Europe Daily News, 29 September 2025

COMPETITION

• Agenda for: Working Party on Competition - 10 October 2025
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12040 - Samsung Electronics / Fläktgroup)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12086 - Ferrero Group / CPK)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12095 - ICG / Gala / Magellan)
• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Gyulai Törvényszék (Hungary) of 15 April 2025 - Applicant I and Others Vs. Defendant I and Others(Case C-285/25)
  Re: Article 10 of Directive 2014/104, Article 101 TFEU, damages for infringement of EU competition rules
• Commission clears acquisition of Kelvion by Apollo Funds (M.12147) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of Spectris by KKR (M.12117) - Midday Express

STATE AID

• Answer given by EVP Ribera to a MEP written question - Exchange with German authorities under case number SA.104638

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Action brought on 15 August 2025 - Xiamen Oamic Biotech Vs. Commission (Case T-565/25)
  Re: annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1151 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of vanillin originating in the People’s Republic of China
• CBAM: Council signs off simplification to the EU carbon leakage instrument
• WTO - EU appeals dispute panel report regarding duties on imports of biodiesel from Indonesia (WT/DS618/5)
• Brussels told to prove digital rules do not ‘punish’ US tech or fix them - Donald Trump’s ambassador to EU says no US president can ‘allow these kinds of infringements’ on American companies - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Note from the General Secretariat of the Council to the Coreper: Pharmaceutical package - Preparation for the trilogue
  a) Directive on the Union code relating to medicinal products for human use
  b) Regulation laying down Union procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and establishing rules governing the European Medicines Agency
• Meeting of the Competitiveness Council of 29 September 2025:
  - Current legislative proposals (Public deliberation in accordance with Article 16(8) of the TEU) Reconciling the 2040 climate target with European industrial competitiveness - Information from France
  - Bringing an end to unjustified territorial supply constraints - Information from Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Croatia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Slovenia
• Commissioner Kubilius in Warsaw to discuss upcoming defence and drone wall plans - Midday Express

CHEMICAL

• Agenda for: Meeting of the REACH Committee - 22 & 23 October 2025
• EU exports of chemicals reach a new record high - Eurostat

TAXATION

• Agenda for: Working Party on Tax Questions (Indirect Taxation - Excise duties/Energy taxation) - 26 September 2025
• Business statistics – new types of VAT data for goods exports/imports - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 26 September 2025 - 24 October 2025
• Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the negotiations at the United Nations for an agreement on the second Early Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation and on any provision of the Framework Convention related to or affecting that Protocol
• Answer given by Mr Hoekstra to a MEP written question - Scrapping of the Canadian digital tax and US pressure

ENERGY

• Commissioner Jørgensen in Greenland to deepen cooperation with the EU
• Energy Transition Expertise Centre (EnTEC) - See the DG Energy Final report
• Solar: main source of EU electricity in June with 22% - Eurostat
• European Commission announces €545 million package to scale up renewables in Africa
• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Legal risks of EU proposal to ban Russian natural gas imports
• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Vulnerability of Spain’s electricity system and delays in meeting interconnection targets
• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Commission guidance on the compensation models for electricity demand response through aggregation

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 29 September 2025 and 02 October 2025
• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Int. Chemicals/Synergies) - 03 October 2025
• Council adopts new rules for healthier and more resilient European soils
• 2025 EU Environment agency report shows progress in reducing emissions and air pollution, but more efforts are needed - Midday Express
• Opening remarks by EVP Ribera and Commissioner Roswall at the press conference on the ‘Europe's environment 2025' report

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Statement by Commissioner Várhelyi ahead of the "World Heart Day"

ECDC

• New era for patient safety in Europe
• New form to support continuity of cross-border tuberculosis care
• Guidelines on the prevention of HIV transmission through substances of human origin

