Europe Daily News, 08 September 2025

COMPETITION

• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție (Romania) lodged on 28 May 2025 - Groupama Asigurări SA Vs. Consiliul Concurenței (Case C-357/25)
  Re: Interpretation of Article 101(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11204 - Bunge / Viterra)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11966 - Topicus.Com / AG / Asseco)
• Commission clears acquisition of Neogov by CPP Investments and EFMS (M.12126) - Midday Express
• Commission fines Google €2.95 billion over abusive practices in online advertising technology - Statement by EVP Ribera
• Answer given by EVP Ribera to a MEP written question - Negative impact of the DMA on consumers in the hotel, aviation and catering sectors
• Austria - At the request of the BWB, the Cartel Court imposes a fine of EUR 540,000 on Securitas

STATE AID

• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Stockholms tingsrätt (Sweden) of 4 July 2025 - SAS AB Vs. Staten genom Justitiekanslern (Case C-442/25, SAS)
  Re: State aid; Article 108(3) TFEU; Article 9(2) of Regulation [No] 794/2004;

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Working Party on Trade Questions - 16 September 2025
• Agenda for: Meeting of the Trade Policy Committee (Deputies) - 11 September 2025
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1804 of 5 September 2025 fixing the import duties applicable to certain types of husked rice from 8 September 2025
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Commission action to address the impact of the announced US tariffs on European agri-food products
• Answer given by Mr Hoekstra to a MEP written question - Missing CBAM benchmark values and impending competitive disadvantages for European companies
• Answer given by Mr Hoekstra to a MEP written question - Conflict of interest and political influence in CBAM expert groups
• ECVC joins the 4 September demonstration in Brussels! Farmers refuse to foot the bill: Stop EU-Mercosur, Stop EU-US, Stop CAP’s dismantling!
• WTO - Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Semi-annual report under article 16.4 of the Agreement - 1 January - 30 June 2025 - Türkiye
• WTO - Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Semi-annual reports under article 25.11 of the Agreement - 1 January - 30 June 2025 - Türkiye
• Trump threatens more tariffs after EU fines Google €2.95B - The U.S. president has repeatedly criticized European laws for unfairly targeting American tech companies - Politico.eu
• EU steelmakers plead for tariffs on cheap imports to avert collapse - Senior Thyssenkrupp executive warns industry is ‘not going to survive’ without emergency protection - Financial Times
• There’s an unexpected climate upside to Trump’s tariff regime - Rerouting of supply chains can lead to significant reductions in emissions - Financial Times
• The EU should leave its culture of consensus behind - Getting comfortable with division at home can strengthen Europe’s hand abroad - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Antici Group (Simplification) - 11 September 2025
• Agenda for: Working Party on Technical Harmonisation (Motor vehicles) - 24 September 2025
• Answer given by EVP Séjourné to a MEP written question - REACH review presented at CARACAL

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (CITES) - 19 September 2025

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the production and marketing of forest reproductive material, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/105/EC (Regulation on forest reproductive material) - Four-column table

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

EFSA

• Preparatory work for the update of the statement on safety of cannabidiol as a novel food
• Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment for the active substance pinoxaden in light of confirmatory data submitted
• Safety of the fungal biomass from Fusarium species strain flavolapis as a novel food pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283

ECDC

• Seasonal surveillance of dengue in the EU/EEA
• Seasonal surveillance for chikungunya virus disease in the EU/EEA for 2025
• Seasonal surveillance of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the EU/EEA for 2025

EMA

• Warning about sharp rise in illegal medicines sold in the EU
• Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 1 – 4 September 2025
  1. PRAC starts safety review of levamisole, a medicine used to treat parasitic worm infections

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• Commission summary conclusions of the Implementation Dialogue on the application of the GDPR

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law - General approach

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Possible items for College agendas from 17 September to 29 October 2025
• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 10 & 12 September 2025
• National parliaments engaging in a more dynamic political dialogue with the Commission, according to latest report - Midday Express
• Von der Leyen’s State of the Union will expose EU’s divisions - The Commission president seems to have upset everyone, turning a speech that is normally routine into anything but - Politico.eu

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Answer given by HR/VP Kallas to a MEP written question - Need to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement
• EU has ‘turned the page’ with Trump, says bloc’s president - António Costa says transatlantic relations have stabilised after Trump’s heavy criticism of Europe on returning to office - Financial Times

EU/RUSSIA/UKRAINE

• Action brought on 18 July 2025 - Petropavlovsk Vs. Council - Case T-475/25 - Re: annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/936 and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/933
• Action brought on 30 July 2025 - Stark Industries Solutions Vs. Council - (Case T-519/25) - Re: annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/966 and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/965
• Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime: Council imposes sanctions on two individuals over abuses in detention centres in Crimea - See Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1789 & Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1790
• Press remarks by President António Costa following the meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky
• Speech by President António Costa at the Congress of Regional and Local Authorities in Uzhhorod (Ukraine)
• US demands EU stops buying Russian gas if it wants new sanctions on Putin - Energy secretary also says European climate rules threaten trade deal with Trump administration - Financial Times