Rapporter, artikler, nettsider og andre tips 

Norge og EU undertegnet avtale om EØS-midler – regjeringen.no, 12. september 2024 

NOU 2024:7 Norge og EØS: Utvikling og erfaringer – lenke til høringssvar 

EUs fornybardirektiv ivaretar kommunalt selvstyre – KS.no, 10. september 2024

Fornybardirektivet hindrer ikke svenske kommuners vetorett mot vindkraft – Energi og Klima, 9. september 2024 

Strengthening State Capacity: Lessons for the EU's Next Enlargement – av Visnja Vukov, september 2024 (SIEPS-analyse) 

From Marginal to Central: the Foreign and Security Dimension of EU Enlargement Policy – av Barbara Lippert, september 2024 (SIEPS-analyse) 

EU-delegasjonen 

Energinytt, uke 37, 2024 
Energinytt, uke 36, 2024 

Pressemeldinger fra Europakommisjonen – et utvalg 

Kunstig intelligens: EU boosts European AI developers with the AI Factories call for proposals 

Energi: State of the Energy Union Report 2024 shows EU progress to ensure secure, competitive and affordable energy for all |Remarks by Commissioner Simson 

EUs domstoler

#statsstøtte #skattepolitikk #teknologiselskaper C-465/20 P Commission v Ireland and Others (Apple) - Tax rulings: the Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the General Court concerning tax rulings issued by Ireland in favour of Apple The Court of Justice gives final judgment in the matter and confirms the European Commission’s 2016 decision: Ireland granted Apple unlawful aid which Ireland is required to recover In 2016, the European Commission decided that companies belonging to the Apple Group had, from 1991 to 2014, received tax advantages that constituted State aid granted by Ireland. That aid related to the tax treatment of profits generated by Apple’s activities outside the United States. In 2020, the General Court annulled the Commission’s decision, holding that the Commission had not sufficiently established that those companies enjoyed a selective advantage. On appeal, the Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the General Court and gives final judgment in the matter, conversely confirming the Commission’s decision.

#konkurranserett #teknologiselskaper C-48/22 P Google and Alphabet v Commission (Google Shopping) - The Court of Justice upholds the fine of €2.4 billion imposed on Google for abuse of its dominant position by favouring its own comparison shopping service The appeal lodged by Google and Alphabet is dismissed In 2017, the Commission imposed a fine of approximately €2.4 billion on Google for having abused its dominant position in several national online search markets by favouring its own comparison shopping service over those of its competitors. After the General Court essentially upheld that decision and maintained that fine, Google and Alphabet lodged an appeal before the Court of Justice, which dismisses that appeal and thus upholds the judgment of the General Court.

De to ovennevnte sakene er omtalt i en artikkel på Altinget.no.
Kommisjonen uttaler seg slik: Remarks by Executive Vice-President Vestager following the Court of Justice rulings on the Apple tax State aid and Google Shopping antitrust cases

#utenrikspolitikk #domstolskontroll Forente saker C-29/22 P KS and KD v Council and Others, og  C-44/22 P Commission v KS and Others Common foreign and security policy (CFSP): the Court of Justice clarifies the scope of the jurisdiction of the Courts of the European Union The Court of Justice has jurisdiction, in that context, to assess the legality of acts or omissions which are not directly linked to political or strategic choices coming under that policy or to interpret them KS and KD, close family members of individuals who disappeared or were killed in Kosovo in 1999, brought a case before the General Court of the European Union. The case concerns the European Union’s civilian mission in Kosovo (Eulex), which was deployed in the framework of the CFSP. The General Court dismissed that action on the ground that it manifestly lacked jurisdiction to hear and determine it. On appeal, the Court of Justice explains that the Courts of the European Union in fact have jurisdiction to assess the legality of acts or omissions coming under the CFSP that are not directly related to political or strategic choices or to interpret them. That thus applies, in particular, to decisions taken by Eulex Kosovo as to the choice of personnel or the establishment of review measures or remedies.

#landbrukspolitikk #prisregulering #indre marked C-557/23 SPAR Magyarország Markets for agricultural products: Hungarian legislation requiring traders to offer for sale certain agricultural products at a fixed price and in predetermined quantities is contrary to EU law That legislation prevents traders, without appropriate justification, from freely setting the selling prices and the quantities offered for sale of those products on the basis of economic considerations. (Merknad: Saken gjelder regler som ikke er del av EØS-avtalen, men inneholder også generelle uttalelser om forholdet mellom nasjonale prisreguleringer og grunnprinsippene for fri bevegelse av varer.)

EFTA-domstolen

E-18/24 The Norwegian State v Greenpeace Nordic, Nature and Youth Norway

Briefinger fra Europaparlamentets utredningstjeneste (EPRS) – et utvalg 

Europe's 2040 climate target and path to climate neutrality by 2050 
New EU interinstitutional body for ethical standards 
The European Parliament's powers: Motion of censure 
Aspects of golden passport and visa schemes in the EU 
The European Parliament's new Rules of Procedure: Parliament 2024 reforms 
Improving passenger rights 
Priority dossiers under the Hungarian EU Council Presidency 
Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application 
CO₂ emission performance standards and reporting obligations for new heavy-duty vehicles 
EU competitiveness: Issues and challenges 
Protecting whistle-blowers in the EU 
Hate speech and hate crime: Time to act? 

Informasjon til Europaudvalget (Danmark) – et utvalg 

Notat om EU-Domstolens afgørelse i sag om fortolkning af habitatdirektivet og EU traktaten i forhold til beskyttelsen af ulv 
Positionspapir vedr. Digital Education Plan 2021-2027 
Samlenotat vedr. "praktikdirektivet" 
Notat om komitésag om plastmaterialer og -genstande bestemt til kontakt med fødevarer 
Notat om komitésag om GMO majs MON94804 
Notat om komitésag om BAT- konklusioner 
Samlenotat vedr. rådsmøde konkurrenceevne – indre marked og industri 26/9-24 
Samlenotat vedr. rådsmøde almindelige anliggender 24/9-24 
Samlenotat vedr. rådsmøde landbrug og fiskeri 23/9-24 
Notat vedr. intervention og afgivelse af indlæg i Rettens sag T-258/24, Scandlines Danmark m.fl. mod Europa-Kommissionen 

Høring (Have your say) - et utvalg 

Beredskap i elektrisitetssektoren - se lenke til planlagt evaluering. Høringsfrist 26. november 
Evaluation of the Schengen Information System (SIS) Return Regulation Høringsfrist 9. oktober

Stortingsbiblioteket overvåker norske og internasjonale nyhetskilder, tidsskrifter og nettsider. Formålet er å fange opp nye politiske initiativ, behandlingen av sentrale saker i de nordiske landene, bakgrunn om saker i media og annen relevant informasjon for EU/EØS-arbeidet i Stortinget. Nyhetsbrevet er rettet mot stortingsrepresentanter og ansatte, men eksterne kan også abonnere.

Følgende har bidratt i denne utgaven: Vilde Høvik Røberg (stortingsbiblioteket) og Hanne Camilla Zimmer (utredningsseksjonen).