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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13415

24 May 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 31
BREACHES OF EU LAW / Taxation
European Commission refers Spain to court for failing to implement Merger Directive
Brussels, 23/05/2024 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 23 May, the European Commission decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to correctly implement the taxation rules on company mergers (Directive 2009/133/EC).

This Directive harmonises the taxation rules for mergers, divisions, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares among companies throughout the internal market and EU Member States.

The Commission sent Spain a letter of formal notice in January 2019, followed by a reasoned opinion...

Contents

EP2024
EP2024: main candidates of European parties take part in a final debate with no surprises, marked by absence of far right
EP2024: AfD excluded from ID group in European Parliament
EP2024: support for EU is increasing but remains mixed across Member States
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