2025年8月06日

Europe Daily News, 06 August 2025

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12074 - First Dutch Group / Cefetra)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11961 - Cooper / Viatris (Over the Counter Assets))
Commission clears creation of joint venture by Foxconn and Alphabet (M.12060) - Midday Express
Commission clears acquisition of Karo Healthcare by KKR (M.11998) - Midday Express
The Commission published its decision approving the Mytheresa's acquisition of Yoox Net-a-Porter - See Case M.11793
Czech Republic - The Competition Authority approved the merger of competitors, as a result of which Valmont CR, spol. s r.o. acquires exclusive control over Point4u, s.r.o.
Lithuania - Cgates receives permission to acquire part of Splius business
Lithuania - The Competition Council has completed its investigation into the suspected implementation of unnotified mergers and has sent the Statement of Objections to the petrol station network operator Emsi.
Portugal - Vanguardeagle and Abnsouza notify the acquisition of joint control over Everstone
Romania - The Competition Council has authorised the transaction whereby Smart ID Dynamics SA intends to take over AB Systems (Adaptive Barcoding Systems) SRL

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.117086 & SA.105083

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1556 of 22 July 2025 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN code: 5911 90 99)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1717 of 5 August 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of decor paper originating in the People’s Republic of China (CN codes ex 4802 54 00, ex 4802 55, ex 4805 91 00 and ex 4811 60 00)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1718 of 5 August 2025 making imports of 1,4-Butanediol originating in the People’s Republic of China, Saudi Arabia and the United States of America subject to registration (CN codes 2905 39 26 and 2905 39 28)
WTO - Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - European Union - Plastic materials and articles manufactured with salicylic acid or untreated wood flour or fibres

EU/US TRADE AGREEMENT

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1727 of 5 August 2025 suspending commercial rebalancing measures concerning certain products originating in the United States of America and certain products exported from the Union to the United States of America imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1564
EU halts retaliatory tariffs as it finalises US trade deal - Tariff relief for cars, steel and aluminium yet to be agreed - Financial Times
Swiss president to present ‘more attractive’ tariff offer to White House - Karin Keller-Sutter and economy minister Guy Parmelin’s Washington trip follows Trump decision to hit country with steep tariffs - Financial Times
Commission ‘surprised’ by German criticism of EU-US trade deal - Berlin has supported the EU’s approach behind closed doors for months - Politico.eu
‘Less bad’ US trade deal is simply best the EU could get - A better EU-U.S. deal was difficult to negotiate because Europe is dependent on Trump for its defense - Politico.eu

EBA

EBA issues a no-action letter on the application of ESG disclosure requirements and updates the EBA ESG risks dashboard with December 2024 data
EBA publishes draft technical standards on the prudential treatment of crypto asset exposures under the Capital Requirements Regulation
EBA consults to simplify and streamline its technical standards on resolution plans and on the functioning of resolution colleges

ESMA

Answer given by Mr Hoekstra to a MEP written question - Regulation on the taxation of tobacco products

Artificial intelligence and digitalisation for energy – a roadmap - Communication - Feedback period: 05 August 2025 - 05 November 2025

Protecting workers against cancer-causing substances at work - Proposal for a directive - Feedback period: 05 August 2025 - 01 October 2025

Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Concerns about Chinese hacks of Deutsche Telekom and potential implications for the Commission’s IT infrastructure
Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Inclusion of persons with disabilities in the development and regulation of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies

Answer given by Mr Várhelyi to a MEP written question - The dangers of counterfeit medication ordered online in the EU

EFSA

Scientific Opinion - New developments in biotechnology applied to animals: An assessment of the adequacy and sufficiency of current EFSA guidance for animal risk assessment
Scientific Opinion - Current practice, challenges and future opportunities in the safety assessment of newly expressed proteins in genetically modified plants
External Scientific Report - Development of the Food Additive Intake Model (FAIM) version 3.0.0 to estimate chronic dietary exposure to food additives
Scientific Opinion - Use and reporting of historical control data for regulatory studies

ECDC

Deferral criteria and testing strategies for dengue virus in blood donors returning from affected areas (SoHO-Net blood group)
Haemophilus influenzae disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2023 (5 234 cases in 2023 and 3 983 in 2022)
Mumps - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2023 (2 963 cases)

Commission proposes further €500 million in Macro-Financial Assistance to Jordan building on our long-standing strong relationship
Answer given by Mr Dombrovskis to a MEP written question - Challenges and institutional support for Bulgaria’s transition to the euro
Unveiling the hidden costs of critical dependencies - ECB Economic Bulletin Issue 5, 2025
ECB - Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 1 August 2025

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