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Commission disburses more than 3 billion to three Member States under NextGenerationEU
• Commission greenlights Ireland's third payment request of €240 million under the NextGenerationEU
• The Great Moderation at 40: learning from the cross section - ECB Working Paper Series No.3124
• Business cycles with pricing cascades - ECB Working Paper Series No.3123
• Remaining barriers to integration in securities post-trade services – issues and recommendations - ECB Paper September 2025
• Speech by ECB 's Piero Cipollone: "Digital euro: protecting our freedom, autonomy and security"
• Turning point or continuity? The ECB’s 2025 strategy review - See the EP Briefing

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1) - 01 October 2025

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Israel/Palestine: Statement by the HR/VP on behalf of the European Union on the closure of the Allenby/King Hussein Bridge crossing
• Mali: Declaration by the HR/VP on behalf of the European Union
• Answer given by HR/VP Kallas to a MEP written question - EUBAM project on border surveillance between Tunisia and Libya
• Answer given by HR/VP Kallas to a MEP written question - Secret negotiations between Türkiye and Syria on the delimitation of maritime zones in the Eastern Mediterranean
• Eulex Kosovo mission: the General Court dismisses the action for damagesbrought against EU institutions and an EU body (See No.129/25, Order of the General Court in Case T-771/20 RENV; KS and KD Vs. Council and Others)
• Pro-EU party wins Moldova’s parliamentary election - Maia Sandu’s ruling party retains power after officials accuse Russia of underhand tactics before poll - Financial Times

EU/IRAN

• Iran sanctions snapback: Council reimposes restrictive measures - See the Statement by HR/VP Kallas
  - Council Regulation (EU) 2025/1975 of 29 September 2025 amending Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
  - Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1980 of 29 September 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
  - Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1982 of 29 September 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
  - Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1972 of 29 September 2025 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
  - Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1978 of 29 September 2025 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
  - Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2025/1971 of 29 September 2025 implementing Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran

EU/RUSSIA/UKRAINE

• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) of 23 June 2025 - CEOcorp UAB Vs. Finansinių nusikaltimų tyrimo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerijos (Case C-412/25)
  Re: Article 2(3)(b) of Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP, Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation No 269/2014, use of frozen funds
• Appeal brought on 13 August 2025 by Alfa-Bank JSC against the judgment of the General Court of 04 June 2025 in Case T-271/23, Alfa-Bank Vs. Council (Case C-547/25 P)
  Re: annulment of Decision (CFSP) 2023/432; Regulation (EU) 2023/429; Decision (CFSP) 2023/1767, Regulation (EU) 2023/1765; Decision (CFSP) 2024/847 and Regulation (EU) 2024/849
• Appeal brought on 3 August 2025 by German Khan against the judgment of the General Court of 4 June 2025 in Case T-289/23, Khan Vs. Council (Case C-530/25 P)
  Re: annulment of Decision (CFSP) 2023/572, Regulation (EU) 2023/571, Decision (CFSP) 2023/1767, Regulation (EU) 2023/1765, Decision (CFSP) 2024/847, Regulation (EU) 2024/849, Decision (CFSP) 2024/2456 and of Regulation (EU) 2024/2455
• Appeal brought on 13 August 2025 by Alfa-Bank JSC against the judgment of the General Court of 04 June 2025 in Case T-271/23, Alfa-Bank Vs. Council (Case C-547/25 P)
  Re: annulment of Decision (CFSP) 2023/432; Regulation (EU) 2023/429; Decision (CFSP) 2023/1767, Regulation (EU) 2023/1765, Decision (CFSP) 2024/847 and Regulation (EU) 2024/849
• Action brought on 12 August 2025 - Al-Naal Vs. Council (Case T-556/25)
  Re: Annulment of Decision (CFSP) 2025/1096, Decision (CFSP) 2025/1095, Regulation (EU) 2025/1098 and Regulation (EU) 2025/1094
• Commissioner Kos in Ukraine to meet Ukrainian authorities and discuss Ukraine's progress in the EU accession process - Midday Express
• Answer given by Ms Kos to a MEP written question - State of play of the EU accession negotiations with Ukraine versus the Western Balkans

EU/UN

• EU Statement – United Nations: Annual Ministerial Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries
• EU Statement – United Nations: 14th Article XIV Conference in support of the entry-into-force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)