Europe Daily News, 23 October 2025

COMPETITION

• Judgment of the Court of 23 October 2025 in Case C‑2/24 P, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Cephalon Inc., Vs. European Commission
  Re: Appeal - Competition - Article 101 TFEU - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for modafinil - Patent settlement agreement between two pharmaceutical companies for the purpose of delaying a generic version of modafinil being brought to the market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU - Criteria for assessment - Restriction by object
• Opinion of Advocate General Medina of 23 October 2025 in Joined Cases C‑258/23 to C‑260/23, IMI – Imagens Médicas Integradas SA (C‑258/23) Synlabhealth II S.A. (C‑259/23), SIBS-Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA, SIBS, Cartões – Produção e Processamento de Cartões SA, SIBS Processos – Serviços Interbancários de Processamento SA, SIBS International SA, SIBS Pagamentos SA, SIBS Gest SA,SIBS Forward Payment Solutions SA, SIBS MB SA (C‑260/23) Vs. Autoridade da Concorrência
  Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Infringement of the rules on competition - Seizure of business records - Order issued by the Public Prosecutor’s office - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Article 8 - Infringement of the right to respect for personal data - Prior judicial authorisation
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12055 - Platinum Equity Group / NCH)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12131 - AXA / Neurone / Prima)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12129 - BPIFrance / Groupe Adit)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12116 - Sodexo / Grupo Mediterranea De Catering)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12175 - Permira / BHP / Cargill/ Rio Tinto / RightShip)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12097 - Clinique Saint Augustin / Clinique Tivoli - Ducos / PBNA / Had Bordeaux Métropole)
• Commission clears creation of joint venture by Instatiq and Züblin (M.12044) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of Milcobel by FrieslandCampina (M.11939) - Midday Express
• France - Examination of the creation of a joint venture between Eureden and Greenyard referred to the Autorité de la concurrence
• UK - Competition for growth: a perspective from the Chair of the CMA - Speech by Doug Gurr

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections - SA.100862

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2146 of 22 October 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China as extended to imports of bicycles consigned from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Cambodia, Pakistan and the Philippines, whether declared as originating in these countries or not, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2153 of 22 October 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of screws without heads originating in the People’s Republic of China, and levying the definitive anti-dumping duty on the registered imports of screws without heads originating in the People’s Republic of China
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Impact of the introduction of the CBAM on trade relations between the EU and the US 
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Billions promised to the US
• China tightens its rare earth choke hold on Europe - Despite the EU’s efforts to diversify its supply of critical minerals, Beijing’s skillfully crafted dominance gives it immense geopolitical leverage - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Communication from the Commission – Corresponding values of the thresholds in Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council for the years 2026-2027

CHEMICAL

• Agenda for: Ad Hoc Working Party on the ECHA Basic Regulation - 28 October 2025
• ECHA Weekly Newsletter - 22 October 2025
• Guidance on harmonised information relating to emergency health response – Annex VIII to CLP - Version 6.0 - October 2025

FINANCE

• Commissioner Albuquerque visits Italy for high-level talks on the Savings and Investments Union and financial integration - Midday Express
• The AML/CFT colleges framework is maturing, the EBA finds

ENERGY

• Judgment of the Court of 23 October 2025 in Joined Cases C‑281/23 P and C‑282/23 P, Polskie sieci elektroenergetyczne S.A., RTE Réseau de transport d’électricité, Svenska kraftnät, TenneT TSO BV, Vs. European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
  Re: Appeal - Internal market for electricity - Regulation (EU) 2019/942 - Board of Appeal of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) - Regulation (EU) 2017/2195 - Articles 20, 21 and 37 - Balancing electricity - Transmission system operators - Establishment of European platforms for the exchange of balancing energy - European platform for the exchange of balancing energy from frequency restoration reserves with manual activation (mFRR platform) - European platform for the exchange of balancing energy from frequency restoration reserves with automatic activation (aFRR platform) - Development and approval of the implementation frameworks for those platforms - Functions required to operate those platforms - Cross-zonal capacity for the exchange of balancing energy - ACER decision rejecting the common proposal of the system operators
• Judgment of the Court of 23 October 2025 in Case C‑87/24, AS “Gaso,” AS “Conexus Baltic Grid” v. Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija
  Re: Preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Natural gas - Directive 2009/73/EC - Article 41(8) - Concept of ‘appropriate incentives’ - Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 - Article 13(1) - Concept of ‘appropriate return on investments’ - Transmission and distribution networks - Storage facility - Criteria to be taken into account for the establishment of transmission and distribution tariffs set by the national regulatory authority - Rate of return on capital - Obligation to interpret in conformity - Obligation to state reasons
• Judgment of the Court of 23 October 2025 in Case C‑760/23 [Shanov] (i), EVN Bulgaria Toplofikatsia EAD Vs. OZ
  Re: Preliminary ruling - Energy - Promotion of energy efficiency - Directive 2012/27/EU - Article 9(3) - Transparent and accurate accounting of the consumption of thermal energy in common areas - Failure to take into account the actual amount of heat supplied to each dwelling - Algorithm for allocating the costs of thermal energy consumption in condominiums

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council - 27 & 28 October 2025 2025
  - Market situation, in particular following the invasion of Ukraine - Information from the Commission and Member States - Exchange of views
  - Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement (Fisheries) - Information from the Commission
  - Joint statement from 17 Member States on the CAP Post-2027 Structure - Information from Austria
• Greece arrests suspects posing as farmers to tap EU funds - DJs, waiters and other non-farming professionals accused of fraudulently obtaining millions in agricultural subsidies - Financial Times

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL AFFAIRS

• Main messages from the Tripartite Social Summit of 22 October 2025
  - Declaration by president António Costa
• EVP Mînzatu in Estonia to discuss social and skills investments  - Midday Express

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• According to Advocate General Medina, compliance with the right to the protection of personal data does not require prior authorisation by a judicial authority in competition investigations (See CPR Nº 135/2025 - Opinions of the Advocate General in joined cases C-258/23, C-259/23, C-260/23, Imagens Médicas Integradas)
• Commission presents new funding worth €20 million and outlines progress in strengthening Europe's security of submarine cables - Midday Express

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• Package travel: where a contract has been performed improperly, the traveller may be entitled to a full refund, even if certain services have been provided (See CPR Nº 134/2025 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-469/24, Tuleka)
• Agenda for: Fifth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - 23 October 2025
• Preparation for the 28th Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community (Tirana, 28 October 2025) for the members of the Working Party on Transport - Intermodal Questions and Networks

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

EU/RUSSIA/UKRAINE

• Europe adopts 19th sanctions package against Russia, including LNG import ban - Council Press Release
  - see Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2033 ; Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2037; Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2039; Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2025/2038; Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2040; Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2036; Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2032 & Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2035
• Ukraine and EU cheer Trump’s sanctions on Russian oil - “The beauty of this decision is its comprehensiveness,” says Ukraine’s sanctions envoy - Politico.eu
• US sanctions Russia’s 2 largest oil companies - The Trump administration sanctioned Russia for the first time in office, a sign Trump may be fed up with Putin - Politico.eu

EU/EGYPT

• First ever EU-Egypt Summit - 22 October 2025
  - Joint Statement EU–Egypt Summit
  - Statement by President von der Leyen and by President António Costa at the EU-Egypt Summit
  - Speech by President von der Leyen at the high-level event in the margins of the EU-Egypt Summit
  - Egypt becomes second African country to join Horizon Europe