Europe Daily News, 11 June 2025

COMPETITION

• Summary of Commission Decision of 1 April 2025 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 of the TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.40669 - End-of-life vehicle recycling)
  - Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions & Final Report of the Hearing Officer
• Commission approves unconditionally the acquisition of Intelsat by SES - See Case M.11602
• Belgium - Notification - CONC-CCS-22/0017 : L. Louyet SA / Groupe Discar
• UK - CMA: Investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct by housebuilders
• UK - The CMA has extended the consideration of undertakings in lieu of reference until 11 August 2025 in the Safran / Collins merger inquiry
• Telefónica plots push into cyber and data centres to clear way for deals - Spanish group hopes investment pledge will help secure regulatory approvals for M&A in Europe - 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.115027
• EFTA: ESA orders Norway to recover purchase price from a property developer

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2025 in Case T‑230/23, Hitit Seramik Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ, Vs. European Commission
  Re: Commercial policy - Dumping - Imports of ceramic tiles originating in India and Türkiye - Definitive anti-dumping duties - Constructed normal value - Product control number - Article 2(3), (5) and (6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Comparison between the normal value and the export price - Article 2(10) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Currency conversion - Injury to the Union industry - Article 3(2) and (5) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Sampling - Article 17(1) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Manifest error of assessment - Error of law
• Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2025 in Case T‑231/23, Akgün Seramik Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ Vs. European Commission
  Re: Commercial policy - Dumping - Imports of ceramic tiles originating in India and Türkiye - Definitive anti-dumping duties - Definition of Union industry - Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Sampling - Article 17(1) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Injury to the Union industry - Article 3(2) and (5) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Causal link - Article 3(6) and (7) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Export price - Adjustment - Functions comparable to those of an agent working on a commission basis - Article 2(10)(i) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Single economic entity - Manifest error of assessment
• Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (3907 61 00 and 3907 69 00 Poly(ethylene terephthalate))
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1135 of 10 June 2025 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in India and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3014 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in India
• Report of the Eleventh Round of Negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and India - 12 to 16 May 2025
• EU- Mexico Modernised Global Agreement - See the Text of the Agreement
• EU investigates alleged Chinese tariff dodging as it hikes plywood duties - Levies of up to 62.4% on hardwood varieties latest flare up in trade tensions - Financial Times 

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Minutes of the 7th Meeting of the Expert group EU Fertilisers Market Observatory - 19 June 2025
• The actions brought against the Commission’s determination of areas to be protected in certain deep-sea fishing grounds where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur are dismissed (See CPR Nº 67/2025 - Judgments of the General Court in Cases T-681/22, T-781/22 Spain Vs. Commission)

FINANCE

• Commission seeks feedback on a European blueprint for Savings and Investments Accounts - Feedback period: 10 June 2025 - 08 July 2025
• Simplification of Retail Investment Strategy – proposals from France, Czech Republic and Netherlands - See the Dutch "non-papers"
• Commission updates list of high-risk countries to strengthen international fight against financial crime - See the Delegated regulation
• EU puts Monaco on money laundering blacklist - Venezuela was also added, while the UAE and Gibraltar were removed. Russia was again left off - Politico.eu
• EBA publishes No Action letter on the interplay between Payment Services Directive (PSD2/3) and Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) - See the Opinion

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Council and Parliament strike a deal to make detergents safer for the population and the environment 
• Commission welcomes political agreement on product safety for detergents in the Single Market - Midday Express
• Scientific research needed to protect health, the environment and competitiveness - ECHA/NR/25/15
• Answer given by Mr Hoekstra to a MEP written question - Regulation EU 631/2019

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Safeners and synergists – listing for assessment in the review work programme (implementing act) - Regulation - Feedback period: 10 June 2025 - 08 July 2025

EMA

• Annual Report highlights progress in science, medicines and health in 2024
• Agenda for: Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) - 12 June 2025
• Agenda for: Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) - 12 June 2025
• Agenda for: Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) - 16 to 19 June 2025

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• Deadline extended: Apply now for the Women in Rail Award 2025 - (before 17 June 2025 - midnight CEST)
• Recommendations to boost "women’s participation" in the EU transport sector

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Commission reports on the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum at halfway mark
  - State of play & Commission's staff working document
• EU strengthens cooperation on migration and border management with Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Call for evidence: Mid-term review of the Charter strategy - Communication - Feedback period: 10 June 2025 - 08 July 2025

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Commissioner Serafin touring Belgium to discuss Europe's long-term budget - Midday Express
• Commission disburses third payment of €1.3 billion to Romania under NextGenEU - Midday Express
• Commission and European Central Bank host "annual conference" on European financial integration - Midday Express
• From losses to buffer - calibrating the positive neutral CCyB rate in the euro area - ECB Working paper Series No.3061
• Organized crime and banks: assessing the effects of anti-mafia police actions on lending - ECB Working paper Series No.3060
  
• ECB - International use of the euro broadly stable in 2024
• ECB - Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 6 June 2025
• ECB wage tracker indicates decline in negotiated wage growth over course of year
• ECB and People’s Bank of China sign Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation
• ECB appoints Thomas Vlassopoulos as Director General Market Infrastructure and Payments
• Speech by Christine Lagarde: Drawing a common map: sustaining global cooperation in a fragmenting world
• Speech by Philip R. Lane: The euro area bond market

EU INSTITUTIONS

• Court of Justice of the EU: Member states’ representatives appoint a judge to the Court of Justice and seven judges to the General Court

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• EU-NATO: 10th progress report reaffirms commitment to advancing cooperation amid instability and security challenges
• European Union and the Philippines champion Green Solutions to transform the Food Industry at Sustainable Solutions Exchange 2025

EU-INDIA

• EU-India Strategic Dialogue: press remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas at the joint press point
• India: HR/VP Kaja Kallas holds first EU-India Strategic Dialogue with Minister of External Affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

EU/UKRAINE/RUSSIA

• Ukraine: 10th Human Rights Dialogue takes place in Kyiv
• EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes: EU-funded scanner boosts throughput at Polish-Ukrainian border
• Statement by President von der Leyen with HR/VP Kallas on the 18th package of sanctions against Russia
• Ukraine/Russia: press remarks by HR/VP Kaja Kallas at the joint press conference on the 18th package of sanctions against Russia
• EU to target Nord Stream and Russian oil cap in new sanctions - European Commission presented 18th series of measures against Moscow on Tuesday - Financial Times