Europe Daily News, 14 November 2025

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12156 - Advent / Sapiens)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12120 - Infranity / Omnes Capital / PCRE JV)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12100 - Eneco / Mainport Holding Rotterdam / Rotterdam Shore Power JV)
• Commission clears acquisition of Biogaran by BC Partners (M.12140) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of Nemean Midco by CVC, KKR and Cinven (M.12191) - Midday Express
• Commission conditionally approves ADNOC's acquisition of Covestro under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FS.100156)
• Commission seeks feedback on commitments offered by SAP over possible anticompetitive practices in the provision of maintenance and support services for its popular business management software (AT.40823)
• Red Bull hit by EU antitrust probe - Commission investigating whether energy drinks company abused dominant market position - Financial Times

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.117491

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Heads of Delegation of the Export Credits Group - 03 December 2025
• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)) - 20 November 2025
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2003 of 8 September 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of dual-use items
• Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process - See the EP resolution
• EP legislative resolution of 13 November 2025 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement on Digital Trade between the EU and the Republic of Singapore
• EP non-legislative resolution of 13 November 2025 on the proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement on Digital Trade between the EU and the Republic of Singapore
• Evaluation of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) - see the Main report & Executive Summary - November 2025
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Defence of the European pasta sector against new US tariffs
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Anti-dumping measures against the importation of metal shelving from China
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Importation into the European Union (EU) of products made using forced labour in Cuban prisons
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP a written question - Anti-dumping duties on corundum undermining the competitiveness of the European refractory industry
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Follow-up question to P‑002815/2025 on a possible softening of EU digital rules as part of an agreement with the USA
• WTO - Committee on Safeguards - Notification under article 12.1(b) of the Agreement on Safeguards on finding a serious injury or threat thereof - Notification pursuant to article 12.1(c) of the Agreement on Safeguards - Notification pursuant to article 9, footnote 2 of the Agreement on Safeguards - European Union - Certain ferro-alloying elements
• Surge in new tariffs accompanied by measures to increase trade, WTO report on G20 finds
• Cartier owner says high US tariffs against Switzerland likely to be cut soon - Financial Times

CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Customs Programme - CLEN Action 3 - Annual meeting of project group sampling SAMANCTA - 25 November 2025
• Customs: Council takes action to tackle the influx of small parcels - See the Commission Statement
• Special Procedures – Title VII UCC - Guidance for Member States and Trade
• Working document for the ETQG meeting of 13-14 Nov 2025 - suspensions & quotas
• Communication in accordance with Article 34 (7)(a)(iii) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on decisions relating to binding information issued by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification of goods in the customs nomenclature
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1636 as regards the data of the documents exchanged in the context of movement of excise goods
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Retention of an EU-owned vessel in Finland
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Temu and Co. under the spotlight of health authorities

EU/UK RELATIONS

• EU-UK relations: Council greenlights negotiations on agri-food deal and linking emissions trading systems

• Exploring EU-UK trade and investment four years after Brexit - ECB Occasional Paper Series No.379

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Answer given by Executive Vice-President Séjourné to a MEP written question - Situation of the silicon industry in Europe and in France

COMPANY LAW

• Minutes of the Informal Expert Group meeting on Company Law and Corporate Governance (ICLEG) - 1 October 2025
• Sustainability reporting and due diligence: MEPs back simplification changes - See the Amendments adopted by the European Parliament

FINANCE

• Judgment of the Court of 13 November 2025 in Case C‑197/24 [Šiľarský], (i) AK Vs. RU
  Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2011/7/EU - Combating late payment in commercial transactions - Scope - Article 2(1) and (3) - Concept of ‘undertaking’ - Concept of ‘commercial transaction’ - Contract for the provision of legal services with a view to setting up a commercial company - Directive 93/13/EEC - Article 2(b) - Concept of ‘consumer’ - Natural person who engaged the services of a lawyer with a view to setting up a commercial company
• Agenda for: 42nd Meeting of the Member State expert group on sustainable finance - 20 November 2025
• Answer given by Ms Albuquerque to a MEP written question - Countering shadow fleets through the FATF
• ESMA: Consultation paper on draft Guidelines on supervisory independence

TAXATION

• Judgment of the Court of 13 November 2025 in Case C‑639/24, Flo Veneer d.o.o. Vs. Ministarstvo financija Republike Hrvatske, Samostalni sektor za drugostupanjski upravni postupak
  Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Taxation - Common system of VAT - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 138(1) - Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2011 - Article 45a - Conditions for exemption in respect of intra-Community supplies of goods - Presumption - Requisite evidence
• Opinion of Advocate General Rantos of 13 November 2025 in Case C‑544/24, BUAB ‘Nekilnojamojo turto valdymas’ Vs. Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos
  Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common system of VAT - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 273 - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU - Article 49(3) - Obligations deemed necessary to ensure the correct collection of VAT and to prevent evasion - National legislation providing for a procedure for applying late payment interest on VAT arrears which, irrespective of the nature and severity of the infringement, includes a set fixed penalty part with no possibility for the tax authority to reduce the amount of that penalty part - Principle of proportionality
• Agenda for: 44th meeting of the Sub-group "Automatic exchange of information" (SG AEOI) - 19 November 2025
• Commission proposes strengthened cooperation to combat tax fraud - See the Report and the Proposal
• EPPO: Investigation ‘Fuel family’: Seizures in €260 million VAT fraud in Italy

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL AFFAIRS

• Eight in ten workers find a job after receiving support from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - see the Report - Midday Express

• Commission seeks views on Strategy for Rights of Persons with Disabilities (14 November 2025 - 06 February 2026)

• European Solidarity Corps to benefit from an increased budget of €175.3 million in 2026

ENERGY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Energy - 18 November 2025

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Judgment of the Court of 13 November 2025 in Case C‑117/24, JYSK Kereskedelmi Kft. Vs. Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal
  Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Obligations of operators placing timber and timber products on the market - Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 - Use, maintenance and regular evaluation of a due diligence system - Article 4(2) and (3) and Article 6 - Group of companies - Access of an operator to a due diligence system maintained and evaluated by its parent company or established by a monitoring organisation and used by that parent company
• Council Decision on the termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Liberia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU

• Deforestation - Information on the “Conventional DDS Reference Number” for exports and re-imports of relevant products initially placed in the Union market during the transitional period

• Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6) (Geneva, Switzerland, 3 - 7 November 2025) - Compilation of statements from the European Union and its Member States

• Commissioners Hoekstra and Jørgensen at second week of COP30* - Midday Express

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Main results of the Economic & Financial Affairs Council, 13 November 2025 - Remarks by by Commissioner Šefčovič
• Speech by ECB's Frank Elderson: Resilient banks through effective supervision: a pillar of Europe’s competitiveness
• Supply chain decoupling in green products: a granular input-output analysis - ECB Working Paper Series No.3152
• Not all prices disinflate alike: disentangling the dynamics of sticky and flexible-price items - ECB Economic Bulletin Issue 7, 2025