Europe Daily News, 22 September 2025

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11914 - Mowi / Nova Sea)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12001 - Mitsui / MHI / Melco / JV)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12055 - Platinum Equity Group / NCH)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12112 - FSK / Ares / Production Resource Group)
• Commission clears acquisition of UVEX Group by Warburg Pincus (M.12092) - Midday Express
• Remarks by EVP Teresa Ribera at 52nd Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy, and Antitrust Economics at Fordham Law School

STATE AID

• Action brought on 1 August 2025 - Merkur Spielbanken NRW Vs. Commission (Case T-531/25)
  Re: Annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2025/906; Germany; breach of Article 108(3) TFEU; Article 107(3) TFEU
• Commission approves €11.7 million of aid granted to Carcassonne airport and orders France to recover €1.8 million (SA.33962)

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Working Party on on Trade Questions - 30 September 2025
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Commission’s contradictory energy policy with regard to the EU-US trade deal
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Trade agreements: Morocco and Western Sahara
• Trade wars and global spillovers. A quantitative assessment with ECB-global - ECB Working Paper Series No.3117

FINANCE

• Commissioner Albuquerque visits Slovenia for high-level talks on the Savings and Investments Union and financial integration - Midday Express

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 26 September 2025
• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Biosafety) - 29 September 2025
• The Council adopted a regulation to prevent plastic pellets losses across the supply chain and reduce microplastics pollution
• Commission welcomes RENURE agreement in Nitrates Committee - Midday Express
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - The exclusion of stretch wrap and PET tape from the reuse obligation in the draft packaging and packaging waste regulation (PPWR) and the transparency of the consultation process

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Commission seeks input for revising EU legislation on animal farm welfare - Midday Express
• Global ocean conservation treaty enters into force
• Council greenlights improved rules to tackle non-sustainable fishing by third countries

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• EU and Moldova extend Road Transport Agreement until 31 March 2027 - Midday Express
• Commissioner Tzitzikostas at the 42nd ICAO Assembly in Montreal - Midday Express

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Main results of the Eurogroup, 19 September 2025
• Remarks by Commissioner Dombrovskis at the Eurogroup press conference

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 24 September 2025
• Commission seeks input on future of New European Bauhaus - Midday Express

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Sixth Trilateral Meeting of the African Union, the European Union and the United Nations - Joint Statement
• Commission Members to renew EU commitment to multilateralism at 80th UN General Assembly - Midday Express

EU/RUSSIA/UKRAINE

• Action brought on 10 July 2025 - Lipp Vs. Council (Case T-460/25)
  Re: annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/965 - Russia
• Action brought on 18 July 2025 - Kharkovsky Vs. Council (Case T-479/25)
  Re: annulment of entry No 29 of Annex I to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/965 - Russia
• Statement by President von der Leyen on the 19th package of sanctions against Russia
• Statement by High Representative / Vice-President Kallas on the 19th package of sanctions against Russia