IEU LEGAL Telegram 12 Dec 2016

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# STATE AID

• State aid: EU Commission approves four support measures for renewable energy in France
• State aid: Commission authorises Danish support for energy intensive users
• State Aid: EU Commission clears German risk capital scheme INVEST

# ANTITRUST

• Antitrust: EU Commission fines rechargeable battery producers €166 million in cartel settlement

# MERGERS

• EU Commission Answer - Bayer-Monsanto merger - E-006334/2016

# TAXATION

• EU Commission: Answer - Lost profits and reporting on the Commission's investigation of Apple - E-007405/2016
• EU Commission Answer - Retaliatory action regarding Commission ruling on state aid and Apple - E-007202/2016
• EU Commission Answer - Effective tax rate for Apple's competitors in Ireland - E-007103/2016
• EU Commission Answer - Brazil's decision to place Ireland on tax haven list - E-007411/2016

# VAT

• EU Commission Answer - The cost of compliance with VAT collection requirements - E-007466/2016

# BREXIT

• UK Parliament: Brexit requires compromise between sovereignty and liberalising trade, report says
• EU Commission Answer - Possible discrimination against non-British workers by the UK government - E-007665/2016

# EPPO

• EP Study: Towards a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

# FRAUD

• EP Opinion - Annual Report 2015 on the Protection of the EU's Financial Interests - Fight against fraud - PE 589.345v02-00 - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

# WHISTLE BLOWERS

• S&D on Luxleaks trial: We need EU wide protections for whistle-blowers
• GUE/NGL MEPs stand in solidarity with LuxLeaks defendants ahead of trial
• Joint statement on the occasion of the appeals procedure against whistleblowers Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet as well as journalist Edouard Perrin
• Die Grünen zum Berufungsverfahren im LuxLeaks-Prozess: EU braucht Whistleblower-Schutzgesetz und Ende der Blockade bei Steuervermeidung

# REFERENDA

• EP documentation: Hearing on the Constitutional implications of referenda on European issues - 05-12-2016 - Committee on Constitutional Affairs

# MINIMUM WAGE

• EU Commission Answer - Establishing a Europe-wide minimum wage - E-007227/2016

# GENDER EQUALITY

• EP Study: Demography and family policies from a gender perspective - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
• EU Commission Answer - Gender inequality in digital skills and the employment market - E-007558/2016

# EUROJUST

• Suspected criminal network smuggling Iranian migrants into the UK tackled

# MIGRATION AGENDA

• EP Study: Smart Borders Revisited - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• EP Opinion - Establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States of the EU and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes - PE 587.729v02-00 - Committee on Budgets

# OMBUDSMAN

• The European Medicines Agency’s handling of an alleged conflict of interest situation
• The European Medicines Agency’s handling of the so-called referral procedure of a particular pharmaceutical product

# TRANSPARENCY

• Latest entries into the EU Transparency Register
• UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE 12/12/2016 TISPOL European Traffic Police Network. 12/12/2016
• Fujitsu Technology Solutions B.V. 12/12/2016
• European Waterproofing Association 12/12/2016
• EUROPEAN PLATFORM FOR PATIENTS, ORGANISATIONS, SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY - EUROPEES PLATFORM VOOR PATIENTENORGANISATIES, WETENSCHAP EN INDUSTRIE 12/12/2016
• Sveriges Konsumenter, The Swedish Consumers' Association 12/12/2016
• Pro Wildlife 12/12/2016
• Bundesverband Erdgas, Erdöl und Geoenergie e.V. 12/12/2016
• Stahlinstitut VDEh 12/12/2016
• OLTIS Group a.s. 12/12/2016

# EU REGISTERS

## EU COMMISSION

### SG - SECRETARIAT GENERAL

• COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL Second Progress Report: First Deliverables on the Partnership Framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration
• COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL Second Progress Report: First Deliverables on the Partnership Framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration
• COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS AND THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK Clean Energy For All Europeans
• Agrément pour remplacer le Chef de la Mission de la Mongolie auprès de l'Union européenne et auprès de la Communauté européenne de l'Energie atomique
• COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION EU Law: Better Results through Better Application
• Décision de la Commission visant à approuver la réponse à la demande confirmative d'accès aux documents GESTDEM 2016/4857
• Lignes directrices internes Suivi de la communication «Une meilleure application pour de meilleurs résultats»
• Commission Decision regarding the follow-up to National Parliaments' Opinions - reply to the Assembleia da República (PT) - COM(2016) 411 final
• Commission Decision regarding the follow-up to National Parliaments' Opinions - reply to the Camera Deputaților (RO) - COM(2016) 234 final
• Commission Decision regarding the follow-up to National Parliaments' Opinions - reply to the Senat (PL) - COM(2016) 378 final
• Commission Decision regarding the follow-up to National Parliaments' Opinions - reply to the Poslanecká sněmovna (CZ) - COM(2016) 465_466_467_468 final
• Commission Decision regarding the follow-up to National Parliaments' Opinions - reply to the Tweede Kamer (NL) - COM(2016) 236_277_279_290
• Commission Decision regarding the follow-up to National Parliaments' Opinions - reply to the Senato della Repubblica (IT) - COM(2016) 378 final
• Meeting of the Commission with the Maltese Presidency of the Council in Valletta (12 and 13 January 2017)
• RECTIFICATIF à la décision de la Commission SEC(2016) 529/2 du 8 décembre 2016 - Contrôle de l'application du droit de l'Union européenne - INFRACTIONS - M12/2016 Liste récapitulative des propositions de décision "Saisines 258-260§3 et/ou 260§2"
• Note journalière des décisions prises par procédure écrite le 12 décembre 2016
• Note journalière des décisions prises par procédure de délégation le 9 décembre 2016
• Note journalière des décisions prises par procédure d'habilitation le 9 décembre 2016
• OJ 2193 - Liste des points prévus à l'ordre du jour des prochaines réunions de la Commission

### DG COMP

• Acte préliminaire de la Commission au titre du règlement (CE) du Conseil n° 139/2004
• Décision de la Commission en vertu des articles 107 et 108 du TFUE
• Décision de la Commission en vertu des articles 107 et 108 du TFUE
• Décision de la Commission en vertu des articles 107 et 108 du TFUE
• Décision de la Commission en vertu des articles 107 et 108 du TFUE
• Décision de la Commission en vertu des articles 107 et 108 du TFUE
• Rectificatif à une décision de la Commission en vertu des articles 107 et 108 du TFUE
• Décision de La Commission en vertu des articles 107 et 108 du TFUE
• Décision de la Commission en vertu des articles 107 et 108 du TFUE
• Décision de la Commission en vertu des articles 107 et 108 du TFUE

## EU PARLIAMENT

• Next FEMM Committee meetings - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
• Amendments 1 - 143 - Addressing Refugee and Migrant Movements: the Role of EU External Action - PE 592.374v02-00 - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Amendments 461-461 - General Revision of Parliament's Rules of Procedure - A8-0344/2016(461-461)

## EU CASE LAW

## EU OFFICIAL JOURNAL L

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