Europe Daily News, 03 June 2025

COMPETITION

• Commission clears creation of defence joint venture by BAES, JAIEC, and Leonardo - See Case M.11800
• Commission fines Delivery Hero and Glovo €329 million for participation in online food delivery cartel - See Case AT.40795 & Remarks by EVP Ribera
• Austria - Waste management cartel update: Cartel court imposes a fine of €175,000 on Huber Entsorgungsgesellschaft m.b.H. Nfg. KG and Huber Abfallservice Verwaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
• Portugal - Lusopalex notifies the acquisition of exclusive control over A Salgado Distribuição
• Portugal - Sete Amarelo and Oxy Capital notify the acquisition of joint control over Modalfa and Zippy
• Portugal - AdC adopted a decision to carry out an in-depth investigation into the concentration operation Idealista / Portal47
• Portugal - The AdC issued a non-opposition decision to the merger 91/2024 - Luz Saúde*C2 Capital Partners/GHB*Infrapetagi*HL
• Romania - The Competition Council has found that Sun Wave Pharma SRL violated the Law on combating unfair competition in the food supplement distribution market
• UK - The CMA is investigating the completed acquisition by Constellation Developments Limited of ABVR Holdings Limited
• EU clears venture for fighter jet co-operation between UK, Italy and Japan - Project seeks to create alternative to US’s next-generation programme after F-35 jet - Financial Times

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.115898; SA.103399 & SA.111121

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Trade Policy Committee (Full Members) - 05 June 2025
• Agenda for: Meeting of the Trade Policy Committee (Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)) - 04 June 2025
• Agenda for: 72nd Meeting of the EU-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee - 05 June 2025
• Council Decision (EU) 2025/1118 of 26 May 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Grains Council as regards the extension of the Grains Trade Convention, 1995
• Council Decision (EU) 2025/1119 of 26 May 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Grains Council as regards establishing new rules on written procedure and member access to International Grains Council’s archives
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1124 of 19 March 2025 correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 as regards the import of wine originating in Canada
• Council Decision (EU) 2025/1121 of 27 May 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Trade Committee established by the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand as regards amendments to that Agreement concerning fundamental principles and rights at work
• Commissioner Šefčovič in Paris for the 2025 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Tariff rate quota system with Ukraine
• Answer given by Ms Kos to a MEP written question - Ukrainian strategic raw materials
• EU restricts Chinese medical devices in new trade dispute - Bloc votes to exclude trading superpower’s bidders from contracts worth more than €5mn for next 5 years - Financial Times
• India and Europe agree on nearly half of trade deal ‘chapters’ - Brussels accepts exclusion of dairy and other ‘sensitive’ farm products with expectations of a pact by December - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Answer given by Mr Dombrovskis to a MEP written question - The impact of red tape on European competitiveness

CHEMICAL

• Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the REACH
• Commission restricts use of chemical substances to protect workers' health - Midday Express

FINANCE

• Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of a common Dara Point Model governance framework - "DPM Alliance"
• Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of the Joint Bank Reporting Committee between the EBA and the ECB
• Work programme of the Joint Bank Reporting Committee for 2025
• ESMA - Letter to Meta; Apple; Google; Amazon; Alphabet; X; TikTok; Telegram; Reddit & Snap on preventing online harm from unauthorised financial advertisements
• Verena Ross' Keynote Speech at the Kapitalmarktkonferenz - 02 June 2025

ENERGY

• Agenda for: 15th Meeting of the Expert Group on Renewable and Low Carbon Fuels - 13 June 2025
• EU guidance on ensuring electricity grids are fit for the future
• Commission moves to facilitate preparation of National Building Renovation Plans
• The European Union announces Winners of Regional Media Contest on Energy Transition
• Call for evidence: EU Fusion Strategy - Communication - Feedback period: 03 June 2025 - 01 July 2025
• Play a role in EU electricity cybersecurity: Join ACER's stakeholder committee
• ENTSO-E launches Offshore Roadmap to support Europe’s Energy Transition
• ENTSO-E, Europacable, DSO Entity and T&D Europe publish Joint Roadmap for Future Proof Grids, Call for Regulatory support in specific areas

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Minutes of the Civil Dialogue Group (CDG) on Environment & Climate Change - 13 June 2025
• EU introduces virtual ocean platform at UN Summit in push for smarter ocean governance - Midday Express
• European Commission and European Investment Bank triple support decarbonisation projects - Midday Express
• Commissioner Roswall participates in EU Green Week 2025 to discuss EU policies on circular economy - Midday Express

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Commission invests in the development of innovative products against respiratory viruses - Midday Express
• EMA: Overview of comments received on 'Reflection paper on the application of Article 40(5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 for certain categories of variations' (EMA/CVMP/55240/2025)
• EMA: Summary of the Medicine Shortages (SPOC) Working Party meeting - 10 & 11 April 2025
• EMA: Workshop on the use of Bayesian statistics in clinical development - 17 June 2025

DATA PRIVACY, DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Agenda for: 106th EDPB meeting - 03 June 2025
• Meeting of the TTE (Telecommunications) Council on 6 June 2025
  - Outcomes of the discussions on simplification activities in the digital field - Information from the Presidency
  - Overview of Presidency events in the field of telecommunications and digital - Information from the Presidency
• Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law
• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Risks of the Meta AI tool
• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Emergence and monitoring of DeepSeek
• Urgent concerns regarding the EU-UK Adequacy Decisions and the erosion of Data Protection standards - See Edri Position Paper

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• EU bans all air carriers certified in Tanzania and Suriname from operating in the EU - Q&A

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• A third-country national who enters the European Union in an unauthorised manner cannot be penalised for facilitation of unauthorised entry solely because he or she is accompanied by his or her minor child (See CPR No.62/2025 - Judgment of the Court in Case C-460/23 | [Kinsa])
• Report from the Commission on the ex post evaluation of the 2014-2020 justice programme and interim evaluation of the 2021-2027 justice programme - See the Working Document
• Report from the Commission on the ex post evaluation of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) programme (second part), the ex post evaluation of the Europe for Citizens (EfC) programme, and the interim evaluation of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme - See the Working Document

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Commission endorses positive preliminary assessment of Sweden's first payment request for €1.6 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility
  
• Agreement Signed for €10.7 Million EU Grant for Mostar North – Mostar South Motorway Section
• 2025 Economic Reform Programmes of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye: The Commission’s Overview and Country assessments - Institutional Paper 319 - 02 June 2025

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 04 & 05 June 2025
• Minutes of the Coreper meeting (Part.1 & Part.2) - 30 April 2025

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Comoros and Kiribati: Statement by the Spokesperson on their accession to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
• Commissioner Kubilius in the Netherlands for high-level talks ahead of NATO summit - Midday Express
• Read-out of the meeting between President von der Leyen and US Senator Lindsey Graham
• The EU and the Philippines enhance Security Cooperation