COMPETITION
STATE AID
- Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections - SA.105210 & SA.59269
- Commission approves €750 million Italian State aid scheme to support companies in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine (SA.111369) - Midday Express
- Commission approves €63 million Portuguese measure to support Repsol Polímeros in diversifying production (SA.104316) - Midday Express
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 14 March 2024
- Agenda for: Working Party on Trade Questions - 19 March 2024
- Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Deputy Members) - 14 March 2024
- Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-subsidy measures (Biodiesel - Indonesia - Countervailing duty + Regulation (EU) 2019/2092 -10.12.2024)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/819 of 8 March 2024 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain corrosion resistant steels originating in 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) 2024/820 of 8 March 2024 accepting a request for new exporting producer treatment with regard to the definitive anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of electric bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/73
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/841 of 8 March 2024 accepting a request for new exporting producer treatment with regard to the definitive anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of electric bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/73
- Report of the 7th Round of Negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and India - 19 to 23 February 2024
- Overview of FTA and Other Trade Negotiations negotiations - updated on 08 March 2024
- Overview of economic partnership agreements - updated on 08 March 2024
- EFTA and India sign Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Main results of Competitiveness Council (Internal market & Industry) - 07 March 2024
- Commission publishes transition pathway for a green, digital and resilient EU agri-food industrial ecosystem - Midday Express
- Public consultation - Single Market Programme – interim evaluation - Evaluation - Feedback period: 08 March 2024 - 31 May 2024
- Europe faces ‘competitiveness crisis’ as US widens productivity gap - Washington reaps benefits from green fiscal stimulus, rehiring and surge in new businesses - Financial Times
CHEMICAL
FINANCE
- Report & Working Document from the Commission on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2015/849
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/805 as regards harmonisation of certain aspects of fees charged by the European Securities and Markets Authority to certain benchmark administrators
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1003/2013 as regards harmonisation of certain aspects of fees charged by the European Securities and Markets Authority to trade repositories
TAXATION
- Agenda for: Working Party on Tax Questions (High Level) - 26 March 2024
EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL POLICY
- Agenda for: Council of the European Union (Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs) - 11 March 2024
- Proposal for the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving working conditions in platform work - Analysis of the final compromise text with a view to agreement
ENERGY
- ACER-CEER Consultancy study on the impact of the measures included in the EU and National Gas Storage Regulations
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 11, 14 & 15 March 2024
- Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Global) (Attachés and Experts) - 14 March 2024
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (recast) - Letter to the Chair of the EP ENVI Committee
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals - Letter to the Chair of the EP ENVI Committee
- Europe is not prepared for rapidly growing climate risks - see the EEA Briefing & Report No.1/2024
- Towards better water quality, quantity management and more sustainable use of seas - New measures to enhance the EU’s water resilience and improve water quality and quantity will soon come into effect
- Delegated Act to measure microplastics in water
- Delegated Act to ensure reusing treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation is safe
- Notice under Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- EU warned of rising risk of systemic financial shocks from continent warming - Financial Times
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
- EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of fumonisin esterase produced with Komagataella phaffii NCAIM (P) Y001485 for all pigs (piglets, pigs for fattening, sows and minor growing and reproductive porcine species) (Dr. Bata Ltd.)
- EFSA - Scientific Opinion - Commodity risk assessment of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare plants from the UK
- EFSA - External Scientific Report -The role of mammals in Avian Influenza: a review
- EFSA - Scientific Opinion Pest categorisation of Garella musculana
- EFSA - Pest survey card on Sphaerulina musiva
- ECDC - Communicable disease threats report, 3-9 March 2024, week 10
- EMA - Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) – 04 to 07 March 2024
TRANSPORT & MOBILITY
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approval and market surveillance of non-road mobile machinery circulating on public roads and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 - Analysis of the final compromise text with a view to agreement
- EEA EFTA States aim to strengthen Weights and Dimensions Directive to promote road safety
DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Adapting liability rules to artificial intelligence - see EPRS Briefing
DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY
- European Commission’s use of Microsoft 365 infringes data protection law for EU institutions and bodies - EDPS/2024/05
AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE
- Draft Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council non protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded claims or abusive court proceedings (‘Strategic lawsuits against public participation’) (first reading) - Adoption of the legislative act & Statements by Estonia and Hungary
- Commission Statement on the European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- Agenda for: Meeting of the Eurogroup - 11 March 2024
- Tell me something I don’t already know: learning in low and high-inflation settings - ECB Working Paper Series - No.2914
- Owner-occupied housing and inflation measurement - ECB Statistics Paper Series - No. 47
- ECB - Philip R. Lane: The 2021-2022 inflation surges and monetary policy in the euro area
- The ECB Survey of Monetary Analysts (SMA), March 2024, Aggregate Results
- EIB reports record financing for Romanian economy, as President Calviño visits Bucharest
- EIB-backed Ukraine Recovery Programme kicks off as critical infrastructure projects get underway
- When fiscal rules create a perverse political trade-off - Attempts designed to encourage probity from politicians mostly end up pushing them to game the system - Financial Times
FUTURE OF EUROPE
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell travels to the United States - Midday Express
- Commissioner Urpilainen travels to Cambodia and Laos to deepen cooperation through Global Gateway - Midday Express
- Answer given by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - Sanctions against Israeli settlers
- Answer given by HR/VP Borrell to a MEP written question - Relations with ASEAN in the field of defence
- Swiss–EU relations: Federal Council approves definitive negotiating mandate
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