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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12571

1 October 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 31
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Competition
Commission clears acquisition of Ingenico by Worldline, subject to conditions
Brussels, 30/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 30 September, the European Commission authorised the proposed acquisition of Ingenico by Worldline, two French players in the payment services sector. The authorisation is conditional upon full compliance with a series of commitments offered by the parties.

Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President responsible for Competition Policy, said the merger “would have reduced competition in the services facilitating in-store card payments in Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg”. The...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU leaders discuss EU’s complex and multifaceted relationship with Turkey
UNITED KINGDOM: on future relationship between the EU and London, real debate of European leaders will take place in mid-October
INDUSTRY/DIGITAL: single market, industrial policy and ‘digital compass’ on agenda of EU27
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: political agreement in principle in EU Council on ‘Rule of law’ conditionality
RULE OF LAW: Commission unveils its first ever annual report on Rule of law in all Member States
RULE OF LAW: Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield welcomes new EU ‘vigilance’ but fears initial annual report will be ineffective
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
COHESION: imminent agreement on React-EU initiative in EU Council
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: European Commission sets new quantified targets for 2030
SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: Member States invited to provide 5% of their public funding to European research programmes and partnerships
BIODIVERSITY: Pascal Canfin fears a minimalist decision by Member States on pesticides and bees behind closed doors
ENVIRONMENT: Svenja Schulze calls on EU to set an example of ambition at UN Biodiversity Summit
CLIMATE: Commission issues recommendations for replacement of fluorinated gases in air-conditioning systems and electrical switchgear
ENERGY: eight Member States commit to strengthen cooperation on wind turbines in Baltic Sea
SPACE: negotiations in EU Council on space programme are still making little headway
SPACE: Charles Michel calls for creation of constellation of low earth orbit satellites
JUSTICE: Member States give green light to EU Council conclusions on Eurojust's Annual Report 2019
TRANSPORT: as Brexit negotiations drag on, ETF warns of risks for professional drivers
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Barbados and Anguilla to join European 'black' list of uncooperative jurisdictions
FINANCE: Commissioner-designate Mairead McGuinness pledges to pursue ambitious economic recovery strategy
COMPETITION: Commission clears acquisition of Ingenico by Worldline, subject to conditions
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Dombrovskis pledges to work for both strategic autonomy and openness of EU
DEVELOPMENT: for European ministers, support for human development is priority in future partnership with Africa
GEORGIA: EU encourages Tbilisi to continue with its reforms
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY/CLIMATE: Commission postpones presentation of strategy on offshore renewable energy sources
ENVIRONMENT: Commission launches second public consultation on revision of ‘Packaging and Packaging Waste’ Directive
NAGORNO-KARABAKH: European Court of Human Rights calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to refrain from any military action as a matter of urgency
JUSTICE: Belgian and Slovak judicial authorities join forces to shed light on ‘Chovanec’ case
WTO: Airbus/Boeing dispute, Bernd Lange asks Commission to present its list of US products to be subject to new tariffs
RUSSIA: EU denounces conviction of historian and human rights defender Yuri Dmitriev
TRANSPORT: EESC calls on Commission to adopt a recovery plan to support aviation, its “sub-sectors and their workforces”
ERRATUM
JUSTICE: conclusions on digitalisation of judicial systems will be on Member States’ ambassadors’ agenda next week