FUTURE EU COMMISSION
- Press statement by President von der Leyen on the next College of Commissioners
- EP leaders had an exchange of views with the President-elect of the Commission on the new College of Commissioners.
- Von der Leyen gives top economic jobs to largest EU countries - France, Italy and Spain to share influential portfolios in next European Commission - Financial Times
- The backroom deal to parachute Macron loyalist into Brussels - Stéphane Séjourné has backed French president since 2017 and replaces EC’s biggest rebel - Financial Times
COMPETITION
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11682 - Utmost Group / Lombard International Assurance Holdings)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11716 - Nordic Capital XI / CVC / Platinum IVY / Hargreaves Lansdown)
- Finland - Consultation on the acquisition of VRJ Etelä-Suomi Oy / Oulu City Infra's maintenance and infrastructure construction businesses
- Germany - Bundeskartellamt takes a critical view of Super RTL and Nickelodeon's planned merger - RTL withdraws notification
- Germany - Bundeskartellamt releases the acquisition of assets of Weltbild GmbH & Co. KG by Thalia Bücher GmbH
- Poland - UOKiK has issued a decision on collusion restricting competition in the truck market fining more than PLN 238 million on Iveco Poland and 10 truck distributors
- Spain - CNMC highlights the key role of competition in Spain's new industrial policy
- Spain - CNMC asks La Liga to avoid discretionality in the commercialisation of First and Second Division rights in several European countries
- UK CMA published the Parties’ response to the notice of possible remedies in the Lindab / HAS-Vent merger inquiry
- UK - CMA has published its Decision clearing the anticipated acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company of Juniper Networks, Inc.
STATE AID
- Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections - SA.114645; SA.113459 & SA.108170
- State aid - Belgium - State aid SA.36303 (2024/C) (ex 2015/NN, ex 2013/FC) - Subsidies for recognised Flemish nature conservation organisations - Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 108(2) of the TFEU
- Commission Decision (EU) 2024/2418 of 11 December 2023 on the measure State aid SA.53625 (2021/C) implemented by Germany for Lignite phase-out
- Commission approves €1.2 billion Polish State aid scheme to support investments in strategic sectors to foster the transition to a net-zero economy (SA.109581)
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Agenda for: 100th Electronic Customs Coordination Group (ECCG) held jointly with the Trade Contact Group (TCG) - 03 and 04 October 2024
- Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-subsidy measures (Certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics; P.R. of China; Egypt; Countervailing duty; Regulation (EU) 2020/776; 16.6.2025)
- Overview of FTA and Other Trade Negotiations - updated on 16 September 2024
- Overview of Economic Partnership Agreements - updated on 16 September 2024
- Report of the 7th Annual meeting of the CETA Committee on Financial Services - June 2024
- Readout from U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) Deputies Meeting
- WTO - Steel industry execs cite critical role of trade and standards in achieving green goals
- Brexit is ‘stifling’ exports and imports, report finds - UK trade deal with EU has led to ‘profound and ongoing’ impact on goods flow - Financial Times
- America needs a better strategy on semiconductors - Export controls are necessary, but they are not a complete competitive strategy - Financial Times
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Internal Market) - 24 September 2024
- A circular single market for sustainable competitiveness - The Draghi report’s focus on critical raw materials misses the contribution of resource efficiency to productivity - See Bruegel Commentary
CHEMICAL
- ECHA - Final Draft Agenda 64th meeting of the Committee for Socio-economic Analysis - 17 to 20 September 2024
- ECHA - Provisional Draft Agenda - 87th meeting of the Member State Committee - 08 to10 October 2024
- ECHA - Board of Appeal Decision in case A-004-2024 - BASF SE, Germany - Final decision
Re: rectification of the contested decision - Withdrawal of the appeal by the Appellant - Closure of the proceeding (10 September 2024) - ECHA - Board of Appeal Summary in case A-001-2023 - Summary (10 September 2024)
Re: Dossier evaluation - Compliance check - Tonnage downgrade - Right to good administration
FINANCE
- Agenda for: Att. Financial Services and Banking Union (Benchmarks) - 23 September 2024
- How the EBA and ESM cooperate to strengthen crisis prevention and navigate an incomplete banking union
AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES
- “Agriculture and Fisheries” Council on 23 September 2024
- Stocktaking of the second year of implementation of the CAP strategic plans - Information from the Presidency - Exchange of views
ENERGY
- Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Nuclear energy production in Greece
- Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Financing the energy renovation of churches
- Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Problems in the cogeneration sector in Spain
- Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - Energy communities prevented from accessing dispatch markets
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Agenda for: 29th Meeting of the “Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests” (Deforestation) - 24 September 2024
- Safe and sustainable alternatives could reduce use of PFAS in textiles and enhance reuse and recycling - see the EEA Briefing & Report
- World Ozone Day: EU continues to phase out gases harming the ozone layer - see the EEA Briefing
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
- ECDC - Epidemiological update, week 37/2024: Mpox due to monkeypox virus clade I
- EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Pest categorisation of non‐EU Scolytinae on non‐coniferous hosts
- EFSA - Technical Report on the need for re‐evaluation of the safety of hexane used as an extraction solvent in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients
- EFSA - External Scientific Report - Review of New Approach Methodologies for Application in Risk Assessment of Nanoparticles in the Food and Feed Sector: Status and Challenges
- EFSA - External Scientific Report - Proposal for a qualification system for New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in the food and feed sector: example of implementation for nanomaterial risk assessment
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- Estimating the full effect of a partially anticipated event: a market-based approach applied to the case of TLTROIII - ECB Working Paper Series No.2982
- A portfolio perspective on euro area bank profitability using stress test data - ECB Occasional Paper Series No.356
- Speech by ECB's Philip R. Lane: Moving from 3.75 to 3.50: explaining the latest rate decision
- The ECB Survey of Monetary Analysts (SMA), September 2024, Aggregate Results
- ECB Blog - Obstacles to the greening of energy-intensive industries
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- Iran: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union
- UAE: High Representative / Vice-President Josep Borrell travels to the United Arab Emirates
- EU plans to raise up to €40bn in loans for Ukraine without US - Brussels drafts alternative funding solution to circumvent a Hungary veto on extending the freezing of Russian assets - Financial Times
