Europe Daily News Tuesday 11 April 2017 Competition Bundeskartellamt - List of Notified Merger Projects and 2nd phase proceedings Agenda for: Working Party on CMA publishes revised commentary on Competition of 12.05.2017 retail mergers Non-opposition to a notified concentration CMA accepts Mastercard/VocaLink (Case M.8375 - HIG Capital/Infinigate) undertakings Non-opposition to a notified concentration The CMA’s determination following (Case M.8389 - Groupe Crédit Mutuel/ appeals by TalkTalk and CityFibre over BNP Paribas/JV) leased line charges published by the CAT Prior notification of a concentration CCPC launches new enforcement measures (Case M.8418 - Peter Cremer Holding/ targeting Ireland’s motor trade sector Hage/König Transportgesellschaft) Sweden - Procurement inspection Prior notification of a concentration promotes compliance with the rules (Case M.8446 - ELO/AP1/Real estate portfolio in Finland) State Aid Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8404 - Volkswagen Financial Answer given by Ms Vestager: State aid in Services/Logpay Financial Services/ Gibraltar - E-000656/2017 Logpay Transport Services) Commission approves acquisition of Trade & Customs Hamburg Süd by Maersk Line, subject to conditions (IP/17/904 & M.8330) Draft Minutes of the 14th meeting of the Joint ACP-EU Ministerial Trade Commission approves acquisition of Committee of 09.12.2016 Groupe Prosol by Ardian (M.8442) Midday Express 11.04.2017 Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the Commission clears acquisition of joint EU, within the Joint Committee control of 3 solar unit plants by Engie, established by the Regional Convention on Omnes Capital and Prédica (M.8413) pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential Midday Express 11.04.2017 rules of origin as regards the request of Ukraine to become a Contracting Party Commission approves energy consulting to that Convention (See the Annex) JV between Siemens and Allgäuer Überlandwerk (M.8430) Proposal for a Council Decision on the Midday Express 11.04.2017 extension of the entitlement to co- productions as provided for in Article 5 of Answer given by Ms Vestager: Need for the Protocol on Cultural Cooperation to rapid and detailed justification of the FTA between the EU and its Member decision on truck cartel - P-001424/2017 States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part Draft – Council Decision establishing the Answer given by Mr Hogan: Future of position to be taken on behalf of the EU ACP countries' banana production - E- within the WTO on the modification of 000884/2017 paragraph C(ii) of Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement as regards the frequency of WTO - Committee on Anti-Dumping WTO Trade Policy Reviews and of the Practices rules of procedure of the Trade Policy - Notification of laws and regulations Review Body under article 18.5 of the Agreement - Questions posed by the Russian Report from the ACP-EU Council of Federation regarding the notification of Ministers to the ACP-EU Joint the EU Parliamentary Assembly on the - Semi-annual report under article 16.4 of implementation of the ACP-EU the Agreement - EU Partnership Agreement in 2016 Kosovo and EU discuss trade, industry, Notice concerning the judgment of the customs and taxation General Court of 19.03.2015 in Case T- 413/13 City Cycle Industries vs. Council Indonesia calls EU palm oil fuel ban of the EU and the judgment of the Court of 'discriminatory', 'protectionist' Justice of 26.01.2017 in Cases C-248/15 P, EU Briefing 10-11.04.2017 (Climate Home) C-254/15 P and C-260/15 P in relation to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) Internal Market & General No 501/2013 extending the definitive anti- dumping duty imposed by Implementing Agenda for : 2624th meeting of the Regulation (EU) No 990/2011 on imports Coreper (Part.1) of 12.04.2017 of bicycles originating in the P.R. of China to imports of bicycles consigned from Agenda for: EP IMCO Committee of 24- Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and 25.04.2017 Tunisia, whether declared as originating in Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia or not Financial Services & Taxation Commission Implementing Regulation Agenda for : Working Party on Financial (EU) 2017/678 of 10.04.2017 making Services (Solvency II) of 24.04.2017 imports of bicycles (CN ex 8712 00 30 & ex 8712 00 70) consigned from Sri Lanka, Capital Markets Union: Commission whether declared as originating in Sri holds public hearing ahead of Mid-term Lanka or not, in so far as it concerns the Review Sri Lankan company City Cycle Midday Express 11.04.2017 Industries, subject to registration ESMA clarifies CCPs’ portfolio Commission Implementing Regulation margining under EIMR (See the Opinion) (EU) 2017/679 of 10.04.2017 terminating UEAPME’s comments on a temporary the absorption reinvestigation application of a generalised reverse concerning imports of stainless steel charge mechanism in the area of VAT cold-rolled flat products originating in Taiwan without amending the measures in force Energy Decision No 1/2017 of the EU-Georgia Agenda for: Working Party on Energy of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub- 25.04.2017 Committee of 7 March 2017 modifying Annex XI-B to the Association Arias Cañete reaffirms EU clean energy Agreement commitment at G7 Energy Ministerial Meeting (See the key conclusions) TTIP advisory group meeting report of 9 March 2017 Early Estimates of Main Energy Justice & Home Affairs Balance Sheets Components - a methodology and 2015 results (See the Report) Agenda for: EP Meeting of LIBE Committee on 11-12.04.2017 Answer given by Mr Arias Cañete: Draft directive on reducing the indicative First V.P. Timmermans announces share of first-generation biofuels in Commission plans to revise European petrol and diesel - E-000661/2017 Citizens' Initiative Regulation Answer given by Mr Arias Cañete: No entry: What Trump’s migration Biofuels and climate targets - E-000868 policies mean for the EU (See CER Insight – /2017 10.04.2017) Answer given by Mr Arias Cañete: ECB, Euro & Economy Improving energy use and insulation in buildings - E-001202/2017 Presentation of the ECB Annual Report 2016 to the EP EcoFIn Committee Environment & Climate Change Commission reports on how the EU Bank On Nature: Commission and EIB Cohesion Policy can help low-income sign first loan agreement backed by and low-growth regions (IP/17/893 & Natural Capital Financing Facility to Memo/17/895) support biodiversity (IP/17/914) Industrial production down by 0.3% in Answer given by Ms Bieńkowska: euro area - Down by 0.2% in EU28 Cadmium limits for phosphate fertilisers - P-001120/2017 Future of Europe & Brexit Health & Food Safety EU27 set to approve Tusk’s tough Brexit guidelines Financial Times 11.04.2017 Draft - Commission delegated Regulation (EU) …/... amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the Foreign Relations & Accession European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of substances that may Annual Report on the Implementation of be added to processed cereal-based the EU Strategy to Combat the Illicit food and baby food and to food for Accumulation and Trafficking of Small special medical purp Arms and Light Weapons and their Ammunition — Actions in 2015 EFSA - Pesticide residues in food: risk to consumers remains low EU releases humanitarian assistance to Africa as needs grow (IP/17/926) Scientific Opinion on application EFSA- GMO-NL-2013-119 for authorisation of EU Official Development Assistance GM glufosinate-ammonium- and reaches highest level ever (IP/17/916 & glyphosate-tolerant oilseed rape MON Memo/17/949) 88302 × MS8 × RF3 and subcombina- tions independently of their origin, for The EU increases its support for Chad food and feed uses, import and (IP/17/889) processing submitted by Monsanto Johannes Hahn in Warsaw tomorrow for Company and Bayer CropScience the Visegrad group Ministerial meeting Answer given by Mr Andriukaitis: on Eastern Partnership Neonicotinoids - E-001216/2017.