Europe Daily News, 17 June 2025

COMPETITION

• Estonia - All price-fixing and market allocation agreements are prohibited
• Ireland - CCPC urges schools to protect parents from anti-competitive practices 
• Poland - Urban buses in the Silesian agglomeration - allegations of a tender conspiracy: UOKiK has brought charges against 11 entrepreneurs.
• Spain - CNMC carries out new inspections in the sector of facilities for fixed base operators (FBOs) at airports
• UK - CMA: Suspected anti-competitive conduct in relation to the supply of roofing and other construction services
• UK - CMA has accepted undertakings in lieu of reference for the anticipated acquisition by Safran S.A. of a part of Collins Aerospace’s actuation and flight control business

STATE AID

• Answer given by EVP Ribera to a MEP written question - Pending approval of state aid for the biomass package

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Working Party on Trade Questions - 24 June 2025
• Agenda for: 667th meeting of the Export Credits Group - 02 July 2025
• List of customs offices designated by Member States and the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland, which are empowered to handle formalities for the import of cultural goods, published in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/880 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the introduction and the import of cultural goods
• List of the competent authorities designated by Member States and the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland which are empowered to issue import licences for cultural goods, published in accordance with Article 4(11) of Regulation (EU) 2019/880 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the introduction and the import of cultural goods
• Council Decision (EU) 2025/1209 of 12 June 2025 authorising the opening of negotiations with the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire for a sustainable investment facilitation agreement
• Study in support of an ex-post evaluation of CETA - Final Report - Main Report, Annexes, Infographic & the Executive Summary
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Shortening timelines for anti-dumping proceedings
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Next steps and policy outlook for EU-SADC (Southern African Development Community) Economic Partnership Agreement
• EU spurns economic dialogue with China over deepening trade rift - Financial Times
• EU should be open to resuming Russian gas imports, says Austria - Vienna says Brussels should reassess ban once war in Ukraine is over - Financial Times
• UK automakers to secure US tariff relief by end of June - Steel tariffs will, for now, remain at 25 percent instead of dropping to 0 percent as originally agreed - Politico.eu
• ‘Donald is right’ and China is the problem, EU chief says - Beijing’s subsidies should be a reason to work together, not tariff each other, Ursula von der Leyen argues - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• EU safety rules for chemicals will hamper quest for critical minerals industry, top miners say - Industry groups urge European Commission to rethink reform plan or face greater dependence on China - Financial Times

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & FISHERIES

• Meeting of the “Agriculture & Fisheries” Council on 23-24 June 2025
  - Omnibus on agriculture - Policy debate
  - Implementation of the Fisheries Control Regulation - Information from the Commission
  - Congress of Rural Renewal and Development (Poznań, 8-10 May 2025) - Information from the Presidency
• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests - General approach

ENERGY

• Main results - Meeting of the TTE Council (Energy), 16 June 2025
• EU seeks to sever nuclear energy ties with Russia - Brussels will set out plans to end all Russian fossil fuel imports but it delays measures to wean bloc off uranium products - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Meeting of the Council (Environment) on 17 June 2025
  - UN Ocean Conference (Nice, 9 – 13 June 2025) - Information from France and the Commission
  - Launching preparatory work for an ESPR delegated act on high-voltage switchgear - Information from Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues - 19 June 2025
• Data protection: Council and European Parliament reach deal to make cross-border GDPR enforcement work better for citizens
• European fund connects over a million premises to fibre in rural and semi-rural Europe

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Visa policy: Council and European Parliament secure a deal on rules about the suspension of visa-free travel for third countries
• Commission welcomes political agreement on a stronger and more flexible visa suspension mechanism
• Largest illegal trading platform for drugs taken down - Eurojust
• Rapid surrender of high-profile murder suspect from Greece to Italy coordinated by Eurojust
• Eurojust assists in operation in Romania and Moldova against laundering phishing fraud proceeds

EURO, ECB & ECONOMY

• ECB - Eurosystem launches single collateral management system
• ECB - US financial conditions and their link to economic activity: the role of equity valuations - Economic Bulletin Issue 4, 2025
• This is Europe’s ‘global euro’ moment - But greater international prominence will not happen by default — it must be earned - Financial Times

EU INSTITUTIONS

• Agenda for the European Parliament Plenary sittings of 16 - 19 June 2025
• Entry into office of a new Member of the Court of Justice and of two new Members of the General Court of the European Union

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol: EU renews restrictive measures until 23 June 2026 - Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1204
• Answer given by to a MEP written question - Adoption of targeted sanctions against military individuals responsible for lethal attacks on civilians and other serious human rights violations in Sudan
• Macron says he’s still confident US will back further Russia sanctions - Trump had earlier suggested he didn’t want to tighten the screws on Moscow further because “sanctions cost us a lot of money.” - Politico.eu

G7 SUMMIT

• G7 Leaders' statement on recent developments between Israel and Iran
• Statement by President von der Leyen at Session I of the G7, 'Global economic outlook'
• Statement by President von der Leyen at Session II - working lunch of the G7, 'Economic growth, security and resilience'