Agenda: Trade Specialised Committee on Level Playing Field for Open and Fair Competition and Sustainable Development under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: fourth meeting, 9 October 2024
Updated 3 October 2024
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I. Opening remarks and adoption of the agenda
II. Discussion on issues related to subsidy control and competition
1) UK subsidy control matters
a. UK Investment approach including the National Wealth Fund
b. The Great British Energy Bill
c. Update on enforcement of the UK Subsidy Control Regime and updates on implementation of previous subsidy schemes
d. Subsidies to offshore wind energy: UK introduction of Sustainable Industry Rewards in Contracts for Difference and EU approach on inclusion of non-price factors in Contracts for Difference
2) EU subsidy control matters
a. Competitiveness measures announced in the Political Guidelines for the next European Commission, including the Clean Industrial Deal
b. The Green Deal Industrial Plan: Implementation of the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework
c. Foreign Subsidy Regulation: update on implementation
d. Short-term export credit
3) UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Protection Act
4) EU competition policy: update on implementation of the Digital Markets Act
5) EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement: update
III. Discussion on issues related to labour and social standards, direct taxation, environment and climate
6) Direct taxation: Dialogue on Harmful Taxation
7) UK and EU labour policy updates
a. Updates on previous and new legislative developments, including the Plan to Make Work Pay, and the Employment Rights Bill
b. EU legislative and policy updates: EU Platform Workers Directive and EU-UK cooperation at the ILO on the instrument being developed on platform work
8) EU and UK environmental and climate policy updates
a. UK update on financing nature restoration: Biodiversity Net Gain
b. Environmental Regulators Cooperation under Article 395 of the TCA
c. UK climate policy updates: UK ETS implementation
d. EU climate policy updates: implementation of the EU ETS, Fit for 55 package and National Energy and Climate Plans.