Europe Daily News, 31 October 2025

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12138 - Tata Motors / Iveco Group)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12191 - KKR / Cinven / CVC / Nemean Midco)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12063 - Sunstone / Platinum Globe / Digitalbridge / Skyline JV)
• Commission clears acquisition of 365.bank by KBC (M.12050) - Midday Express
• Belgium - First edition of BCA Merger Insights focusing on the merger control enforcement policy and practice of the Competition Authority
• Lithuania - MM Grupp violated the law on competition by acquiring control of its competitor without permission

STATE AID

• Answer given by EVP Ribera a MEP written question - Urgent clarification following the ruling in Case C-59/23 Austria Vs. Commission (Paks II nuclear power plant) by the Court of Justice of the European Union

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Working Party on the United Kingdom - 04 November 2025
• Agenda for: Working Party on European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - 04 November 2025
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926 of 22 September 2025 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (CN Code 2026)
• EU-Indonesia Investment Protection Agreement - See Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 and Annex 2-A, Annex 2-B and Annex 4A as of 30 October 2025
• Governments are making greater use of trade policy measures to advance agricultural sustainability, but further reforms are needed says OECD

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Public consultation - EU designs – design-related intellectual property procedures - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 29 October 2025 - 26 November 2025
• Acea Position paper – Accelerating the transition of light commercial vehicles in Europe

FINANCE

• Judgment of the Court of 30 October 2025 in Case C‑321/24, BC Vs. SCP Attal et Associés
  Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Free movement of capital - Article 63(1) TFEU - Succession - Mandatory use of a notary for the purpose of drawing up a declaration of succession in a Member State other than that in which the succession was opened - Legislation of that Member State providing that that notary’s fees are calculated on the basis of the total gross assets of the estate - Parallel exercise by the Member States of their powers of taxation - No restriction on the free movement of capital
• The EBA advises the European Commission on the foundations of the new anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism regime
• The EBA publishes its final draft technical standards on criteria to assess the materiality of CVA risk exposures arising from securities financing transactions
• Call for Advice for the purposes of benchmarking of national loan enforcement frameworks - See the 2025 EBA Final Report on Insolvency Benchmarks
• OECD highlights limits of corporate sustainability given reality of business models

ENERGY

• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Ensuring compliance with cross-zonal electricity trade rules in the EU
• European Union supporting Azerbaijan Energy Regulatory Agency to ensure accurate and informed reporting in the energy sector

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 06 & 07 November 2025
• EU, Canada and China co-host the 9th Ministerial on Climate Action - Midday Express
• The COP30 Climate Change Conference Part I: Framework of COP negotiations and main expected issues - Study for the EP ENVI Committee

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Commission invites contributions to shape future EU Quantum Act - Submissions are open until 26 November 2025
• Secure multi-party computation: powering privacy through collaboration - EDPS Blog

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Joint press release: EU-Western Balkans Ministerial Forum on Justice and Home Affairs (Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 30-31 October 2025)
• Public consultation: Equality bodies – common indicators on their functioning - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 27 October 2025 - 24 November 2025
• Public consultation: Cross-border judicial cooperation – revision of Eurojust Regulation (impact assessment) - Proposal for a regulation - Feedback period: 28 October 2025 - 25 November 2025

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• The Distributional Impact of EU Climate and Energy Policies on Households and Possible Mitigation Measures - DG ECFIN Discussion Paper 229
• EU Candidate Countries’ & Potential Candidates’ Economic Quarterly (CCEQ): Western Balkans and Türkiye. 3rd Quarter 2025 - DG ECFIN Technical Paper 084
• Results of the September 2025 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives markets (SESFOD)
• Results of the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters for the fourth quarter of 2025
• Speech by Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement (with Q&A) and decisions
• ECB - Euro area bank interest rate statistics and September 2025

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2226 of 29 October 2025 amending for the 351st time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations
• The EU strengthens its humanitarian response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with €9 million
  
• EP Committee on Foreign Affairs concludes historic visit to Syria

EU/RUSSIA/UKRAINE

• Opinion of Advocate General of Andrea Biondi of 30 October 2025 in Joined Cases C‑440/24 P & C‑441/24 P, Republic of Latvia Vs. Petr Aven (C‑440/24 P) and Mikhail Fridman (C‑441/24 P)
  Re: Appeal - CFSP - Restrictive measures taken in view of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine - Freezing of funds - Inclusion on the list of persons, entities and bodies concerned - Article 2(1)(a) and (d) of Decision 2014/145/CFSP - Criterion of support for actions or policies - Criterion of material or financial support for the Russian decision-makers responsible - Criterion of advantage gained by the Russian decision-makers - Effective judicial protection - Full review by the EU court of the restrictive measures - Relevance of the context in assessing the validity of the grounds for listing - Absence of distancing