Europe Daily News, 17 November 2025

COMPETITION

• Agenda for: Working Party on Competition - 28 November 2025
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12166 - MSC / NYK / JV)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12111 - Yusen Logistics / Movianto International)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12132 - Global Payments / Erste Card)
• Communication from the Commission published pursuant to Article 27(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 in Case AT.40823 - SAP ERP aftermarket support services
• Commission clears acquisition of Iveco Group by Tata Motors (M.12138) - Midday Express
• France - Fuel products in Corsica: the Autorité imposes a fine of €187.5 million on TotalEnergies Marketing France, two companies in the Rubis group and EG Retail for an anticompetitive agreement

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.112601 & SA.117920

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Action brought on 15 September 2025 - Pakistan Ethanol Manufacturers Association Vs. Commission (Case T-633/25)
  Re: Annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1206; suspension of the GSP+ tariff preferences; ethanol; Pakistan
• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Austria) lodged on 7 August 2025 – Flugzeugherstellerin (Case C-538/25, Flugzeugherstellerin
  Re: Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2021/821 setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items
• Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 20 November 2025
• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)) - 20 November 2025
• Swiss economy shrank ahead of US tariff deal - Economy contracted in the third quarter as pharmaceutical and chemical sectors saw ‘sharp decline’ - Financial Times
• EU set to reject Indian demand for carbon border tax exemption - Argument between two economic powers will complicate efforts for trade deal by year-end - Financial Times
• EU economy grows more than expected in 2025 despite Trump’s tariffs - Poland and Spain are set to expand at a significantly faster pace than the EU average - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET INDUSTRY

CHEMICAL

• Appeal brought on 29 September 2025 by Fritz Egger GmbH & Co. OG, Kronospan GmbH, Fundermax GmbH, KremsChem Austria, formerly Metadynea Austria GmbH, Pfleiderer Deutschland GmbH and Unilin BV against the judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 in Case T-163/23, Fritz Egger and others Vs. ECHA (Case C-636/25 P)
  Re: Annulment of decision D(2022)9120-DC of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA); melamine; Art. 59 REACH; Member State Committee
• Council signs off postponing rules on classification, labelling, and packaging of chemicals to 2028

FINANCE

• ESMA identifies measures to further enhance depositary supervision
• ‘Shaping financial regulation in an era of distrust’ - keynote speech by the Eurogroup President, Paschal Donohoe, at the Sixth ECB Forum on Banking Supervision
• EU warns of costs without deal on using Russia’s frozen assets for Ukraine - European Commission president lays out three options for member states - Financial Times

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Agriculture & Fisheries Council of 17 November 2025 (AOB Items)
  - International standard setting in the food chain area - Information by the Commission
  - Threat to farming and vegetable growing by reed glasswing cicadas (Pentastiridius leporinus) - Information from Germany
  - The plant health risks threatening European grapevine production - Information from Hungary, supported by Czechia, Italy and Slovakia
  - Statistics on the use of plant protection products (according to EU SAIO) – Information from Germany, supported by Czechia, Luxembourg and Romania
  - Outcome of the One Health Conference - Copenhagen, 5-6 November 2025 - Information by the Presidency
  - A reform of the Common Agricultural Policy better aimed at addressing future challenges - Information from Italy
  - The future of EU rice sector: a common strategy – Ministerial meeting (Vercelli, 12-14 September 2025) - Information from Italy
  - Chinese Anti-Dumping Investigation on European Pork – The Need for a Level Playing Field - Information from Belgium

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 18 November 2025
• New Satellite Sentinel-6B begins mission to measure changing seas  - Midday Express
• Minutes of the Joint meeting of the CDG Animal Production, the CDG on Environment and Climate - Animal Products - 2nd meeting of the Livestock Workstream - 23 October 2025

HEALTH,  FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

EFSA

• Surveillance of West Nile virus infections in humans and animals in Europe, monthly report – data submitted up to 5 November 2025
• Safety evaluation of the food enzyme α‐amylase from the non‐genetically modified Bacillus licheniformis strain TTME 6280 KY

SCCS

• Minutes of the Working Group meeting on Cosmetic Ingredients - 29 October 2025
• Minutes of the Working Group meeting on Methodologies - 28 October 2025
• Minutes of the 12th plenary meeting, Luxembourg, 30 October 2025
• Final Opinion on Tea Tree Oil

DIGITAL SOCIETY & DATA PRIVACY

• Council Decision (EU) 2025/2350 of 13 November 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the Draft Recommendation on equality and artificial intelligence
• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Rotterdam of 1 August 2025 – Stichting Data Bescherming Nederland (SDBN) Vs. Amazon Europe Core Sàrl, Amazon EU Sàrl, Amazon Media EU Sàrl, Amazon.com, Inc. (Case C-523/25, Stichting Data Bescherming Nederland)
  Re: Article 80(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR); Articles 77, 78, 79 and 82 of the GDPR
• Council adopts new EU law to speed-up handling of cross-border data protection complaints

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Statement by EVP Mînzatu and Commissioner Lahbib ahead of European Equal Pay Day
• Consumer protection: Council approves the updated alternative dispute resolution directive
• European political parties and foundations: Council signs off new rules to improve transparency of funding and counter foreign interference
• EDPB - Stakeholder event on anonymisation and pseudonymisation: express your interest

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• Agenda for: Fifth Meeting of the Specialised Committee on Aviation Safety established by EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - 26 November 2025
• Commission allocates over €600 million for 70 projects deploying alternative fuels infrastructure across Europe - Midday Express

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Commission welcomes agreement on 2026 annual budget, funding Europe's core priorities - QaA
• EU budget for 2026: Council and Parliament reach agreement - Council position of 17 November 2025 & Technical annex
• Autumn 2025 Economic Forecast shows continued growth despite challenging environment - Remarks by Commissioner Dombrovskis

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 19 November 2025

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Appeal brought on 2 October 2025 by Yuri Schefler against the order of the General Court of 24 July 2025 in Case T-430/24, Schefler Vs. Council (Case C-650/25 P)
  Re: annulment of Article 1(6)(a) of Council Regulation (EU) No 2024/1745, Russia, Ukraine
• Action brought on 7 August 2025 - Nayada Vs. Council (Case T-552/25)
  Re: Annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/931 and Council Regulation (EU) 2025/932; vessels Okean (IMO number 9142916) and Ostrov Russkiy (IMO number 9087714)
• Action brought on 2 October 2025 - Expobank Vs. Council (Case T-679/25)
  Re: Annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1495 & Council Regulation (EU) 2025/1494

ACCESSSION

• Commissioner Kos hosts first EU Enlargement Forum
• EU opens the 7th and last accession negotiating cluster with Albania on resources, agriculture and cohesion