COMPETITION
- Opinion of Advocate General Rantos of 5 September 2024 in Cases Air Canada (C‑367/22 P), Air France (C‑369/22 P), Air France-KLM (C‑370/22 P), LATAM Airlines Group and Lan Cargo (C‑375/22 P), British Airways (C‑378/22 P), Singapore Airlines and Singapore Airlines Cargo (C‑379/22 P), Deutsche Lufthansa and Others (C‑380/22 P), Japan Airlines (C‑381/22 P), Cathay Pacific Airways (C‑382/22 P), Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (C‑385/22 P), Martinair Holland (C‑386/22 P), Cargolux Airlines (C‑401/22 P) and SAS Cargo Group and Others (C‑403/22 P) Vs. European Commission
Re: Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European market for airfreight - Article 101(1) TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement - Coordination on elements of the prices of airfreight services – Fuel surcharge, security surcharge and refusal to pay commissions on surcharges - Single and continuous infringement - Jurisdiction of the Commission - ‘Qualified effects’ test - Partial annulment of the decision at issue - Evidence of participation in the infringement - Principle of equal treatment - Limitation period in respect of the Commission’s power to impose penalties - Fines - Unlimited jurisdiction - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11577 - Eiffage / EQOS)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11302 - MSC / HGV / HHLA)
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11538 - CEZ / BCI / Czech Gas Networks JV)
- AG Medina: Google’s refusal to provide third-party access to Android Auto platform may be in breach of competition rules (see CPR No.132/24 - Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-233/23, Alphabet e.a.)
- Commission clears acquisition of Hidria by Gonvarri (M.11647) - Midday Express
- Commission clears acquisition of Metronet by KKR and Deutsche Telekom (M.11688) - Midday Express
STATE AID
- Judgment of the Court of 5 September 2024 in Case C-224/23 P, Penya Barça Lyon: Plus que des supporters (PBL), Issam Abdelmouine, Vs. European Commission
Re: Appeal - State aid - Complaint concerning State aid that enabled a football club to hire a player previously employed by another club - Complaint lodged by one of the socios of the latter club, set up as a not-for-profit association - European Commission decision finding that no ‘interested party’ entitled to lodge a complaint is present - Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 - Article 1(h) - Notions of ‘interested party’ and ‘person whose interests might be affected by the granting of aid’ - Judgment of the Court of 5 September 2024 in Case C‑447/22 P, Republic of Slovenia, Vs. Petra Flašker, European Commission
Re: Appeal - State aid - Articles 107 and 108 TFEU - Measures granted by the Republic of Slovenia to a municipal network of dispensing pharmacies before its accession to the European Union - Preliminary examination phase - Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure - Concept of ‘serious difficulties’ - Extent of the European Commission’s investigative duty - Burden of proof on the party relying on the existence of ‘serious difficulties’ - Scope - Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.115132
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Judgment of the Court of 5 September 2024 in Case C-344/23, Pārtikas drošības, dzīvnieku veselības un vides zinātniskais institūts ‘BIOR’ Vs. Valsts ieņēmumu dienests,
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Customs Union - Common Customs Tariff - Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 - Exemption from import duties - Article 46 - Fish tags - Concept of ‘scientific instrument or apparatus’ - Tariff classification - Combined Nomenclature - Subheadings 3926 90 92 and 3926 90 97
- Judgment of the Court of 5 September 2024 in Case C-67/23, S.Z., in the presence of: W. GmbH, Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - CFSP - Restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar - Prohibition on the import of goods originating in or exported from Burma/Myanmar - Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 - Article 2(2)(a) - Teak logs) (a) - Teak logs originating in Burma/Myanmar exported to and worked in Taiwan prior to their transport to the EU - Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 - Community Customs Code - Article 24 - Concept of ‘substantial processing or working’ - Dehipped teak logs, debarked, squared or cut into teak sawn in Taiwan - Certificate of origin issued by the Taiwanese authorities - Value of that certificate for the determination, by the customs authorities of the Member States, of the origin of those teak logs - Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Experts - Services & Investment) - 11 September 2024
- Minutes of: 63rd meeting of the Customs Expert Group - Tariff Measures subsection - 05 June 2024
- WTO - Goods barometer rises above trend, signaling upturn in trade volume
- WTO - Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Notification of regional trade agreement - Kenya and European Union
- WTO - Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - European Union - Flavouring substance 4-Methyl-2-phenylpent-2-enal
- WTO - Committee on Import Licensing - Agreement on import licensing procedures - Notification under article 5.1 to 5.4 of the Agreement - European Union: G/LIC/N/2/EU/26; G/LIC/N/2/EU/27 & G/LIC/N/2/EU/28
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) …/... imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of oxalic acid originating in India and the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) …/... amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/73 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of electric bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China following acceptance of a request for new exporting producer treatment
