Europe Daily News, 10 June 2024

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1) - 14 June 2024
• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.2) - 11 June 2024
• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 12 June 2024
• Election 2024: Seat projection for new European Parliament
• Hungarian Presidency - Chairing of certain Working Parties by other delegations, at the request of the Hungarian Presidency (Second half of 2024)
• The ruthless haggle to convert EU votes into ‘money, staff and power’ - New cohort of 720 lawmakers will take 24 days to shape alliances crucial to parliament’s next term - Financial Times
• Markets hit as Macron calls snap French election after Le Pen’s EU vote victory - French and European markets down after president’s gamble to thwart advance of far-right RN - Financial Times

COMPETITION

• Summary of Commission Decision of 25 September 2023 declaring a concentration incompatible with the internal market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case M.10615 - Booking Holdings / Etravelli Group)
  - Opinion of the Advisory Committee on mergers
  - Final Report of the Hearing Officer
• Commission clears acquisition of South Fork Wind and Revolution Wind by GIP and Orsted (M.11527) - Midday Express
• Commission authorises the acquisition of MPBV by Engie and Macquarie (M.11560) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Deputy Member) - 13 June 2024
• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Services & Investment) - 12 June 2024
• Notice concerning the date of entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
• Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1652 of 30 May 2024 amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
• CBAM communication template for installations

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Group of Experts on Forest-based Industries and Sectorally Related Issues - 17 June 2024
• Agenda for: 3rd Meeting of the Group of Experts on CPR Technical Acquis Process - Subgr. 6 - Cement, building limes and other hydraulic binders - 24 June 2024
• Commission launches European Research Area Talent Platform as a central hub for researchers - Midday Express

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Agenda for: 15th Meeting of the EU Platform on Animal Welfare - 17 June 2024

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

• EPSCO Council on 20 June 2024
  - The social dimension of the internal market - Policy debate
  - Implementation of the Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market – Key Messages from the Employment Committee - Endorsement, Add.1, Add.2 & Add.3
  -  Key conclusions on 2024 Pension Adequacy Report of the Social Protection Committee and the European Commission - Endorsement
  - The 2024 Pension Adequacy Report: Current and future adequacy in old age in the EU - Report & Country profiles
  - La Hulpe Declaration on the Future of the European Pillar of Social Rights - Endorsement 
  - Draft Council Conclusions on Pension Adequacy - Approval

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Basel Convention) - 14 June 2024
• Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste - General approach
• Commission launches Destination Earth system in Finland to help climate change adaptation
• EU Sustainable Energy Week kicks off tomorrow in Brussels - Midday Express

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 14 February 2024 – EG Labo Laboratoires Eurogenerics SAS and Theramex France SAS v Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM) and Biogaran SAS (Case C-118/24, Laboratoires Eurogenerics and Theramex France)
  Re: Interpretation of Articles 28 and 29 of Directive 2001/83/EC; Article 10 of Directive 2001/83/EC
• WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) - Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) Panama, 5-10 February 2024 - Information from the Presidency and the Commission
• ECDC - Antimicrobial resistance in gonorrhoea: Rising threat to treatment efficacy

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• European Union signs aviation agreement with the People's Republic of Bangladesh

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• New EU rules make high-value datasets available to fuel artificial intelligence and data-driven innovation

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse - Progress report

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Report from the Commission on the implementation of macro-financial assistance to third countries in 2023
• Outages in sovereign bond markets - ECB Working Paper Series - No.2944
• The ECB Survey of Monetary Analysts (SMA), June 2024, Aggregate Results
• Digital innovation and banking regulation - ECB Occasional Paper Series - No.351

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Appeal brought on 17 April 2024 by Alisher Usmanov against the judgment of the General Court of 07 February 2024 in Case T-237/22, Usmanov Vs. Council (Case C-274/24 P)
  Re: annulment of the the judgment of the General Court of 7 February 2024 in Case T-237/22, annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/337 & Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/572
• Action brought on 19 April 2024 – Cortex Havacilik ve Turizm, Ticaret Vs. Commission (Case T-213/24)
  Re: annulment the Commission’s decision by which the aircraft operated by the applicant were made subject to a landing, take off, and overflight ban pursuant to Articles 3d and 12 of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014, as well as Articles 4e(1) and 8 of Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP
• EU announces €150 million in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan crisis
• EU-Kazakhstan: 21st Cooperation Committee Meeting held in Brussels
• Answer qiven by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - Stepping up efforts to set up a collective integrated air defence system
• G7: Forging a new era of cooperation