Europe Daily News, 07 August 2025

COMPETITION

• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11990 - Clearlake / Dun & Bradstreet)
• Spain - The HM hospital group acknowledges its failure to report the acquisition of sole control of the Hospital General de la Santísima Trinidad and pays the fine

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections - SA.117068

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Minutes of 70th TCG Plenary Session of the Trade Contact Group (EU-India FTA; CBAM) - 13 June 2025
• Minutes of the 5th meeting of the EMSWe Coordination Group - 27 June 2025
• Minutes of the 4th meeting of the Technical Implementation Subgroup of the EMSWe Coordination Group - 16 May 2025
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1720 of 6 August 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain aluminium foil in rolls originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review under Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1723 of 6 August 2025 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels, originating in the People’s Republic of China
• spiritsEUROPE urges full return to EU-US zero-for-zero for spirits
• The EU wants to finalize a trade deal with Indonesia by September. Can it? - Donald Trump’s tariff pressure has motivated Brussels and Jakarta to launch a decisive push after nine years of talks - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• UN Regulation No 117 – Uniform provisions concerning the approval of tyres with regard to rolling sound emissions and/or to adhesion on wet surfaces and/or to rolling resistance
• Commission calls on innovators and researchers to shape the future European Research Area Act - See the Call for evidence - Midday Express

FINANCE

• Minutes of the Working Group "Structures of the Taxation systems" - 13 June 2025
• The EBA consults on revised Guidelines on internal governance

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Public consultation: EU strategy to boost global climate and energy transition - Communication - Feedback period: 07 August 2025 - 30 October 2025
• Rowback on EU green rules will harm companies and investors - Robust disclosure of climate risks is not a luxury but a necessity - Financial Times
• EU wants to pay poor countries to cut emissions. It never studied the plan’s impacts - Politico.eu

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• The Commission Staff Working Document confirms that titanium dioxide should continue to be allowed in medicines, following the updated analysis of the EMA of April 2024
• Targeted consultation on EU4Health: have your say on future priorities, orientations and needs - (4 August 2025 to 30 September 2025)

DIGITAL ECONOMY & SOCIETY

• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Digital censorship and content removal by Meta in the EU
• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Europe’s technological reset: harnessing the potential of AI and supporting the European software industry
• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Boosting European chip manufacturing for AI – how will the Commission ensure equal development across the EU?

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• Decision No 2/2025 of the Joint European Union/Switzerland Air Transport Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport of 25 July 2025 replacing the Annex to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport
• Minutes of the 9th meeting of the European Ports Forum - 20 June 2025
  - See Presentations on: EU Ports Strategy, Entry/Exit System, MilMob-in-ports, Energy policy developments and European Ocean Pact
• Minutes of the 15th meeting of the Expert Group established to support the enforcement of road safety related traffic rules - 19 June 2025
• Answer given by Mr Tzitzikostas to a MEP written question - Eje Transversal Ferroviario (‘Crosslink Railway Corridor’)
• Answer given by Mr Tzitzikostas to a MEP written question - On the dangers of Greek ports and EU policy

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Quarterly Report on the Euro Area (QREA), Vol. 24, No. 2 (2025) - Institutional Paper 324 - Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
• Riding the rate wave: interest rate and run risks in euro area banks during the 2022-2023 monetary cycle - ECB Working Paper Series - No.3090
• Impacts of ESG banking regulation on financing new sustainable technologies - ECB Working Paper Series - No.3089

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Statement by the HR on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain third countries with Council amending Decision (CFSP) 2025/1547 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/ 1532 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region
• Statement by the HR on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1558 of 25 July 2025 amending Decision 2010/413/ CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran