COMPETITION
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Experts - Services & Investment) - 20 March 2024
- Report from the Commission on the delegation of power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/287 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 February 2019 implementing bilateral safeguard clauses and other mechanisms allowing for the temporary withdrawal of preferences in certain trade agreements concluded between the European Union and third countries
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market - Letter to the Chair of the European Parliament IMCO and INTA Committees
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/844 of 13 March 2024 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of electrolytic manganese dioxides originating in the People’s Republic of China
- MEPs agree to extend trade support for Moldova, continue work on Ukraine - see the EP Statement & Resolution
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- The United Kingdom has infringed EU law as a result of a judgment of its Supreme Court (See CPR No 47/2024 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-516/22, Commission Vs. United Kingdom)
- Future of the EU Single Market - Information by Austrian delegation
- Agricultural SMEs to get €50 million to support decarbonisation as Lithuanian fintech HeavyFinance teams up with EIF and InvestE - IP/24/1435
CHEMICAL
- Commission Regulation (EU) …/… of XXX amending Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 as regards the test methods, to adapt them to technical progress - see the Annex
- Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - Protection against hazardous chemical compounds
FINANCE
- Commission adopts renewal of insurance equivalence decision for the US - Midday Express
- Commission Delegated Decision (EU) …/… on the renewal of the determination that the solvency regime in force in the United States applicable to undertaking with their head office in that third country is provisionally equivalent to that laid down in Title I, Chapter VI of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
- Implementation of DORA: milestone technical regulatory standards just adopted
- Time to stop dithering over the EU’s capital markets union - Technical solutions are known, but political leadership is needed - Financial Times
TAXATION
- Judgment of the Court of 14 March 2024 in Case C-336/22, f6 Cigarettenfabrik GmbH & Co KG Vs. Hauptzollamt Bielefeld
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Taxation - General arrangements for excise duty - Directive 2008/118/EC - Article 1, (2) - Additional indirect taxes on products subject to excise duty - Conditions for levying the tax - Specific purpose pursued by the tax - Excise duties applicable to manufactured tobacco - Directive 2011/64/EU - Article 14 - Rules on taxation - Compliance with those rules by additional indirect taxes on products subject to excise duty - Heating tobacco - National legislation providing for a different structure and rate of tax for that tobacco from those applicable to the category 'other smoking tobacco
- Commission launches targeted consultation to get feedback on the rules governing tax dispute resolution in the EU
ENERGY
- Commissioner Simson in the US to strengthen energy cooperation - Midday Express
- Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - The role of the EU in energy planning
- Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - The Turkey-Bulgaria gas agreement
- Answer given by Ms Simson to a MEP written question - EU strategy for sustainable biofuels
- Europe’s refineries in demand as Ukraine war boosts oil margins - Falling capacity pushes up premiums for diesel ahead of crude - Financial Times
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on reporting of environmental data from industrial installations and establishing an Industrial Emissions Portal - Outcome of the European Parliament's first reading (Strasbourg, 11 to 14 March 2024)
- MEPs call for tougher EU rules to reduce textiles and food waste - see the EP Statement & Resolution
- Euro 7: Parliament adopts measures to reduce road transport emissions - see the EP Statement & Resolution
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
- Marketing authorisations for medicinal products: the European Medicines Agency (EMA) must ensure that the experts it consults do not have a conflict of interest (See CPR No 46/2024 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-291/22 P, D & A Pharma Vs. Commission and EMA)
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods as regards the definition of ‘engineered nanomaterials’
- EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety of magnesium l‐threonate as a novel food pursuant to regulation (EU) 2015/2283 and bioavailability of magnesium from this source in the context of Directive 2002/46/EC
- Keeping consumers safe: Cosmetics top the list of products notified in Safety Gate in 2023 - IP/24/1402
TRANSPORT & MOBILITY
- Special report 04/2024: Reaching EU road safety objectives: time to move up a gear
DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Commission opens formal proceedings against AliExpress under the Digital Services Act - IP/24/1485
- Commission sends request for information to LinkedIn on potentially targeted advertising based on sensitive data under Digital Services Act - Midday Express
- Commission sends requests for information on generative AI risks to 6 Very Large Online Platforms and 2 Very Large Online Search Engines under the Digital Services Act - Midday Express
- Answer given by Mr Breton to a MEP written question - AI and content creators
DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY
- Protection of personal data: the supervisory authority of a Member State may order the erasure of unlawfully processed data even in the absence of a prior request by the data subject (See CPR No 48/2024 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-46/23 - Újpesti Polgármesteri Hivatal Principles of Community law)
AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE
- Commission welcomes the political agreement on new and stronger rules for the import, export and transit of firearms - IP/24/1477
- Deal on making firearms import and export more transparent to fight trafficking - see the EP Statement
- Media Freedom Act: a new bill to protect EU journalists and press freedom - see the EP Statement & Resolution
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- Speech by ECB 's Isabel Schnabel: The Eurosystem’s operational framework
- Spare tyres with a hole: investment funds under stress and credit to firms - ECB Working Paper Series No.2917
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- United States: Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the start of the meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken
- United States: High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken
- Venezuela: Speech by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell in the EP Plenary on the situation of political prisoners
- Space: EU carries out Space Threat Response Architecture 2024 Exercise (STRA-X-24)
- Speech by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell in the EP plenary on the Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia
- Syria: Statement by the High Representative on the 13th anniversary of the beginning of the conflict
- Parliament calls on Israel to open all crossings to Gaza for humanitarian aid
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