View from Brussels #265

Highlights from Last Week

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DMA – COMMISSION DESIGNATES GATEKEEPERS: On 6 September the European Commission designated six “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act for the first time: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. The companies now have 6 months to ensure that their main platform services comply with the DMA regulations. (Press release COM)

DIGITAL EURO – MEPs ARE SCEPTICAL: MEPs from the EPP, S&D and ECR groups questioned ECB Director Fabio Panetta on the added value of a single digital currency in the Economic Affairs Committee on 4th September. This follows the leak of a Commission proposal for a Digital Euro Regulation from June 2023. (See Euractive)

Relevant publications, including from the EP Think Tank

The six policy priorities of the von der Leyen Commission: State of play in autumn 2023

Selected consultations

European Union Agency for Cybersecurity and EU Framework for Cybersecurity Certification – Evaluation (until 16.09.2023)
Ecodesign – electronic displays (review of requirements) (until 21.09.2023)
Waste from electrical and electronic equipment – evaluating the EU rules (until 22.09.2023)

Outlook for the Current Week

CW 37

You can find a list of the upcoming dates of the European Parliament here. The meeting calendar for 2023 is available here (PDF) and for 2024 here.

The first preparatory committee meetings are taking place as parliamentary business starts again next week.

You can find an overview of the most important dates of the week of the Council here or the meeting calendar here.

Council appointments include:

Summits and Ministerial Meetings:

Informal Ministerial Meeting on Economic and Financial Affairs, 15-16 September 2023, Programme

Preparatory bodies (selection):

Working Party on the Environment, 11-12 & 14-15 September 2023 (Agenda)
Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (Industry), 11 September 2023 (Agenda);
Working Party on Information Sharing and Data Protection (DAPIX), 12 September 2023 (Agenda);
Working Party on Tax Questions (indirect taxation), 11-12 September 2023 (Agenda);
Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 12 September 2023 (Agenda);
JHA Counsellors, 13 September 2023 (Agenda)
Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 14 September 2023
Law Enforcement Working Party, September 2023 (Agenda)
Working Party on Social Issues, 14 September 2023 (Agenda)
Education Committee, 15 September 2023 (Agenda)
Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 15 September 2023
Coreper I, 13 & 15 September 2023 (Agenda)
Coreper II, 15 September 2023 (Agenda)

Information about the weekly Commission meeting can be found on the website of the Commission in the preview (PDF) or (at short notice) in the current agenda. The next meeting will take place on 12 September.

The prospective topics for the upcoming meeting are:

SME Relief Package – Revision of the Late Payments Directive
Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)

The judicial calendar of the ECJ can be found here. No dates are scheduled that are relevant to the Internet industry

European Parliament Committees

Week 37 / 11.09. to 14.09.2023 Group and plenary sittings (Strasbourg)