WEEK 30
TOP 3 NEW LEGISLATION
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1235 of 12 May 2021 lays down rules supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/787 as regards geographical indications of spirit drinks, and in particular concerning the registration applications; amendments to product specifications; cancellation of the registration and the register of the geographical indications. It repealed Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2013 to ensure the smooth functioning of the spirit drinks market in the new legal framework and, in particular, to simplify and rationalise the functioning of the geographical indications system for spirit drinks.
TAXATION VALUE-ADDED TAX INFORMATION AND VERIFICATION
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1218 of 26 July 2021 amended Implementing Regulation (EU) No 79/2012 as regards the storage of and automated access to the information on the VAT exempted importations under the ‘import scheme’, to specify the technical details of the computerised enquiry of the information referred to in the second part of Article 17(1), point (e), of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010.
The Article 5a(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 79/2012 is replaced by the following:
“The storage of and automated access by competent authorities to the information referred to in Article 17(1), points (e) and (f), of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 shall take place using the electronic system referred to in Article 56(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.”
For this Regulation to apply from the same date as Regulation (EU) 2017/2454, which inserted Article 17(1), point (e), of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010, this Regulation should apply from 1 July 2021.
STATE AIDS
Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1237 of 23 July 2021 amended Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 declaring specific categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, to ensure a consistent treatment between projects financed with the support of the Invest EU Fund and with purely national resources.
This Regulation introduces compatibility conditions for investment aid for certain types of low emission mobility infrastructure for road vehicles.
Changes in Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 25, 36, 38, 39, 52, 56, 58 and Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 651/2014.
