Europe Daily News, 01 July 2025

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11938 - APMC / BYC / Berge Infraestructuras y Servicios Logisticos)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11936 - Naspers / Just Eat Takeaway)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12048 - First Reserve / Fortress / IES)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11999 - H.I.G. EU MM LBO II / ALA)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12009 - Oakview/ Fortress / SPP)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11976 - Varo Energy / Preem)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12019 - APG / Macquarie / Skynrg)
• Commission clears acquisition of Skechers by 3G Capital (M.12016) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of joint control of AvidXchange by TPG and Corpay (M.12023) - Midday Express
• Open letter from WIN CEO to European Commission Vice-President Teresa Ribera on Case M.11956 UMG / Downtown
• Bulgaria - The Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) initiated a sector inquiry on the wholesale and retail market of pharmaceutical products
• Denmark - Long-standing Cartel among Kiosks at Himmelbjerget
• Norway - The Competition Authority has launched a new market investigation tool which enables the implementation of targeted measures to address serious competition issues
• Turkey - Investigation conducted on undertakings and associations of undertakings operating in the market for construction chemicals in Türkiye has been concluded

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.112940 & SA.118795

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 04 July 2025
• Agenda for: Working Party on the United Kingdom - 04 July 2025
  
• Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures (Aluminium extrusions - The People’s Republic of China - Regulation (EU) 2021/546 - 31.03.2026)
• Decision No 1/2025 of the EU-Türkiye Customs Cooperation Committee of 24 April 2025 on the use of A.TR movement certificates issued electronically
• EU and Ukraine reach agreement in principle on a modernised trade relationship - Q&A and Remarks by Commissioners Šefčovič and Hansen
• Protecting Cultural Heritage: EU Regulation to combat illicit trade comes into effect
• The EU’s plans to change the world will fall short - Political will cannot be magicked into existence by replacing the WTO - Financial Times
• EU to boost food exports to Ukraine as part of updated trade deal - Member states will be expected to lift import bans on Kyiv’s produce - Financial Times
• Switzerland stirs Brexit ghosts in push for EU access - Referendum looms on single market deal that includes concessions on money, migration and judicial power - Financial Times
• Q&A: Europe’s chance to shape the future of global trade - Politico.eu

CBAM

• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism - Letter sent to the European Parliament
• Public consultation: Extension of the scope of the carbon border adjustment mechanism to downstream products and anti-circumvention measures - Proposal for a regulation - Feedback period: 01 July 2025 - 26 August 2025

INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY & RESEARCH

• Report from the Commission on the interim evaluation of the Single Market Programme 2021-2027
• Public consultation: Geographical indications for craft and industrial products – new legislation - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 30 June 2025 - 28 July 2025
• Public consultation: Critical raw materials – products, components and waste streams with a high potential to recover critical raw materials - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 27 June 2025 - 25 July 2025
• Opening speech by President von der Leyen at the event 'The new Joint Research Centre Sevilla – a symbol of the New European Bauhaus'

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 (C(2025) 3926 - chromium trioxide)
• Answer given by EVP Séjourné to a MEP written question - PFAS rules and public health
• ECHA focuses on SME and stakeholder support following survey results - June 2025 
• ECHA urges applicants for biocides renewals to prepare approval data in IUCLID

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (UNECE CLRTAP) - 07 July 2025
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): The sixtiy second session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB 62) (Bonn, 16 June - 26 June 2025) - EU statements
• Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP): 63rd Session of the Working Group on Strategies and Review (WGSR 63) (Geneva, 26–28 May 2025) - Statements by the EU and its Member States
• Public consultation: Sustainable products – exemptions to prohibiting the destruction of unsold apparel and footwear - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 30 June 2025 - 11 August 2025
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - Biobased plastics: towards an EU industrial strategy to close the recycled plastics gap and reduce waste imports?
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) harmonised labelling and the risk of fragmentation
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - Impact of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on food prices and the trade practices of third‑country producers
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - Negative impact of wind farms on the environment
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - Chemical recycling

DIGITAL, DATA & CYBERSECURITY

• ENISA has published its Annual Annual Activity report for 2024
• EVP Virkkunen hosts dialogue on EU data policy - Midday Express
• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Impact of overregulation in the technology sector
• EDPB - The Norwegian SA issues one administrative fine and five reprimands for unlawful sharing of personal information through tracking pixels

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• Commission sets course for the future of the EU ports and maritime industry - See the calls for evidence for the EU Ports and EU Industrial Maritime Strategies (Deadline - 28 July 2025)
• Commissioners Tzitzikostas and Kubilius to discuss necessary investments in EU military mobility and infrastructure - See the Consultation (Deadline - 31 July 2025)
• EU harmonised specifications for control-command and signalling - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 23 June 2025 - 21 July 2025

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• EU Justice Scoreboard 2025 highlights strengthened justice systems in the EU - See the Q&A, FactSheet, Quantitative data factsheet & Scoreboard
• Commissioner Brunner is in Türkiye for the third High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Security - Midday Express

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Commission endorses positive preliminary assessment of Italy's seventh payment request for €18.3 billion under NextGenerationEU
• Commission endorses positive preliminary assessment of Malta's third payment request for €48.7 million under NextGenerationEU
• €30 million pilot launched to support Finnish SMEs' exports to Ukraine
• Eurogroup statement on the draft budgetary plan of Austria for 2025 and 2026
• Presidency issues note on the Single Currency Package for the July ECOFIN
• ECB Consumer Expectations Survey results – May 2025
• ECB commits to distributed ledger technology settlement plans with dual-track strategy
• The Eurosystem’s exploratory work on new technologies for wholesale central bank money settlement

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Council Decision (EU) 2025/1296 of 16 June 2025 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part

FFD4 CONFERENCE

• Speech by President António Costa at the special event 'Seville Platform for Action' of the 4ᵃ International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4)
• Speech by President António Costa at the plenary session of the 4ᵃ International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Seville (Spain)
• Statement by President von der Leyen at the plenary session of the 4th UN International Conference on Financing for Development
• EU and OACPS reaffirm commitment to Global Sustainable Development for the FfD4