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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12768
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Competition

In-depth investigation into proposed acquisition of GRAIL by Illumina

The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation on Thursday 22 July to assess the proposed acquisition of GRAIL by Illumina under the EU Merger Regulation.

Illumina is a global health technologies company, and leading supplier of next generation sequencing (“NGS”) systems for genetic and genomic analysis, which include NGS instruments, consumables and ancillary services. GRAIL is developing cancer detection tests relying on NGS systems.

The Commission is concerned about the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: EU Council ready to negotiate with European Parliament regulation on cross-border health threats and new ECDC mandate
CLIMATE: European Commission intends to ensure maximum predictability in ETS
ENVIRONMENT: public access to justice, Member States endorse European Parliament/EU Council agreement on amending EU’s Aarhus Regulation
AGRICULTURE: a large majority of EU Member States approve CAP reform texts
FOOD SAFETY: safety of dietary sugars, EFSA launches consultation on draft scientific opinion
CIVIL PROTECTION: to date, 12 countries have provided material aid to Lithuania to help manage influx of migrants
INTERNAL MARKET/INDUSTRY: EU ministers agree on solutions for textile sector and energy-intensive industries
AUDIOVISUAL: new tool to help news media and audiovisual actors find European funding
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: recommendations of European Parliament working groups to rethink European democracy
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission is making progress in its discussions with third countries on recognition of digital ‘Covid’ certificates
HEALTH: at this time, vaccination is “fastest and best measure” to guarantee EU’s resilience, say European Affairs Ministers
HEALTH: EU will have delivered more than 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine via Covax by end of year, says Ursula von der Leyen
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency approves Moderna’s vaccine for use in 12-17 year olds
ECONOMY: European Commission to ask for two months to assess Hungarian recovery plan, says Viktor Orbán
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Tax Observatory examines impact of proposed exemptions from global minimum tax on companies
STATE AID: European Commission extends scope of General Block Exemption Regulation
STATE AID: new Notice on enforcement of State aid rules by national courts
STATE AID: European Commission investigates financing of Post Danmark’s universal service obligation
COMPETITION: in-depth investigation into proposed acquisition of GRAIL by Illumina
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: EU temporarily suspends certain anti-dumping tariffs on imports of Chinese trichloroisocyanuric acid
CLIMATE: EU taxonomy, NGO Reclaim Finance exposes lobbying by gas and nuclear sectors
COHESION: new website to monitor post-2020 Cohesion policy
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: embassies in Hungary from over 30 countries support LGBTIQ+ community for Budapest Pride Festival
ENERGY: European Commission to form stakeholder working group on offshore renewables
RUSSIA: European Union condemns recent Russian decisions targeting certain media and journalists
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: until 29 July 2021