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) …/... fixing the import duties applicable to certain types of husked rice from 6 September 2024
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- European Research Council awards €780m in grants to emerging science talent across Europe
- New Copernicus Satellite successfully placed in orbit to continue delivering free data on our planet
AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES
- Agenda for: Meeting of the CEG for Agricultural Markets - Subgroup arable crops and olive oil - 27 September 2024
- Agenda for: Meeting of the CEG for Technical advice on Organic Production (EGTOP) - Subgroup "Cleaning and Disinfectants" - 16 September 2024
- Minutes of the Meeting of the CEG - EU Crops Market Observatory - 01 July 2024
ENERGY
- Opinion of Advocate General Rantos of 5 September 2024 in Case C‑48/23, Alajärven Sähkö Oy and Others, Elenia Verkko Oyj Vs. Energiavirasto
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Internal market for electricity - Directive (EU) 2019/944 - Article 57(4) and (5) - Independence of national regulatory authorities - Article 59 - Duties and powers of those authorities - Establishment of monitoring methods - National legislation whose objective is to reduce the price of electricity distribution without directly interfering with transmission and distribution tariffs or their methodologies - Decision of a regulatory authority to change its monitoring methods accordingly - Right of the government of a Member State to issue general policy guidelines which do not concern the duties and powers of the regulatory authority - Scope of that right
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Minutes of the Expert Group on Waste - 13 May 2024
- Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Biosafety) - 11 September 2024
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2195 of 4 September 2024 determining the format for submitting the reports of data referred to in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573 of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1191/2014
- Answer given by EVP Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Failure to assess polluting substances in the Altri cellulose project, and consent of the Galician and Spanish Governments
- Answer given by EVP Šefčovič to a MEP written question - The environmental crisis, exploitation of labour and activities of criminal organisations in the intensive agriculture strip in Ragusa province (Sicily)
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
- Special report 12/2024: The EU’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic - The EU medical agencies generally managed well in unprecedented circumstances
- EMA - Pre-authorisation guidance under the Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/6)
- ECDC - World Sexual Health Day 2024 - Actions needed to limit the spread of sexually transmitted infections in Europe
- ECDC - A systematic review of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and syphilis prevalence in Europe
- First delivery of mpox vaccine doses from the Commission arrive today in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- EFSA - Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance amidosulfuron
DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY
- Opinion of Advocate General Richard de la Tour of 05 September 2024 in Case C-416/23, Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde Vs. FR, Bundesministerin für Justiz
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - Regulation (EU) 2016/679 - Article 57(4) - Tasks of the supervisory authority - Request - Meaning - Excessive requests - Meaning - Article 77(1) - Right to lodge a complaint - Payment of a reasonable fee based on the administrative costs or refusal by the supervisory authority to act on the request - Criteria which may guide the supervisory in making its choice - Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues - 09 September 2024
- Take part in the EDPB stakeholder event on upcoming guidelines on ‘Consent or Pay’
- Agenda for: 5th meeting of the subgroup to the Digital Decade Board - 25 September 2024
- Commission signs Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence - Midday Express
AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE
- A failure to publish reorganisation measures in respect of a credit institution does not lead to those measures being invalid or their effects being unenforceable in another Member State (see CPR No.131/24 - Judgment of the Court in Joined Cases C-498/22 to C-500/22, Novo Banco and Others)
- Fair trial: minors subject to criminal proceedings must have the practical and effective opportunity to be assisted by a lawyer (see CPR No.130/24 - Judgment of the Court in Case C-603/22, M.S. and Others (Procedural rights of a child)
- Answer given by Ms Johansson to a MEP written question - Law enforcement cooperation between China and Hungary
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- Keynote speech by the Eurogroup President, Paschal Donohoe, at the Bruegel Annual Meetings, 4 September 2024
- Letter from Piero Cipollone to Aurore Lalucq, ECON Chair, on update on the work of the digital euro scheme's Rulebook Development Group
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- A notary does not breach the sanctions against Russia when he or she authenticates the sale of a property owned by an unlisted Russian company (see CPR No.129/24 - Judgment of the Court in Case C-109/23, Jemerak)
- EU releases €1.1 million emergency assistance for flood victims in Bangladesh - Midday Express
