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COMPETITION
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10862 – Olin / Mitsui/ BWA JV)
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11065 – Samskip / Duisport / TX Logistik / Ziel Terminal)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11214 – Mubadala Capital / Fortress Management / FIG)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11229 – MFE-Mediaforeurope / Prosiebensat1)
- Capgemini-Orange cloud services JV decision published by EU Commission – See Case M.10855
- Commission clears acquisition of AIG’s treaty reinsurance business by RenRe (M.11207) – Midday Express
- Commission authorises the acquisition of joint control of BMS by Eurazeo, BCI and PCP (M.11047) – Midday Express
- Belgian – The Competition Authority approves the acquisition of the Quoilin group by the Louyet group
- UK – CMA: Anticipated acquisition by Cochlear Limited of Demant A/S – See the Notice of Acceptance of Final Undertakings
- UK – CMA: Hitachi / Thales merger inquiry – See the Observations on ORR Remedies Submission and on third party submissions
- Microsoft to unbundle Teams to appease EU competition worries – Tech giant to also make it easier for competing apps to be interoperable in bid to stop Brussels’ antitrust probe – Financial Times
STATE AID
- EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 004/23/COL of 8 February 2023 amending the substantive rules in the field of State aid by introducing new Guidelines on State aid for broadband networks
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Minutes of the 245th meeting of the Tariff & Statistical Nomenclature Section (Textiles & Mechanical/Miscellaneous Sub-section) of the Customs Code Committee – 12th to 14th June 2023
- DG Taxud Guidance for economic operators on the use of the customs common transit procedure for goods going to and coming from Ukraine
- Answer given by Mr Gentiloni to a MEP written question – Possibility of establishing the European customs authority in Bucharest
- The EFTA States and Türkiye hold their first Joint Committee Meeting under the modernised Free Trade Agreement
- Australia, EU resume talks on free trade deal
- UK – Trade Remedies Notice 2023/14: anti-dumping duty on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the People’s Republic of China
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Better Regulation) – 13 September 2023
FINANCIAL SERVICES
- Final Minutes – Ad hoc meeting of the Expert Group of the European Securities Committee – 27 July 2023
- ESMA sees prevailing market uncertainty as downside risks rise
ENERGY
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1669 of 16 June 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of smartphones and slate tablets
- Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1670 of 16 June 2023 laying down ecodesign requirements for smartphones, mobile phones other than smartphones, cordless phones and slate tablets pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/826
- Germany accused of ‘ignoring emergency’ by rejecting energy subsidies for industry – Business groups say country’s competitiveness is at stake, warning lack of support could spark exodus – Financial Times
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Climate change) – 05 September 2023 & (Biodiversity) – 07 September 2023
- InvestEU: EIF invests €50 million to support circular plastics – IP/23/4309
- Europe’s water crisis: how supplies turned to ‘gold dust’ – Drought, leaky pipes and poor policy among several factors contributing to continent’s scarcity problem – Financial Times
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
- Attendance of third parties at the Working Party on Genetic Resources and Innovation in Agriculture (Seeds, Propagating and Planting Materials) on 13 September 2023 – Approval
- EFSA – Scientific Report – Scientific support for preparing an EU position in the 54th Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR)
- EFSA – Statement – Targeted risk assessment for prochloraz
TRANSPORT & MOBILITY
DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY
- What the E.U.’s sweeping rules for Big Tech mean for your life online – The Digital Services Act has now taken effect, imposing new requirements on some of the tech industry’s biggest names – FaQ WashingtonPost
DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY
- Today, noyb filed three complaints against Fitbit in Austria, the Netherlands and in Italy – See the Statement
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- NextGenerationEU: Greece submits request to modify recovery and resilience plan and add a REPowerEU chapter – Midday Express
- Statement by Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe on the candidates for the post of ECB Executive Board member
- Euro area insurance corporation statistics: second quarter of 2023
- Speech by ECB’s Isabel Schnabel: “Disinflation and the Phillips curve”
- Extreme renting: Estonia tech boom fuels EU’s biggest cost rises – High levels of home ownership in the Baltic nation mean rents are volatile to market changes and fuelled by expat workers – Financial Times
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- Annual Report on the European Union´s humanitarian aid operations financed in 2022
- Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Gymnich): Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell upon arrival
- Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Defence): Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell at the press conference
- Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Defence): Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell upon arrival
- EU weighs sanctions on Niger as Gabon hit by latest coup – Measures on Niger have become the focal point of an EU meeting in Spain – Politico.eu
- Rejoining the EU remains a very distant dream – Even returning to the single market or customs union is a hard argument for an electorate queasy about reopening divisions – Financial Times
RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE
- Ukraine: Switzerland implements new sanctions against Belarus
- Answer given by HR/VP Borrell i Fontelles to a MEP written question – Reported death threats from the Ukrainian security services to Mikhail and Aleksander Kononovich
- Ukraine cries foul as fuels refined from Russian oil pour into the EU – In an exclusive interview, top Ukrainian economic adviser urges the West to close a sanctions ‘loophole’ – Politico.eu
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