Europe Daily News, 02 September 2025

COMPETITION

• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12090 - AEA / BCI / Pave America )
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11967 - Crédit Mutuel Group / Oldenburgische Landesbank)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12054 - GATX / Brookfield Infrastructure / Wells Fargo (Rail Assets))
• Commission clears acquisition of Olam Agri by SALIC (M.12004) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of IFCO by Stonepeak and Triton Fund V (M.12110) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of Groupe Diot Siaci by Ardian and Groupe Burrus (M.12022) - Midday Express
• Austria - BWB requests the imposition of a fine against Pfanner Schutzbekleidung GmbH, Protos GmbH and Anton Pfanner Holding AG for vertical price fixing
• Romania - The Competition Council approved the transaction through which Fidia Farmaceutici S.p.A. intends to take over Meditrina Pharmaceuticals S.R.L.
• Switzerland - COMCO investigated cantonal and municipal public procurement for road maintenance in the cantons of Jura, Neuchâtel, Bern and Fribourg.

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Working Party on Dual Use Goods - 10 September 2025
• EU - China FDI Report Q2 2025 updated on 26 August 2025
• EU - Republic of Korea Digital Partnership Digital Trade - See the Principles; the Proposal and the Agreement
  - Negotiations Reports of Round 1, 2,3,4,5 & 6
• EU-Canada FactSheet: Belgium; Italy; Ireland; Hungary; Greece; France; Poland; Cyprus; Bulgaria and Slovenia
• Answer given by Mr Várhelyi to a MEP written question - Transparent origin labelling of rice imported into the EU
• Answer given by Ms Kos to a MEP written question - Full trade liberalisation for Moldovan agricultural products – Regulation (EU) 2024/1501 (commencing in July 2022 and subsequently extended until 24 July 2025) 

ENERGY

• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Renewable energy and fisheries
• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - High energy prices and the functioning of EU energy markets
• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - State of play of Spain-France electricity interconnection projects

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: 102nd meeting of the Nitrates Committee (Directive 91/676/EEC) - 19 September 2025
• Agenda for: Meeting of the Commission expert group on climate change policy - 10 September 2025 
• Amending the European Climate Law - Setting an emissions reduction target for 2040 - See EPRS Briefing - September 2025
• 12% of EU population reported pollution in their area - See Eurostat Data
• Exxon escalates attacks on EU’s ‘high-regulation’ climate policies - US oil major warns Europe’s approach has driven up energy costs and eroded public backing for green transition - Financial Times (28/08)

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Agenda for: Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed - Section Genetically Modified Food and Feed - 15 September 2025

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Data Protection / Mixed Committee (EU-Iceland/Norway and Switzerland/Liechtenstein) - 12 September 2025

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Keynote speech by President António Costa at the opening of the Bled Strategic Forum

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• EU donates €1 million in humanitarian funding and 130 tonnes of in-kind assistance in response to the earthquake in Afghanistan
• Answer given by Kaja Kallas to a MEP written question - ProtectEU strategy and the inclusion of Samidoun and Masar Badil on the EU terrorist list