Europe Daily News, February 14, 2022 | Insights and Events

EU RESPONSES TO CORONAVIRUS

HEALTH

STATE AID

VSCommission approves €2m Cypriot program to support private investment in innovative SMEs (SA.63127) – Midday Express

TO TRAVEL

VSCouncil recommendation on the temporary restriction of non-essential travel to the EU and the possible lifting of this restriction – notification from Switzerland

COMPETETION

TRADE & CUSTOMS

Aagenda for: EP INTA committee of 28 February 2022
Aagenda for: 228th meeting of the Customs Code Committee – Section Tariff Nomenclature & Statistics (Sub-section – Mechanical/Miscellaneous/Textile) from February 14 to 16, 2022
MMinutes of the Meeting of Coordinators of Customs Programs of Participating Administrations of January 10, 2022
DDecision No 2/2021 of the EU-PLO Joint Committee of 24 December 2021 on the extension of the temporary modifications provided for in point A of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, on the other hand, providing for greater liberalization of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fish products
Aanswer given by Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis to a written question from an MEP – Britain’s trade deals impact EU farmers
OTO – Workshop examines practical aspects of supporting equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines
EEuropean Union and China hold April 1 summit amid trade and geopolitical tensions – EU hopes to use meeting to cool geopolitical heat with Beijing – Politico.eu
LLithuania tests EU resolve in face of Chinese economic coercion – Beijing is targeting the Baltic nation after allowing Taiwan to open a de facto embassy. How will Europe react? -Financial Times

DOMESTIC MARKET & INDUSTRY

Ppresentations: 4th Raw Materials Week – November 15-19, 2021: Pitron; Randazzo; Town; Grohol; Hool
Ffuture trends Innovation and skills for raw materials – by Markus Häupl
Ppresentations – Workshop – How companies are improving the circularity of critical raw materials – November 16, 2021
Ppresentations: 3rd EU Raw Materials Biotics event on bio-based solutions for the green and digital transition – November 16, 2021
Ssustainable processing and refining of battery-grade graphite – DG Growth – Batteries Working Group 2022
Ppresentations – Towards an Earth observation platform for raw materials: Benito; Foumelis & Herrera
AAnnual High Level Conference of the European Commodities Innovation Partnership – Presentations
4th event on the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources and the United Nations Resource Management System – Co-organized with UNECE and EGS

EBA Makes Adjustments to Single Rulebook Q&A Process
EBA issues opinion on European Commission’s proposed changes to final draft EBA technical standards on fixed overhead requirements

TAXATION

Mminutes of the meeting of the coordinators of the Fiscalis program of the participating administrations of 10 January 2022
VSCommission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/197 of 17 January 2022 establishing a common tax marker for gas oils and kerosene

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

Lagricultural market situation test data
Sextreme drought situation in Portugal and Spain – Information from the Portuguese and Spanish delegations

ENERGY

Aagenda for: February 15, 2022 Energy Working Group
Aanswer given by Mrs Simson to a written question from the MEP – Energy market and pricing rules
EU regulators suspend investigation into Qatar gas contracts – Move comes as supply from Russia to Europe could be cut – Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

HEALTH, FOOD AND PRODUCT SAFETY

SCCS – Minutes of the meeting of the working group on nanomaterials in cosmetic products of February 4, 2022
youGuideline on Quality Documentation Requirements for Investigational Biologic Drugs in Clinical Trials
youGuideline on Chemical and Pharmaceutical Quality Documentation Requirements for Investigational Drugs in Clinical Trials
Rreports to the European Parliament and the Council on import measures and plant passports provided for in Articles 50 and 79 of the Plant Health Regulation Information from the European Commission
VSCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/194 of 10 February 2022 amending Annexes V and XIV of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the inclusions of the United Kingdom in the lists of third countries authorized entry into the Union of consignments of poultry, poultry germinal products and fresh meat of poultry and game birds
EFSA – Scientific Opinion on Flavoring Group Evaluation 7, Revision 6 (FGE.07Rev6): saturated and unsaturated aliphatic secondary alcohols, ketones and esters of secondary alcohols and saturated linear or branched carboxylic acids of chemical group 5
EFSA – Scientific Opinion on Flavoring Group Evaluation 63, Revision 4 (FGE.63Rev4): review of saturated and unsaturated secondary aliphatic alcohols, ketones and related esters evaluated by JECFA (59th and 69th meetings) structurally related to flavoring substances evaluated by EFSA in FGE .07Rev6

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

Pproposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act) – table with 4 columns
VSCommissioner Breton agrees with Singaporean Minister Iswaran to expand digital cooperation – See statement

DATA PRIVACY AND CYBERSECURITY

Aanswer given by Mr Reynders to a written question from an MEP – Application of EU data protection rules
Aanswer given by Vice-President Šuica to a written question from the MEP – Data protection in the digital age for underage pupils

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

Market-stabilization QE – ECB Working Paper Series – No.2640
JReal Effects of FinTech Loans on SMEs: Evidence from Loan Applications – ECB Working Paper Series – No.2639
HTo the extent that continued supply chain disruptions could affect potential euro area output – Economic Bulletin No. 1, 2022
RRecent inflation developments in the United States and the euro area – an update – Economic Bulletin Issue 1, 2022

FOREIGN RELATIONS

SStatement by President von der Leyen with Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia
Sstatement on talks between Björn Seibert, Chief of Staff to President von der Leyen, and Jake Sullivan, US National Security Advisor
Sstatement on talks between Björn Seibert, Chief of Staff to President von der Leyen, and US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman
Sstatement on talks between Björn Seibert, Chief of Staff to President von der Leyen, and US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman
youUkraine: statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the diplomatic presence in Kyiv
VSCollege of Commissioners participates in first Africa-Europe Week for key discussions ahead of EU-African Union Summit – Midday Express
AAustrian Foreign Minister says Vienna is ready to sanction Russia – Politico.eu