Europe Daily News, 07 January 2026

COMPETITION

• Commission clears acquisition of Landis+Gyr by Aurelius (M.12217) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of NRG and Heron by Moh and GEK Terna (M.12142) - Midday Express

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Working Party on Trade Questions - 13 January 2026
• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)) - 16 January 2026
• Minutes of the meeting of the Market Access Advisory Committee - 10 December 2025
• Minutes of the 8th CETA Annual meeting of the Financial Services - 12 & 13 November 2025
• Minutes of the First EU-Chile Committee on Trade; Sustainable Food Systems; Trade in Goods; Customs; Procurement; Services & Investment + Financial Services; SPS; TBT; IPR & TSD - 2025
• Von der Leyen makes €45B pitch to win Meloni’s support for Mercosur trade deal - Politico.eu

CBAM

• Presentation for the 6th Meeting Informal Expert Group on the CBAM - 17 December 2025
• Answer given by Mr Hoekstra to a MEP written question - Clarification on the rules for the functioning of the CBAM mechanism from 1 January 2026
• EU’s CBAM provisions targeting China are unfair and discriminatory; China to take all necessary measures to safeguard interests, MOFCOM says
• The EU carbon border adjustment mechanism CBAM legal architecture and WTO clash points

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Communication from the Commission – Guidance on the implementation of Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology manufacturing ecosystem and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (NZIA)

CHEMICAL

• ECHA Weekly Newsletter - 07 January 2026
• ECHA takes on new tasks to strengthen toy safety - ECHA/NR/26/03
• ECHA asks companies to start notifying intentions under the Drinking Water Directive - ECHA/NR/26/02

ENERGY

• Council Decision (EU) 2026/69 of 15 December 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community
• Commission publishes “fitness check” on EU laws covering the security of electricity and gas supply in view of future revision- See the Working Document

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Minutes of the Expert group on Access and benefit sharing (ABS) under the Nagoya Protocol - 10 December 2025
• Public consultation: Plastic waste – EU-wide end-of-waste criteria - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 23 December 2025 - 26 January 2026
• Call for evidence & Public consultation: Rules on single-use plastics and fishing gear (evaluation) - Report - Feedback period: 23 December 2025 - 17 March 2026

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Minutes of the 23rd Meeting of the Group of experts on tobacco policy - 28 October 2025
• Public consultation: Products of animal origin – update of lists of products and their CN codes subject to official controls at borders - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 06 January 2026 - 03 February 2026

AGRICULTURE & FOOD

• Agenda for: Working Party on Agricultural Products -13 & 14 January 2026
• Agenda for: Special Committee on Agriculture - 12 January 2026
  - Promotion of agricultural products – 2026 calls for proposals - Presentation by the Commission

DIGITAL INFORMATION & SOCIETY

• Minutes of the Meeting of the High Level Group on Internet Governance (HLIG) - 11 December 2025
• Call for evidence: European Open Digital Ecosystems - Communication - Feedback period: 06 January 2026 - 03 February 2026

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Commission awards over 40,000 free DiscoverEU travel passes to young people on the 40th anniversary of Schengen - Midday Express
• Call for evidence: European Investigation Order Directive - Proposal for a directive - Feedback period: 06 January 2026 - 03 February 2026

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• ECB - Euro area bank interest rate statistics: November 2025
• ECB - Monetary developments in the euro area: November 2025
• ECB - Joint extreme value-at-risk and expected shortfall dynamics with a single integrated tail shape parameter - Working Paper Series No.3166
• The digital euro that Europe urgently needs - A tokenised version of the EU’s currency for wholesale use would bring big benefits - Financial Times

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• President von der Leyen travels to the Middle East - Midday Express

EU/RUSSIA/UKRAINE

• Paris Declaration - Robust Security Guarantees for a Solid and Lasting Peace in Ukraine
• Robust Security Guarantees for a Solid and Lasting Peace in Ukraine - Statement of the Coalition of the Willing
• France and UK commit to deploying troops under proposed Ukraine peace deal - Financial Times