COMPETITION
- Illumina-Grail Merger: AG Emiliou proposes to set aside the General Court judgment and annul Commission decisions on referral request (See CPR No.56/2024 - Advocate General’s Opinion in Joined Cases C-611/22 P - Illumina Vs. Commission and C-625/22 P, Grail Vs. Commission and Illumina)
- Commission clears acquisition of Walki by Oji (M.11397) - Midday Express
STATE AID
- Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.109756 & SA.105847
- EFTA - State aid – Decision to raise no objections
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Advocate General Ćapeta: the Court of Justice should annul the Council decision concluding the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco (See CPR No.53/2024 - Advocate General’s Opinion in Joined Cases C-778/21 P, Commission Vs. Front Polisario and C-798/21 P, Council Vs. Front Polisario)
- Advocate General Ćapeta: the General Court erred in annulling the decision approving, on behalf of the EU, a preferential tariff agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco relating to the territory of Western Sahara (See CPR No. 54/2024 - Opinions of the Advocate General in joined cases C-779/21 P, C-799/21 P, Commission Vs. Front Polisario)
- Advocate General Ćapeta: melons and tomatoes from the territory of Western Sahara must bear a ‘country of origin’ label reflecting their origin in that territory (See CPR No.55/2024 - Opinion of the Advocate General in the Case C-399/22, Confédération paysanne)
- Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and application of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 January – 31 December 2023
- EU and Peru agree on cooperation activities to ensure respect of labour rights
- Speech by EVP Dombrovskis at the EP INTA Committee
- European Parliament approves provisional agreement on regulation banning products made using forced labour
- Report of the 6th meeting of the Committee on Agriculture and the Canada-EU agriculture dialogue - September 2023
- EU is still not attracting enough investment, according to a BusinessEurope report
- The global downside of European consumers’ green principles - Environmental trade restrictions now reflect noisy campaigners more than protectionist farmers - Financial Times
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- MEPs adopt their position on late payment regulation
- Emmanuel Macron to revive demands for European defence bonds - French president is expected to make fresh push at bloc’s summit - Financial Times
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- Italian legislation under which independent companies established in another Member State are excluded from copyright management is incompatible with EU law (See CPR No.52/2024 - Judgment of the Court in Case C-10/22, LEA)
ENERGY
- Minutes of: Gas Coordination Group meeting - 14 December 2023
- Speech by President von der Leyen on nuclear research and small modular reactors
- Speech by Commissioner Simson at the plenary meeting of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG)
- Denmark: Ringkjøbing Landbobank partners with EIB to support investments in SMEs (renewable energy, energy efficiency)
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Council (Environment) meeting - 25 March 2024
- Tackling PFAS pollution & launching Knowledge Centre on Innovative RemediationSolutions (Antwerp, 1 & 2 February 2024) - Information from the Presidency
- Reassessing the conservation status of brown bear populations across Europe - Information by the Romanian, Slovak and Finnish delegations
- The eighth Clean Transition Dialogue, chaired by EVPs Vestager and Šefčovič, will discuss the decarbonisation of the steel sector - Midday Express
- Call for evidence - Car labelling - Evaluation - Feedback period: 19 March 2024 - 16 April 2024
- Public consultation - EU emissions trading system – update of the Verification and Accreditation Regulation - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 18 March 2024 - 15 April 2024
- 23 cities awarded with the EU Mission Label for their efforts towards climate-neutrality - IP/24/1645
- World Water Day: Joint Statement by the HR/VP Josep Borrell and Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičiu
- Food waste reduction: what EU actions are there? - see the EP Briefing
- An evaluation of the ecological performance of the European Parliament - 2019 to 2024 - see the Bloom Report
AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES
- Council meeting ("Agriculture & Fisheries") - 26 March 2024.
- Symposium “Call to Care for Animal Welfare” (Brussels, 29 January 2024): lessons learned and way forward - Information from the Presidency
- Results of the events organised by the Presidency on the future of agriculture, the CAP and the food system
- Answer given by Mr Wojciechowski to a MEP written question - French Prime Minister’s unjustified attack on Spain’s agri-food sector
- Answer given by Ms Kyriakides to a MEP written question - Supporting tests on independent, open-air poultry farms
EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY
TRANSPORT & MOBILITY
- Rights of airline passengers: the passenger is deemed to have accepted reimbursement of the cost of the ticket by travel voucher where, while filling in a form on the website of the air carrier, he or she has waived reimbursement of the cost of the ticket by a sum of money (see CPR No.51/2024 - Judgment of the Court in Case C-76/23, Cobult)
DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY
- Agenda for: Working Party onData Protection - 25 & 26 March 2024
- Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues - 25 March 2024
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures to strengthen solidarity and capacities in the Union to detect, prepare for and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents - Letter sent to the European Parliament
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- Press statement by President von der Leyen with UN Secretary-General Guterres
- HRC55 - Item 4 General debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
- HRC55 - Interactive dialogue with the independent international fact-finding mission on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela - EU Statement
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Statement by the HR/VP Borrell on behalf of the European Union
- Answer given by the Council to a MEP written question - Updating the EU’s list of terrorist organisations and individuals
RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE
- Joint press release following the 9th Association Council meeting between the EU and Ukraine
- Press statement by President von der Leyen with Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal
- Europe battles ‘avalanche of disinformation’ from Russia - Online fake news and hybrid campaigns increase ahead of European elections - Financial Times
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