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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13466

23 August 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 24
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / State aid
Germany authorised to pay ESMC €5 billion for new semiconductor production facility
Brussels, 22/08/2024 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 20 August, the European Commission authorised German aid worth €5 billion to help the European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) build and operate a microchip manufacturing plant in Dresden.

ESMC is a joint undertaking between Taiwan’s Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Bosch, Infineon and NXP.

The measure will strengthen Europe’s security of supply, resilience and digital sovereignty in semiconductor technologies, in line with the objectives set...

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INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Romanian Victor Negrescu and Luxembourger Christophe Hansen appointed European Commissioners by their home country
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: EU will not hesitate to take Beijing to WTO over trade measures deemed “unjustified” on European dairy products
BELARUS: EU sanctions further 28 people for involvement in internal repression
HEALTH: European Commission coordinates purchase of 215,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic vaccine to help Africa combat Mpox epidemic
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: EU countries must allow Kyiv to use long-range weapons to strike Russian territory, says Josep Borrell
TRADE: EU introduces tariff quotas on honey
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: Russian workers—Hungarian government offers assurance that new scheme facilitating visa process meets EU security requirements
MIGRATION: asylum procedure at border, European Commission details ‘adequate capacity’ required for each Member State
CIVIL PROTECTION: after Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and North Macedonia, EU sends help to fight a wildfire in Madeira
TRANSPORT: MEP Yvan Verougstraete wants to extend ability to drive 125cc motorcycles to B licence holders on a European level
FISHERIES: European Commission is recruiting experts on energy transition in fisheries sector
CLIMATE: greenhouse gas emissions from economic activities in EU fell by 4% between first quarter of 2023 and first quarter of 2024
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: quality traineeships, Hungarian Presidency of EU Council has presented initial draft compromise
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: Germany authorised to pay ESMC €5 billion for new semiconductor production facility
STATE AID: green light to €99.5 million in Romanian aid for Nokian Tyres’ new tyre plant
COMPETITION: European Commission consults on draft guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance
COMPANIES: European Commission publishes answers to frequently asked questions on implementation of sustainability reporting standards
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights publishes a series of recommendations to protect non-EU workers
NEWS BRIEFS
CULTURE: Culture Moves Europe launches third call for applications for mobility of artists and cultural professionals
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: ‘Europe-Wide Day of Remembrance’, Věra Jourová, Didier Reynders and Helena Dalli commemorate victims of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 2.6% in July
FIJI: Suva begins phasing out tariffs on certain European products
LEBANON: EU grants €500 million in financial support
TRANSPORT: European Commission applies temporary restrictions on liquid screening at certain EU airports