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
