STATE AID
- Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.107200
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Full Members) - 16 January 2024
- Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Deputy Members) - 11 January 2024
- Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Services & Investment) - 10 January 2024
- Agenda for: 26th Plenary Meeting of the Customs Laboratories European Network (CLEN) - 13 February 2024
- Agenda for: 7th meeting of the CLEN Project Group on Compliance assessment, use of precision data and statistics - 23 January 2024
- Decision No 1/2023 of the EU-Ukraine Association Council of 10 November 2023 as regards the amendment of Annex XLIV to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part
- Provisional list of National Competent Authorities (NCAs) for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as of 09 January 2024
- CBAM - Information for importers of "cement"; "electricity"; "fertilisers" and on "aluminium" as of 03 January 2024
- CBAM - Checklist for EU importers as of 03 January 2024
- Answer given by EVP Dombrovskis to a MEP written question - Prohibiting products made using forced labour on the EU market
- Comoros WTO accession package ready for formal adoption at MC13
- Belgian PM faces high-wire act in China as EU, Taiwan fears intrude - Politico.eu
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Industry) - 15 January 2024
- Draft Council conclusions on Strenghtening knowledge valorisation as a tool for a resilient reindustrialisation and open strategic autonomy in Europe - Presidency Text
- Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations on an international legal instrument relating to intellectual property, genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources
- EU faces potential €450mn post-Brexit bill on empty London offices - EMA saddled with 15-year liability for lease after subtenant WeWork stops paying rent - Financial Times
CHEMICAL
- Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/232 of 25 October 2023 amending Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for cadmium and lead in plastic profiles in electrical and electronic windows and doors containing recovered rigid polyvinyl chloride
TAXATION
- Agenda for: 55th Meeting of the WG on Administrative cooperation in the field of direct taxation - 01 February 2024
- Global minimum tax will boost revenues for tax havens, says OECD - Corporate tax take to rise up to a third at hubs for multinationals such as Ireland and the Netherlands - Financial Times
AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES
ENERGY
- Presentation - EU Energy Platform Industry Advisory Group - 16 November 2023
- Council Regulation (EU) 2024/223 of 22 December 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 laying down a framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Biodiversity & Global) - 16 January 2024
- European Commission appoints a new Director (Claudia Fusco) for its Directorate-General for Environment - Midday Express
- Microplastic pollution, MEP João Albuquerque wants to extend proposed EU regulation beyond pellets - see the Draft Report
- Further restrictions on mercury - MEPs plan to extend deadlines for prohibiting dental amalgam - see the Compromise Amendment 1-15
- Regulation establishing a framework for setting eco-design requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC - Letter o the Chair of the EP ENVI Committee
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC - Four-column table & Annexes II, V and XII
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Over €250 million to support secure connectivity across the EU under the CEF Digital Programme - Midday Express
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- Draft Council recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area 2024 & Explanatory note
- Speech by ECB's Luis de Guindos: "The economic outlook and monetary policy in the euro area"
- Monetary policy and the recent slowdown in manufacturing and services - Economic Bulletin Issue 8, 2023
- Supply chain disruption and energy supply shocks: impact on euro area output and prices - ECB Working Paper Series No.2884
- Geopolitical risk and oil prices - Economic Bulletin Issue 8, 2023
- Eurozone unemployment returns to record low of 6.4% - Continued rapid wage growth will add to ECB worries about the timing of a potential interest rate cut this year - Financial Times
FUTURE OF EUROPE
- Possible items for College agenda from 16 January to 27 February 2024
- Commission gives young people a stronger voice in EU policymaking as a legacy of the European Year of Youth - IP/24/86
- Speech by President von der Leyen on the occasion of the New Year reception of the Stade Chamber of Industry and Commerce for the Elbe-Weser region
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- Bangladesh: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the parliamentary elections
- Statement by the HR/VP on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2876 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
