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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13415

24 May 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 31
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Competition
European Commission fines Mondelēz €337.5 million for practices restricting cross-border trade
Brussels, 23/05/2024 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 23 May, European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, announced that the European Commission had imposed a fine of €337.5 million on Mondelēz International, Inc. (United States) for infringing European competition rules in a number of ways and hindering trade in chocolate, biscuit and coffee products between Member States.

The investigation and the allegations. The Commissioner hopes that this decision will serve as a signal to the entire food retail sector....

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EP2024: AfD excluded from ID group in European Parliament
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SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SPACE: EU and ESA Member States call for strengthening of European competitiveness through space
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/DEFENCE: Weimar Triangle foreign affairs ministers call for stronger European defence
SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: ministers and European Commission reiterate their call for an ambitious and stable budget for research and innovation framework programmes
RESEARCH: European ministers conclude work on adapting EuroHPC to AI and valorisation of research
RESEARCH: ministers adopt first common European definition of research security
COMPETITIVENESS: industry ministers to follow up on last European Council on competitiveness
COMPETITIVENESS: Bruno Le Maire and Robert Habeck present a joint initiative on competitiveness
DIGITAL: EU Council validates position on use of supercomputers for development of AI
DIGITAL: at AI Seoul Summit, Member States and internet multinationals make safety commitments
CLIMATE: “measures must be taken at all levels of governance” to encourage adaptation to climate change, says Alain Maron
ENERGY: ENTSO-E and ENTSOG publish joint scenarios for ten-year network development plans 2024 for electricity and gas
HEALTH: European Commission speeds up access to medicines thanks to clear rules for joint clinical assessments
REGIONS: Commissioner Elisa Ferreira launches latest edition of EU Regional Social Progress Index
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: European Commission fines Mondelēz €337.5 million for practices restricting cross-border trade
ECB: Luis de Guindos outlines possibility of first 25-basis-point reduction in rates in June
TOURISM: restaurant and hotel representatives call on EU legislators to reduce administrative burden on SMEs
EXTERNAL ACTION
TAIWAN: EU calls for “resolving tensions through dialogue” following China’s new military manoeuvres around island
MALI: instability in Sahel represents a “significant setback” for EU’s foreign and security policy, says Josep Borrell
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: European social partners call on voters to go to polls and make their voices heard
BREACHES OF EU LAW
SEAS: maritime spatial planning, European Commission refers Italy to EU Court of Justice
INTERNAL MARKET: Greece is referred to EU Court of Justice for failing to correctly transpose EU rules on proportionality of professional regulations
TAXATION: European Commission refers Spain to court for failing to implement Merger Directive
DIGITAL: European Commission reminds 18 Member States that national coordinators need to be appointed for Data Governance Act
ENERGY: European Commission calls on 7 Member States to meet their obligations on cost optimisation regarding energy performance of buildings
ENERGY: European Commission calls on Croatia to fully transpose Renewable Energy Directive
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: EU launches anti-dumping investigation into Chinese lysine
COURT: Italy’s Massimo Condinanzi and Malta’s Ramona Frendo appointed as judges to Court of Justice of EU
EU INSTITUTIONS: Eurovision broadcasters promise to review their policy for 2025 after exclusion of European flag