September 23, 2025

Europe Daily News, 23 September 2025

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12045 - Advent / Kereis)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12141 - Oakley Capital / GA / AT / Brevo)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12091 - Advent/ Reckitt Benckiser (Essential Home Business))
Commission clears acquisition of DHL Parcel UK and EVRi by Apollo Capital Management and Deutsche Post (M.12026) - Midday Express
Commission clears acquisition of Euro Living by EDF and Samsung (M.12104) - Midday Express
Commission clears acquisition of BRIS by OEP and KBR (M.12146) - Midday Express
Belgium - The Competition Authority opens an investigation into the adoption by the International Cycling Union of a technical standard limiting the maximum gear ratio allowed in professional road cycling events
France - Takeover of 19 stores under the Auchan Supermarché banner and 8 service stations by Lidl: the Autorité de la concurrence clears the transaction unconditionally

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.118416
Commission approves amendment to Portuguese State aid scheme to compensate companies for indirect emission costs (SA.120081) - Midday Express

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1901 of 22 September 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of glyoxylic acid originating in the People’s Republic of China
EU and Indonesia conclude negotiations on free trade agreement - Statement by Commissioner Šefčovič
EP Trade Committee reactions to signing of trade agreement between EU and Indonesia
Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Commission’s contradictory energy policy with regard to the EU-US trade deal
WTO and FAO outline impact of cooperation in support of WTO members’ priorities
EU weighs delaying ban on imports linked to deforestation - Trading partners, including the US, and member states are pressuring Brussels to postpone climate law for a second time - Financial Times
Ireland’s ‘Viagra Village’ in the eye of Trump’s tariff storm - Investments by U.S. Big Pharma in Ireland’s County Cork have brought jobs and prosperity. Donald Trump’s tariffs could change all that - Politico.eu

Presentation by European Biosolutions Coalition (agenda item 3.) at the Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (Industry) - 22 September 2025
Presentation by Stykka & Product Connect (agenda item 2) at the Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (High Level) - 09 September 2025
Europe inaugurates its second quantum computer - Midday Express
EU launches €253 million One Health Partnership against antimicrobial resistance - Midday Express

Minutes of the Meeting - EU-United Kingdom Trade & Cooperation Agreement Specialised Committee on Energy - 18 June 2025
Joint letter: All hands on deck for the just and equitable energy transition
ACER proposes improvements to the European grids legal framework
ACER amends the harmonised allocation rules for long-term electricity transmission rights
EU wants to bring forward date for ending Russian gas imports - Expedited proposal to ban Russian LNG follows Donald Trump’s demand that Europe sever its energy ties to Moscow - Politico.eu

Draft Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) (first reading) - Adoption of the Council's position at first reading and of the statement of the Council's reasons & Statement
Second Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and efficient functioning of Directive 2012/18/EU on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (Seveso III Directive) for the period 2019-2022
College members address conflict and climate threats at the UN General Assembly - Midday Express

Agenda for: Working Party on Social Questions (amending Directive 2004/37/EC) - 01 October 2025
Agenda for: Meeting of the EP Committee on Employment & Social Affairs - September 2025

The ECB-Multi Country Model. A semi-structural model for forecasting and policy analysis for - ECB Working Paper Series No.3119
Firms’ risk and monetary transmission: revisiting the excess bond premium - ECB Working Paper Series No.3118
How vulnerable is the euro area to restrictions on Chinese rare earth exports? - Economic Bulletin Issue 6, 2025

Sudan: EU extends sanctions regime by one year - Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1932
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1935 of 22 September 2025 amending Decision 2012/285/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Guinea-Bissau
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1933 of 22 September 2025 implementing Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 377/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Guinea-Bissau
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1937 of 22 September 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2025/1936 of 22 September 2025 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1940 of 22 September 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1755 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1941 of 22 September 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi
Speech by President von der Leyen at the high-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution
EU hammers Putin and charms Trump by targeting China, India in new Russia sanctions - 12 Chinese and 3 Indian entities are proposed for the bloc’s blacklist, 2 EU diplomats confirmed - Politico.eu

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