Europe Daily News, 28 July 2025

COMPETITION

• Initiation of proceedings (Case M.11956 - UMG / Downtown)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12005 - Advent / TBI Bank)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12041 - Robert Bosch / Mitsubishi / Bosch MC Battery Service Innovations)
• Commission opens in-depth foreign subsidies investigation into ADNOC's acquisition of Covestro - FS.10015
• Commission clears acquisition of Rentokil Initial Holdings by H.I.G. Capital (M.12033) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of PAL Cooling by Tabreed and DIF (M.12047) - Midday Express
• The Netherlands - ACM holds off on giving a view on Apple’s commission because of ongoing conversations between Apple and European Commission

STATE AID

• Case C-329/25, SAS: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Københavns Byret (Denmark) lodged on 14 May 2025 – SAS AB Vs. Kingdom of Denmark
  Re: Article 108(3) TFEU - Article 107(3)(b) TFEU - Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 - Case C-199/06
• Case T-365/25: Action brought on 3 June 2025 - Infrastructure Services Luxembourg and Energia Termosolar Vs. Commission
  Re: annulment of Commission Decision of 24 March 2025 on the measure State aid SA.54155 (2021/NN) implemented by Spain – Arbitration award to Antin - Article 107(1) TFEU - Article 26(2)(C) of the Energy Charter Treaty
• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.115897
• Commission approves €41.5 million Italian State aid measure to support a new manufacturing facility for glass-based photonic chips (SA.117987) - Midday Express
• Commission approves Czech compensation for Czech Post's public service obligation for 2025-2029 (SA.116631) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Deputies) - 29 July 2025
• Agenda for: Law Enforcement Working Party (Customs) - 03 September 2025
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1459 of 24 July 2025 on the derogations from the rules of origin laid down in Protocol 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, that apply within quotas for certain products from Tunisia
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1501 of 25 July 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1538 of 25 July 2025 making imports of new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used on motor cars, buses or lorries with a load index not exceeding 121 originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration
• Commission acts against unfairly traded epoxy resins from China, Taiwan and Thailand - See Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1505
• EU and Moldova reach agreement on a modernised trade relationship - Q&A
• Commission launches record number of trade defence investigations in 2024 - See the Report
• Keir Starmer to urge Donald Trump to bring in zero steel tariffs under US-UK trade deal PM to use face time with US president at British golf courses to press for further talks -  Financial Times

EU/US TRADE AGREEMENT

• Statement by President von der Leyen on the deal on tariffs and trade with the United States
  - Remarks by Commissioner Šefčovič on the trade deal between the EU and the US
• BusinessEurope welcomes the EU-U.S. agreement averting tariff escalation
• French PM slams EU-US trade deal as ‘submission’ to Trump - François Bayrou is leading a chorus of fierce criticism against the agreement - Politico.eu
• How the EU succumbed to Trump’s tariff steamroller - Relief at avoiding trade war is tinged with regret at not taking firmer stand from the start - Financial Times
• US and EU reach tariff agreement to avert trade war - Deal follows Scotland talks between Donald Trump and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1463 of 23 May 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the identification of sub-categories within net-zero technologies and the list of specific components used for those technologies

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• EU agricultural markets remain resilient - Short-term outlook of EU agricultural markets: resilience amid geopolitical instabilities and climatic variability
• EU agri-food trade maintains solid surplus as overall export growth offsets rising import costs
• Questions and answers on the CAP post-2027 proposal

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2, 5 August – 15 August 2025, Geneva, Switzerland) – First EU coordination meeting

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• EU mobile roaming benefits extended to Moldova and Ukraine as of 2026
• Commission preliminarily finds Temu in breach of the Digital Services Act in relation to illegal products on its platform

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• EDPB contribution to the EBA public consultation on draft regulatory technical standards on AML/CFT
• Joint Statement on SharePoint vulnerabilities - Assessment and advice on recovery and mitigating actions - ENISA

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)
• Euro area economic and financial developments by institutional sector: first quarter of 2025
• Results of the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters for the third quarter of 2025
• Monetary developments in the euro area: June 2025
  
• The EU’s budget is setting it up for geopolitical marginalisation - The good, the bad and the ugly of the bloc’s multiyear spending proposal - Financial Times

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• European Peace Facility: Council adopts the second bilateral assistance measure in support of the Albanian Armed Forces
• European Peace Facility: Council adopts first assistance measure in support of the Djibouti Armed Forces
• Niger: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union

RESTRICTIVE MEASURES

• Case T-342/25: Action brought on 26 May 2025 - Mikhailov Vs. Council
  Re: Annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/528 & Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/527 - restrictive measures - Ukraine
• Case T-345/25: Action brought on 26 May 2025 - Khan Vs. Council
  Re: annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/528 & Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/527 - restrictive measures - Ukraine
• Case T-357/25: Action brought on 26 May 2025 - Avdolyan Vs. Council
  Re: annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/528 & Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/527 - restrictive measures - Ukraine
• Case T-358/25: Action brought on 26 May 2025 - Abramovich Vs. Council
  Re: annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/528 & Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/527 - restrictive measures - Ukraine
• Case T-290/25: Action brought on 6 May 2025 - Karić Vs. Council
  Re: annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/391 & Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/386 - restrictive measures - Ukraine - Belarus
• Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1559 of 25 July 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
• Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1558 of 25 July 2025 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
• Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1555 of 25 July 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2021/1277 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Lebanon
• Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Haiti
• Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
• Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures in view of actions destabilising the Republic of Moldova
• FAQs on sanctions against Russia and Belarus, with focus on the following provision: Article 12gb of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 - Enhanced due diligence for operators manufacturing and/or trading with CHP items
• FAQs on sanctions against Russia and Belarus, with focus on the following provisions: Articles 3g, 3i, 3m and 3o of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 - Imports, purchase and transfer of listed goods