Europe Daily News, 18 November 2025

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12174 - NYLIM / Kartesia)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12150 - Comer / Nabtesco's Hydraulics Business and Comer / Shanghai Nabtesco Hydraulic)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12154 - Advent / Nextalia / Tinexta)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12167 - LBO France Gestion / EMZ Partners / Heroiks)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12144 - Echelon DC / Iberdrola / CPD4Green Centro de Datos)
• Commission clears acquisition of Proteor by Eurazeo and CME (M.12136) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of CommScope Technologies by Amphenol (M.12173) - Midday Express
• Finland - The FCCA proposes a €7.6 million penalty payment for Finnair for providing incorrect, incomplete, and misleading information
• UK - CMA opens investigations into eight companies including ticketing websites StubHub and Viagogo - Financial Times
• Statement by TotalEnergies following the French Competition Authority’s Decision relating to the supply of petroleum products in Corsica

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Deputies) - 20 November 2025
• Minutes of the 11th meeting of the Commission Expert Group on Outbound Investment - 08 October 2025
• Commission initiates safeguard investigation into imports of alloys - See the Notice of Initiation (Silicon: 2804 69; Ferro-manganese: 7202 11 & 7202 19; Ferro-silicon: 7202 21 & 7202 29; Ferro-silico-manganese: 7202 30; Ferro-silico-magnesium: 7202 99 30; Calcium-silicon: ex 7202 99 80 & ex 2850 00 60)
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2314 of 17 November 2025 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of phosphorous acid originating in the People’s Republic of China
• EU and OECD partners commit to further transparency on export finance in the energy sector
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - EU-US tariffs: food products and drinks
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, part 1/2
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Provisional anti-dumping duties on fused alumina grit originating in China: impacts on the abrasives industry
• Answer given by EVP Séjourné to a MEP written question - Illegal import of cars from the United Kingdom to Cyprus via Bulgaria
• WTO - The Third review of the trade policies and practices of Nepal takes place on 17 and 19 November 2025
• Trade Policy 3.0: Three Scenarios for Tomorrowland - ECIPE Policy Brief - No.18/2025
• Global Digital trade takes off: Is EU digital policy keeping pace? - ECIPE Policy Brief - No.19/2025
• EU announces plans to restrict aluminium scrap exports - Shortages have left bloc’s recycling industry fighting for survival - Financial Times
• EU trade tensions threaten to hold UN climate talks hostage - China and India among exporters to challenge carbon border tax - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Technical harmonisation: Council and Parliament strike a deal to update the requirements of measuring instruments
• Raw Materials Week addresses the future of critical raw materials for Europe
• Answer given by Ms Kos to a MEP written question - Minerals agreement between the United States and Ukraine
• Swiss chemicals group Clariant warns of more production leaving Europe - Chief executive highlights continent’s higher energy and labour costs as he expands capacity in China - Financial Times

FINANCE

• Answer given by Ms Albuquerque to a MEP written question - Amendment to the delegated regulation on third countries which have strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes (part 1)
• Answer given by Ms Albuquerque to a MEP written question - Sanctions against EU actors knowingly enabling Russia’s war machine
• Answer given by Ms Albuquerque to a MEP written question - Lack of a DG FISMA response to economic operators, risking the collapse of a major intra-European industrial project
• The European Supervisory Authorities designate critical ICT third-party providers under the Digital Operational Resilience Act
• Public consultation - Delegated Act on the own funds requirements for market risk - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 18 November 2025 - 16 December 2025
• ECB’s top supervisor seeks new powers to override bank capital barriers - Claudia Buch says EU should look ‘more favourably’ at waivers to help lenders move money more freely around the bloc - Financial Times 

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Statement by Commissioner Várhelyi ahead of European Antibiotic Awareness Day
• Commission authorises first treatment for serious chronic lung disease - Midday Express
• Minutes of the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Public Health Emergencies (ACPHE) - 07 November 2025
• The 11th Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 17 - 22 November 2025 - Briefing for the EP SANT Committee
  

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Main results of the Agriculture & Fisheries Council - 17 November 2025
• Public consultation - CAP – annual performance clearance and scrutiny of transactions - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 17 November 2025 - 15 December 2025
  

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Commission launches market investigations on cloud computing services under the Digital Markets Act
• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Online platforms
• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Opportunity to reform the Artificial Intelligence Act before 2026
• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Strategic support for Mistral AI, a key player in European technological sovereignty
• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Classification of political expressions and satire under the Digital Services Act

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Application of the NIS2 Directive
• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Risks to judicial security and the integrity of intelligence cooperation due to the use of Huawei technology
• Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Cyberattack on check-in providers at European airports and resilience against hybrid threats and external actors
• Right of access: Data Protection Authority fines bank 100 000 EUR. Customers can access their data contained in telephone order recordings
• Minors: Italian SA sanctions nursery school. Cameras installed without safeguards and photos of children published online
• Hidden cameras: the CNIL fined the Samaritaine EUR 100 000 for concealing cameras in the store’s reserves
• Finnish SA: Aktia Bank fined for data security shortcomings in its strong electronic authentication service
• Finnish SA: S-Bank fined for data security vulnerability
  

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Council greenlights new EU rules for the suspension of visa-free travel for third countries
• Commission will examine European Citizens' initiative called ‘Ban on conversion practices in the European Union'
  

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Main results of the General Affairs Council - 17 November 2025
  
• Speech by President António Costa at the 30th anniversary of the EU membership of Austria, Finland and Sweden
  
• The scramble for Europe is just beginning - As the EU struggles to defend its interests, outside powers play divide and rule - Financial Times

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Main results - 7th Accession Conference with Albania, 17 November 2025
• V ideo message by President von der Leyen at the EU Enlargement Forum

EU/UK RELATIONS

• Agenda for: Working Party on the United Kingdom - 18 November 2025
• Reform UK targets EU citizens and overseas aid as it seeks to save £25bn - Populist party claims chancellor Rachel Reeves can avoid tax rises at the Budget - Financial Times