Europe Daily News, 03 September 2024

COMPETITION

• Illumina-Grail merger: the Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the General Court and annuls the decisions by which the Commission accepted requests from national competition authorities seeking the examination of the proposed concentration (See CPR Nº 127/2024 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-611/22 P, C-625/22 P, Illumina Vs. Commission; See the Statement by EVP Margrethe Vestager)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11559 - Exyte / Kinetics)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11689 - ADQCVF / Next / Sotheby's)
• Commission clears acquisition of Famar by MidEuropa Partners (M.11677) - Midday Express
• Commission clears creation of joint venture by Schroders and Phoenix (M.11556) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of certain coal trading assets of Uniper by EPR (M.11585) - Midday Express

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections - SA.105117; SA.110068; SA.106249; SA.109689 & SA.114303
• Commission approves €200 million German State aid measure to support construction of four berths in Cuxhaven port (SA.113780) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Minutes of the third meeting of the Trade Partnership Committee under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - 02 September 2024
• Minutes of the Customs Business Group on EMSWe jointly with the 6th meeting of the EMSWe Data Modelling Working Group - 27 & 28 June 2024
• Call for evidence: EU–Gulf relations - authorising negotiations with Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates - Recommendation for a decision - Feedback period: 02 September 2024 - 30 September 2024
• EU-Singapore text of the Digital Trade Agreement - updated on 03 September 2024
• Staff Working Document - Evaluation & Executive Summary of the impact of the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement
• Signing & Conclusion of the Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement between the EU and Angola - FactSheet as updated on 30 August 2024
• EU agri-food trade balance remains stable - May 2024
• EU-Mongolia relations: Possible critical raw materials partnership - see EP Briefing
• WTO - Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - European Union - In vitro diagnostic medical devices
• South America also calls for EUDR course adjustment
• As the West slaps tariffs on Chinese cars, Britain ducks the fight - The U.K. wants more Brits driving EVs — and that’s got the government in a bind - Politico.eu
• China to launch anti-dumping probe into Canadian canola exports - Latest trade salvo follows Ottawa’s decision last week to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese electric cars - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET INDUSTRY

• Minutes of the 8th Meeting of the Commission Expert Group on Policies & Programmes relevant to EU Space, Defence & Aeronautics Industry (SDA) - 10 July 2024
• Call for evidence: European Research Area - the new ERA 4 years on: achievements, lessons learnt and the way forward - Communication - Feedback period: 02 September 2024 - 30 September 2024

ENERGY

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Ecodesign & Energy Labelling Consultation Forum - 01 October 2024
• Agenda for: 25th Meeting of the Commission Expert Group - Environmental Footprint Technical Advisory Board - 13 September 2024
• No oil shortage in Hungary despite Russia sanctions outrage, EU says - Hungary and Slovakia have been accused of trying to benefit from cheap Russian oil despite the alternatives - Politico.eu

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Whaling) - 10 September 2024
• Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 03 & 05 September 2024 (NBI procedure; Water policy & Waste)
• Agenda for: Meeting of the Commission Expert Group on climate change policy (ETS2 Implementation) - 19 September 2024
• Agenda for: Meeting of the Commission Expert Group on climate change policy (Social Climate Fund Formation) - 18 September 2024
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2174 of 2 September 2024 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2024/573 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the format of the labels for certain products and equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2068
• Public consultation: National Emission Reduction Commitments Directive - evaluation - Evaluation - Feedback period: 03 September 2024 - 26 November 2024

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• The EU provides humanitarian aid and experts to support the fight against Mpox in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo - Midday Express
• EMA’s Data Protection Notice for EudraVigilance Human (EV)
• EMA - Concept paper on revision of the Guideline on Risk Assessment of Medicinal Products on Human Reproduction and Lactation: from Data to Labelling
• EFSA - Scientific and technical assistance report on the evaluation of human‐identical milk oligosaccharides (HiMOs) as novel foods
• EFSA's activities on emerging risks in 2022
• ECDC - Epidemiological update – Week 35/2024: Mpox due to monkeypox virus clade I

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Data Protection - 10 September 2024
• Report from the Multi-stakeholder Expert Group on the GDPR evaluation - 11 June 2024
• Swedish SA: Administrative fine against bank for transferring customer data to Meta
• Spanish supervisory authority fined Uniqlo Europe, Ltd. for violations of Article 5.1(f) and 32 of the GDPR
• Dutch Supervisory Authority imposes a fine on Clearview because of illegal data collection for facial recognition
• The Belgian Supervisory Authority sanctions telecom operator for 14 months late reply to a right to access request

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Commission supports the Turkish Cypriot community with €39.5 million under the 2024 Aid Programme
• Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2056 concerning specific measures to combat terrorism
• President of the European Council Charles Michel welcomes the appointment of his Chief Diplomatic Advisor Magdalena Grono as the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia