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novembre 28 2024

Europe Daily News, 28 November 2024

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COMPETITION

STATE AID

  • Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU- Cases where the Commission raises no objections - SA.115710 & SA.115332
  • Commission closes State aid investigations into Fiat, Amazon and Starbucks tax rulings (SA.38375 (Fiat), SA.38374 (Starbucks) and SA.38944 (Amazon))

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Judgment of the Court of 28 November 2024 in Joined Cases C-269/23 P and C-272/23 P, Hengshi Egypt Fiberglass Fabrics SAE, (C-269/23 P), Jushi Egypt for Fiberglass Industry SAE, (C-269/23 P and C-272/23 P), Vs. European Commission, Tech-Fab Europe eV, intervener at first instance (C-269/23 P), Association des producteurs de fibres de verre européens (APFE),
    Re: Appeal - Common commercial policy - Protection against subsidised imports from third countries - Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures of the WTO - Articles 1 and 2 - Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 - Articles 2 to 4 - Concepts of ‘subsidy’, ‘government’, ‘specificity’ and ‘benefit’ - Financial contributions granted by Chinese public bodies to undertakings incorporated under Egyptian law owned by Chinese entities established in the China-Egypt Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone - Possibility of classifying such financial contributions as subsidies granted by the Government of Egypt, having regard to that government’s own conduct - Whether permissible - Conditions - Financial contribution consisting in forgoing government revenue that is otherwise due - Benefit conferred on the recipient undertakings - Choice of the relevant reference situation for the purpose of characterising the existence of that financial contribution and that benefit - Articles 5 and 6 - Calculation of the benefit – Concepts of ‘recipient’ and ‘undertaking’
  • Opinion of Advocate General Medina of 28 November 2024 in Joined Cases C-554/23 P and C-568/23 P, Fertilizers Europe Vs. AO Nevinnomysskiy Azot, AO Novomoskovskaya Aktsionernaya Kompania NAK ‘Azot’ (C-554/23 P) and European Commission Vs. AO Nevinnomysskiy Azot, AO Novomoskovskaya Aktsionernaya Kompania NAK ‘Azot’ (C-568/23 P)
    Re: Appeal - Dumping - Imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia - Definitive anti-dumping duties - Request for an expiry review - Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Article 5(3) and (9) of Regulation 2016/1036 -Legal time limit - Sufficiency of the evidence
  • Minutes of the Seventh meeting of the Commission Expert Group on Outbound Investment - 02 October 2024
  • Council Decision (EU) 2024/2965 of 21 November 2024 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, with regard to a decision concerning the amendment of Protocol 3 to that Agreement as regards permeability between the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin and the Transitional rules of origin
  • Council Decision (EU) 2024/2966 of 21 November 2024 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland, with regard to a decision concerning the amendment of Protocol 3 to that Agreement as regards permeability between the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin and the Transitional rules of origin
  • Council Decision (EU) 2024/2967 of 21 November 2024 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, of the other part, with regard to a decision concerning the amendment of Protocol 3 to that Agreement as regards permeability between the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin and the Transitional rules of origin
  • Council Decision (EU) 2024/2969 of 21 November 2024 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the European Economic Area, with regard to a decision concerning the amendment of Protocol 4 to that Agreement as regards permeability between the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin and the Transitional rules of origin
  • Botswana to establish export certification point for rough diamonds with G7 collaboration - A Joint Statement by Botswana and the G7 diamond technical team
  • Answer given by EVP Dombrovskis to a MEP written question - Impact of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement on the competitiveness of EU companies
  • Answer given by EVP Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Antimony mining on Chios: hazardous and harmful to the population
  • WTO - The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Brunei Darussalam takes place on 27 and 29 November 2024
  • Buy American to avoid Trump trade war, says Christine Lagarde - ECB chief takes aim at claim that tariffs will ‘make America great again’, but calls for negotiation, not retaliation - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION & SOCIAL AFFAIRS

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

FORESTRY

  • Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the production and marketing of forest reproductive material, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/105/EC (Regulation on forest reproductive material) - Presidency revised text
  • Coffee futures hit 47-year high on global supply and EU law fears - Commercial buyers ‘go into panic mode’ to secure high-quality arabica beans - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Impacts of heat on health: over half EEA countries monitor and take action on heat and health - See EEA Briefing

ENERGY

  • Judgment of the Court of 28 November 2024 in Case C-293/23, ENGIE Deutschland GmbH Vs. Landesregulierungsbehörde beim Sächsischen Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr, interveners: Zwickauer Energieversorgung GmbH, Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Internal market in electricity - Directive (EU) 2019/944 - Article 2(28) and (29) - Concept of ‘distribution’ - Concept of ‘distribution system operator’ - Concept of ‘distribution network’ - Articles 30 to 39 - Operation of the distribution network - Undertaking operating an energy installation comprising a combined heat and power plant and a system of electricity lines, supplying heat, hot water and electricity to the tenants of a residential complex - Concomitant sale of the electricity produced - National legislation exempting the operator of such an installation from the obligations incumbent on distribution system operators under that directive’
  • Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the EU within the EU-UK Specialised Committee on Energy of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
  • EIB grants up to €80 million InvestEU-backed framework financing to Nortegas Group to develop biomethane plants in Spain
  • Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Unlocking the potential of geothermal energy

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Assistance to member states affected by natural disasters: Council agrees its position on the RESTORE proposal - see the Mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

  • Commission adopts technical standards for cross-border European Digital Identity Wallets  - Midday Express
  • Answer given by Executive Vice-President Vestager to a MEP written question - REspect!’ – first censorship agency in Germany under the Digital Services Act

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Judgment of the Court of 28 November 2024 in Case C-80/23, V.S., intervener: Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti, Glavna direktsia za borba s organiziranata prestapnost
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data - Directive (EU) 2016/680 - Article 4(1)(a) to (c) - Article 8, (1) and (2) - Article 10 - Person under investigation - Police recording of biometric and genetic data - Enforcement - Purposes of prevention and detection of criminal offences - Interpretation of the judgment of 26 January 2023, Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti (Recording of biometric and genetic data by the police) (C-205/21, EU: C:2023:49) - Obligation to interpret in conformity - Assessment of the ‘absolute necessity’ of the processing of sensitive data - Role of the competent authorities’
  • Judgment of the Court of 28 November 2024 in Case C-169/23 [Másdi] (i), Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság Vs. UC
    Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data - Regulation (EU) 2016/679 - Data processed when issuing a COVID-19 certificate - Data not collected from the data subject - Information to be provided - Exception to the obligation to provide information - Article 14(5), (c) - Data generated by the controller as part of its own process - Right of complaint - Competence of the supervisory authority - Article 77(1) - Appropriate measures to protect the data subject's legitimate interests provided for by the law of the Member State to which the controller is subject - Measures to ensure the security of data processing - Article 32’

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • EU threatens TikTok with probe over role in Romanian elections - Bucharest lodges complaint after far-right candidate who went viral on Chinese platform topped presidential vote - Financial Times

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Statement by President von der Leyen at the joint press conference with President Metsola following the Parliament's vote on the College of Commissioners

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Working Party on Non-Proliferation and Arms Exports (Directors' level) - 11 December 2024
  • Starmer to be invited to meet EU leaders in February - Significant post-Brexit move comes as Brussels seeks closer ties with UK - Financial Times
  • Commission plans to slash EU embassy staff around the world - Faced with a budget squeeze, the bloc wants to cut back staff and focus on countries “where the EU’s primary interests lie.” - Politico.eu

 

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