Europe Daily News, 19 November 2025

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12162 - BP / Corteva / JV)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12122 - Compass / Vermaat)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12222 - Covivio Group / CDC / JV)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11992 - MEF / Retelit / Telecom Italia Sparkle)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12227 - OEP Capital Advisors / KBR / IX Swat Holdings)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11322 - PSP Fund VI / BCI / Driscolls / Costa)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12175 - Permira / BHP / Cargill / Rio Tinto / Rightship)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12114 - TAI / LGESMI / Green Metals Battery Innovations JV)
• Commission clears acquisition of MGA business by AmTrust and Blackstone (M.12183) - Midday Express
• Greece - Acceptance by the HCC of the commitments offered by PUBLIC RETAIL S.A.

STATE AID

• Commission approves up to €1.75 billion German measure to support LEAG for early closure of lignite-fired power plants (SA.53625)

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Experts - Services & Investment) - 26 November 2025
• Draft Minutes of the 60th meeting of the EEA Council Brussels, 21 May 2025
• Notice of initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of robot lawn mowers originating in the People’s Republic of China (CN code (ex) 8433 11 10)
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2320 of 18 November 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/633 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of monosodium glutamate originating in the People’s Republic of China and in Indonesia following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2351 of 18 November 2025 imposing a definitive safeguard measure with regard to imports of certain ferro-alloying elements
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2349 of 14 November 2025 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN code 9506 99 90)
• EU Trade Policy Day to discuss alliances, competitiveness and economic security - Midday Express
• Mercosur momentum grows with fast-track vote on safeguards likely next week - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Internal Market) - 25 November 2025
• Presentation by European Biosolutions Coalition (agenda item 2) at the Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (High Level) - 18 November 2025
• Draft act: Construction products – reaction-to-fire performance classes - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 19 November 2025 - 17 December 2025
• Draft act: Construction products – resistance-to-fire performance classes - Delegated regulation - Feedback period - 19 November 2025 - 17 December 2025

CHEMICAL

• Judgment of the General Court of 19 November 2025 in Case T‑1122/23,Nouryon Functional Chemicals BV, Arkema GmbH, Pergan Hilfsstoffe für industrielle Prozesse GmbH, United Initiators GmbH, Vs. European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
  Re: REACH - Substance di-tert-butyl 1,1,4,4-tetramethyltetramethylene diperoxide - Compliance check of registrations - Request for additional toxicity studies - Article 41 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 -Manifest error of assessment - Error of fact - Proportionality - Decision of the Board of Appeal of ECHA - Admissibility of the arguments directed against the decision of ECHA
• Judgment of the General Court of 19 November 2025 in Case T‑94/23, Pollinis France Vs. European Commission, supported by European Parliament, Council of the European Union, BASF SE, and CropLife Europe
  ‘Plant protection products - Active substance boscalid - Application for renewal of an active substance - Extension of the approval period - Delay in the renewal procedure - Reasons beyond the applicant's control - Request for internal review - Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Decision rejecting the request - Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009

FINANCE

• European Commission issues €5 billion in its 10th syndicated transaction of 2025
• ESMA - No changes for Data Reporting Services Providers following ESMA’s 2025 assessment of derogation criteria

TAXATION

• Agenda for: Working Party on Tax Questions (High Level) - 25 November 2025
• Minutes of the 43rd Working Group on ACDT - Sub-group "Automatic exchange of information" (SG AEOI) - 10 November 2025
• New Report highlights positive impact of the Directive on administrative cooperation on tax revenue and compliance, and identifies simplification needs - Midday Express
• Direct access to cross-border VAT data would make it easier to combat fraud, see the Commission report

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Plant protection products: the temporary extension of the approval of active substances may not be applied on an automatic or systematic basis (See CPR Nº 143/2025 - Judgments of the General Court in Cases T-412/22, T-94/23, T-565/23, PAN Europe Vs. Commission)
• Regulation on cross-border enforcement of rules against unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (UTPs) - Four-Column table

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

• Council and European Parliament agree to establish a platform for non-EU jobseekers ('EU Talent Pool') - See the EP Statement
• Commission welcomes political agreement on the EU Talent Pool, making the EU more attractive to skilled talent from outside the EU

ENERGY

• In focus: Data centres – an energy-hungry challenge
• Registration opens for the Raw Materials Mechanism under the EU Energy and Raw Materials Platform

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: The Group of Experts on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and Energy Labelling, ‘the Ecodesign Forum’ - 24 November 2025
• COP30 - more needs to be done to meet methane reduction targets, says Dan Jørgensen - See the UNEP Report
• Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive – Cost Study - Information from Czechia at the EPSCO (Health) meeting of 2 December 2025

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• DSA: Amazon’s action against the Commission's decision designating the platform Amazon Store as a 'very large online platform' is dismissed (See CPR Nº 144/2025 - Judgment of the General Court in Case T-367/23, Amazon EU Vs. Commission)
• Simpler EU digital rules and new digital wallets to save billions for businesses and boost innovation - Q&A, FactSheet and Communication on Data Union Strategy
  - Digital omnibus on AI (Regulation)
  - AI Act – Simplification proposal
  - European Business Wallet (Regulation & FactSheet)
  - Model Contractual Terms on data access and use and Standard Contractual Clauses on cloud computing contracts
• EVP Virkkunen and Commissioer Jørgensen to highlight interlinkages between artificial intelligence and energy at high-level event - Midday Express

TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

• Commission moves towards ‘Military Schengen' and transformation of defence industry - See the Joint Communication and the Proposal for a Regulation
  - Factsheet on Military Mobility Package & Factsheet on Defence Industry Transformation Roadmap
• Council and Parliament agree on rules for a better management and increased use of Europe’s railway infrastructure
• Commission welcomes political agreement on new rules to optimise the use of rail capacity
• Council adopts negotiating position on new law that introduces EU digital travel application

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2296 of 4 November 2025 establishing the satisfactory fulfilment of the conditions for the payment of the fifth instalment of the loan support under the Ukraine Plan of the Ukraine Facility
• Paschal Donohoe, issued a statement announcing his resignation as President of the Eurogroup as of 18 November 2025

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Niger
• Speech by President António Costa at the EU Enlargement Forum - 'Completing the Union, securing our future'
• Agenda for: Working Party on the United Kingdom - 21 November 2025