Donald Trump to the negotiating table - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET &  INDUSTRY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Industry) - 22 October 2024
• Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (High Level) - 07 November 2024
• Agenda for: Working Party on Company Law - Attachés - 08 November 2024 (Presentation on implementation of CS3D)
• Germany: EIB and Deutsche Leasing support the green transformation of small businesses and mid-caps
• Italy: Europe to gain advanced industrial edge as EIB finances BeDimensional with €20 million for new graphene and other 2D materials plants

FINANCE

• Europe markets watchdog bids to become EU’s version of SEC - Verena Ross calls for more centralised powers in response to appetite for stronger capital markets and investment in bloc - Financial Times

ENERGY

• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Grondwettelijk Hof (Belgium) lodged on 2 July 2024 – 2Valorise Ham NV and Others Vs. Ministerraad (Case C-467/24, 2Valorise Ham and Others)
  Re: Articles 6(1) and 8, Article 7(1)(e) of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854; Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 22 October 2024
  - 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16)
  - 11th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP 11)
  - 5th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol (COP-MOP 5) - First EU coordination
• EU to work towards implementation of Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP16 on biodiversity - Midday Express
• Commissioner Ivanova awards the Mission of EU Cities label to 20 cities for their efforts to achieve climate neutrality - Midday Express
• EU invests over €380 million in 133 new LIFE projects to support the green transition all around Europe
• EIB and European Environment Agency deepen cooperation over biodiversity and climate action

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices - 28 & 29 October 2024
• EU agencies meet in Parma to discuss One Health research coordination in the EU/EEA
• EMA - Meeting highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) - 14 to 17 October 2024

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• EDPB - Report on Article 36 alerts of Schengen Information System decision
• Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime - Eurojust
  - Article 8: Giving Effect to Orders from Another Party for Expedited Production of Subscriber Information and Traffic Data
  - Article 9: Expedited Disclosure of Stored Computer Data in an Emergency
  - Article 10: Emergency Mutual Assistance

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Agenda for: Working Party on Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN) - 23 October 2024
• Commissioner Johansson in Brazil to strengthen cooperation on the fight against organised crime and corruption - Midday Express
• Intellectual property rights and network against organised crime main themes for EU Prosecutors General at 18th Forum - Eurojust Statement
• Over 6 million illegally exported pills seized in international operation against drug trafficking network - Eurojust Statement

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Inputs in distress: geoeconomic fragmentation and firms’ sourcing - ECB Working Paper Series No.2992
• Variational inference for Bayesian panel VAR models - ECB Working Paper Series No.2991
• The ECB Survey of Monetary Analysts (SMA), October 2024, Aggregate Results

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 23 October 2024
• Possible items for College agenda from 30 October to 26 November 2024

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Appeal brought on 23 August 2024 by State Development Corporation ‘VEB.RF’ against the judgment of the General Court of 12 June 2024 in Case T-288/22, State Development Corporation VEB.RF Vs. Council - (Case C-572/24 P)
  Re: annulment of Decision (CFSP) 2022/265; Regulation (EU) 2022/260; Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/1530; Regulation (EU) 2022/1529; Decision (CFSP) 2023/572; Regulation (EU) 2023/571; Decision (CFSP) 2023/1767; Regulation (EU) 2023/1765; restrictive measures; Ukraine; Russia
• Read-out of the call between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of United Arab Emirates
• G7: Press remarks by the High Representative Borrell in the margins of the meeting of Defence Ministers
• Mozambique: Statement by the High Representative on the latest political killings
• EU Military Committee: Meeting at Chiefs of Defence level, 15 October 2024
• Moldova votes yes to joining EU by tiny margin - This is a “defeat for Russia,” said key European lawmaker after nail-biting referendum - Politico.eu
• Moldovans back EU accession talks by razor-thin majority - President had hoped for stronger support for her policy of closer integration with Europe - Financial Times
• After Orbán, EU eyes new Russia sanctions push - Momentum has stalled under Hungary’s direction and leadership turnover in Brussels. Poland wants to change that. - Politico.eu