octubre 28 2025

Europe Daily News, 28 October 2025

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12164 - GIM / ENI / ENI CCUS JV)
Commission clears acquisition of Tinexta by Nextalia and Advent (M.12154) - Midday Express
Commission clears acquisition of Skyline JV by Sunstone, Platinum Globe and DigitalBridge (M.12063) - Midday Express
Commission clears acquisition of Dyn Media and Dyn Productions JV by Axel Springer and Schwarz Group (M.12085) - Midday Express
Belgium - Notification - MEDE-CC-25/0016: Aedifica / Cofinimmo
Germany - The Bundeskartellamt has cleared plans by Madsack Mediengruppe, Hannover, to acquire key parts of Nordwest Mediengruppe, Oldenburg
Romania - The Competition Council approved the takeover of Thermonet Beteiligungs GmbH by RZ International Beteiligungs GmbH
Romania - The Competition Council carried out unannounced inspections at the headquarters of six major retail chains operating in the food market, with a focus on the dairy segment

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections - SA.118614
Commission Decision (EU) 2025/2127 of 16 May 2025 on the State aid SA.24030 (2016/C) (ex N 512/2007 ex 2015/NN) implemented by Germany for Abalon Hardwood Hessen GmbH
Commission approves French scheme to partially compensate pension contributions in rail freight transport (SA.117491)
Commission approves €750 million Estonian strategic reserve to support security of electricity supply (SA.112459)

Council Decision (EU) 2025/2168 of 20 October 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Trade Committee established by the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand as regards the adoption of operational guidelines for the conduct of the Civil Society Forum
Joint Report of the 7th Meeting of the CETA Regulatory Cooperation Forum - 14 & 15 May 2025
Overview of free trade agreements and other trade negotiations updated on 25 October 2025
Overview of Economic Partnership Agreements updated on 25 October 2025
Tariffs, deals and multilateral ideals: can the WTO survive? - See Bruegel Paper
EU officials rush to resolve dispute with China over rare earths and chips - Financial Times
Why China keeps winning the trade war - Beijing, Brussels and Washington are all searching for the most efficient way to gum up their adversaries’ supply chains - Financial Times
EU eyes final signing of Mercosur deal before Christmas - Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen would jet into Brazil to ink the long-awaited accord on Dec. 20 — as long as EU capitals give their green light - Politico.eu

Agenda for: Meeting of the Working Group on Measuring Instruments (E01349) (Directive 2014/32/EU and Directive 2014/31/EU) - 02 & 03 December 2025
European Commission announces launch of Critical Chemicals Alliance to strengthen Europe's chemical sector - Midday Express
EU advances Ukraine's participation in EU secure space services - Midday Express
Eurobarometer: Europeans embrace the social economy and call for more support - Midday Express

Commission to discuss sanctions implementation with Member States and international partners - Midday Express
Europe needs a fix to its rules on markets and finance - Clarity on regulations and how they are applied are needed as much as simplification- Financial Times
EU plays hardball: If you won’t seize Russia’s cash, open your wallets - The idea of joint European borrowing is rejected by most of the bloc’s governments - Politico.eu

Main Results of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council - 27 & 28 October 2025
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) - Information from Germany
- Council agrees on Baltic Sea fisheries catch limits for 2026
COCERAL warns of supply chain disruption, calls for urgent postponement of EU Deforestation Regulation

ECLIPSE: Advancing the deployment of the Common European Reference Framework for Energy-saving Applications (CERF)
EU gas markets stabilise amid rising LNG imports - See Acer Report

Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Global) - 05 November 2025
Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Climate change) - 31 October 2025
Conclusions on climate finance in view of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) (Belém, 10-21 November 2025): a new paragraph 16
Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the 24th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution and its Protocols
Position (EU) No 9/2025 of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) Adopted by the Council on 29 September 2025 - Statement of the Council’s reasons
Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - Failure of negotiations for global plastics treaty
Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - End-of-life fishing nets to combat Russian drones in Ukraine
Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - EU positive list to regulate the trade in animals destined for life as a pet
Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - Level playing-field for EU and non-EU businesses and suppliers with regard to the Packaging Regulation

Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues - 03 November 2025
Minutes of the Ninth meeting of the European Semiconductor Board - 07 October 2025
EDPS unveils revised Guidance on Generative AI, strengthening data protection in a rapidly changing digital era
Complaint v Ireland to European Commission re process appointing ex-Meta lobbyist as Data Protection Commissioner

Commission makes €13.8 million available for cross-border journalism partnerships and pluralism
European Production and Preservation Orders: key actors offering support - Eurojust
OLAF’s intelligence leads to the interception of 12,000 kg of illicit F-gases in the southeast of Spain

Council publishes 2024 international climate finance figures
October 2025 euro area bank lending survey
Monetary developments in the euro area - September 2025
ECB Consumer Expectations Survey results - September 2025
Speech by Frank Elderson: Making supervision simpler: the role of supervisory guides
Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises: lending conditions tightened marginally, while financing needs and availability remained broadly unchanged

ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaeda: Council renews sanctions regime by another year - See Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2207
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2211 of 27 October 2025 amending Decision 2010/573/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova
Keynote speech by High Representative / Vice-President Kaja Kallas at the opening ceremony of the academic year 2025-2026, Victoria Amelina promotion, College of Europe
Paraguay: Joint Committee with the EU takes place in Brussels

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