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The Agricultural and Fisheries Management Agency of Andalusia invites market players to participate in the open market consultation for their upcoming pre-commercial procurement. The open market consultation takes the form of a workshop (17 February in Malaga) and an online questionnaire (deadline for completion: 31 March 2022)

The period to request business meetings (B2B) as part of the EU-Mexico Digital Economy Forum has started. The B2B meetings will take place from January 31 to February 10, 2022. Due to the time difference between Mexico and the European Union, the time allowed to schedule meetings will be from 16:00 to 20:00 CET.

All projects delivering broadband internet to citizens that are advanced in implementation, targeting rural or urban areas, supported by private or public investors, local, regional, national or cross-border are welcome to apply for the European Broadband Awards by 31 January 2022. The winners will receive an EU Broadband Award and will be showcased by the European Commission as good examples in social media and websites.

EVP Vestager and Commissioner Breton discuss semiconductor policies with leading companies and research organisations.

The INCAREHEART buyers group from 5 different countries around Europe (SE, IT, EL, PT, TK) invites interested bidders to submit offers for their pre-commercial procurement. The aim is to trigger new ICT-enabled integrated care solutions to be created and tested that can advance multidisciplinary health and care for patients with chronic heart failure, in particular regarding early diagnosis and anticipatory care, care and follow-up, living with heart failure.

Mutriku Wave Power Plant in the Bay of Biscay (Spain) is the first commercial plant in Europe that is using wave energy to generate electricity since 2011. It now aims to procure the development of new turbine technologies to improve performance, controllability, reliability, maintainability and affordability. The Basque Energy Agency is inviting potentially interested bidders to participate in the open market consultation (January-February 2022) and provide market feedback on this upcoming procurement.

The Commission has published this week an open public consultation on the upcoming European Media Freedom Act, a landmark initiative announced by President von der Leyen in her 2021 State of the Union address to safeguard the pluralism and independence of the media in the EU internal market.

The Commission has started consultations on its upcoming European Media Freedom Act.

On 20 December, the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into the Czech national regulatory authority’s (CTU) draft market analysis with regard to the regulation of the wholesale market for access to mobile services in the Czech Republic.

The Next Generation Internet Initiative has published an online catalogue showcasing technology solutions.