Mayer Brown Europe-Brussels LLP Europe Daily News Thursday 27 November 2014 COMPETITION Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7407 - Lear Corporation/ Everett Smith Group) Commission approves aerospace and defence JV between Airbus and Safran, subject to conditions (IP/14/2164) Commission welcomes General Court judgment confirming its inspection powers in the area of electronic searches (Memo/14/2181) Commission clears acquisition of Alliance Automotive Group by Blackstone and Alliance Industries (M.7401) Midday Express 27.11.2014 CMA makes initial enforcement order to Healthcare Environmental and G.W.Butler CMA highlights key issues for consumers as it consults on priorities for its 2nd year Agenda for the 40th meeting of the Customs Code Committee – General Customs Legislation on 4 & 5.12.2014 WTO - Azevêdo: “We are very close to overcoming impasse on Bali implementation” Online protest delays EU plan to resolve US trade row EU Briefing 26-27.11.2014 (Reuters) Luxembourg: Foreign Minister supports TTIP but “not at all cost” EU Briefing 26-27.11.2014 (wort.lu) Beuc comments on proposals for TTIP Transparency Turbulence hits trade negotiations There would be merit to keeping TTIP trade talks behind closed door European Voice 27.11.2014 p.11 Merkel offers Putin trade talks olive branch Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.4 Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014 Europe’s demands on Google mount INTERNAL MARKET & GENERAL USA - Appeals Court bars Motorola antitrust lawsuit against LCD makers Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston of 27.11.2014 in Case C-497/13, Froukje Faber Vs. Autobedrijf Hazet Ochten BV Re: Directive 1999/44/EC - Status of the Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.1 Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014 TRADE & CUSTOMS purchaser - Judicial protection - Lack of conformity of goods - Duty to inform the seller Burden of proof Summary Report of the 141st meeting of the Customs Code Committee (Sub Section - Agriculture/Chemistry) of 27 & 28 October 2014 FINANCIAL SERVICES & TAXATION Agenda for the 41st meeting of the 'Customs Code Committee – Special Procedures' Section on 5 December 2014 Commissioner Jonathan Hill hails Parliament and Council agreement on Commission proposal for a new long term fund framework that will boost investment in Europe's real economy (Statement/14/2200) Mayer Brown Europe-Brussels LLP EBA to hold a public hearing on upcoming CVA report ENVIRONMENT Europe to delay new capital rules for banks Agreement on monitoring emissions from ships INDUSTRY, EMPLOYMENT, RESEARCH Speech by Karmenu Vella Conference on Maritime Planning and Tourism Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.22 The Russian Embargo: Impact on the Economic and Employment Situation in the EU (See EP Briefing Note) German industry suffers sanctions fallout - Risk to jobs as Germany’s exports to Russia look set to fall 20% this year Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.4 Germany backs quotas for women on boards - Rules set 30% target for large company boards by 2016 Financial Times 27.11.2014 Industry groups, including Cefic, lists 7 priorities for EU policy leaders to act on. AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1263/2014 of 26 November 2014 providing for temporary exceptional aid to milk producers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ENERGY & CLIMATE CHANGE Draft Council conclusions on the completion of the Internal Energy Market = Adoption Speech by Miguel Arias Cañete at the EP plenary: “2014 UN Climate Change Conference” in Lima (See the EP Statement) Delegates head to Peru for climate talks European Voice 27.11.2014 p.3 EPIA statement on the European Commission €300bn investment package Cheap energy is the new cheap labour Financial Times 27.11.2014 of CO2 at the Spatial HEALTH & CONSUMER PROTECTION Agenda - Employment, Social Policy, HEALTH and Consumer Affairs Council meeting - Brussels, 1 December 2014 Agenda for : Working Party on Foodstuffs (Attachés level) on 5.12.2014 (Preparation - Trilogue on Novel foods) World AIDS Day 2014: "We need to keep up the momentum in the fight against HIV/AIDS" (See Speech by Vytenis Andriukaitis) SCCS - Minutes of Working Group Meeting on Cosmetic ingredients of 25 November 2014 EU Commission publishes guide to assessment of mixtures (See EU JRC report) TELECOMS & INFORMATION SOCIETY MEPs to vote on plans to separate search engines from commercial activities Reaction relations to Google strains EU-US European Voice 27.11.2014 p.1 Why the EU needs a Digital Single Market (Speech by Vice-President Ansip in the EP plenary session) Telecoms reform in disarray European Voice 27.11.2014 p.4 Ministers to compromise discuss data-protection European Voice 27.11.2014 p.3 EU: ‘right to be forgotten’ should be extended Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014 Mayer Brown Europe-Brussels LLP TRANSPORT FOREIGN AFFAIRS Agenda & Background note - Transport, Telecommunications and Eenergy Council meeting - Brussels, 27 November 2014 Agenda for meeting of Foreign Relations Counsellors of 27 November 2014 JUSTICE & HOME AFFAIRS Commission reports on the state of the Schengen area Midday Express 27.11.2014 Statement by Avramopoulos on the appointment of the new Executive Director of Frontex EURO & ECONOMY Speech by Mario Draghi: Visit of the President of the ECB to the Finnish parliament ECB may buy sovereign bonds early 2015, says Constancio (Speech by Vítor Constâncio) Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.2 Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014 The EU's economic governance explained European Commission (Memo/14/2180) Deal secured to boost infrastructure investment in the EU (See Com 2014-903, the EP Statement) Financial Times 27.11.2014 Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014 Juncker’s investment plan is no silver bullet European Voice 27.11.2014 p.9 Europe’s biggest lenders face EU curbs Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.14 Greek yields act as eurozone ‘fear gauge’ Financial Times 27.11.2014 Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014 FUTURE OF EUROPE Motion of censure against the Commission rejected by a large majority (see the EP Statement) Joint proposed Council regulation amending Regulation 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine Joint proposed Council regulation amending Regulation 692/2014 concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol EU may strike with new personal sanctions against officials in Crimea, DPR and LPR EU Briefing 26-27.11.2014 (allafrica.com) Debate: should Palestine be recognised as a state? (see the EP Statement) First Anniversary of the Vilnius Summit: Or, how Tolstoy might have portrayed the legacies of Yanukovich and Putin CEPS Essays - 25 November 2014