COMPETITION
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12255 - EMK / Builtech Group)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12240 - EVH GE / HSBC / SP 29)
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12222 - Covivio Group Group / CDC / JV)
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12199 - WH Group / Entities of the Wolf Group)
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12034 - Metinvest / ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Iasi)
- Commission clears acquisition of RA Lumina by Axpo Italia and Canarbino (M.12211) - Midday Express
- Commission publishes Foreign Subsidies Regulation Guidelines
- Answer given by EVP Ribera to a MEP written question - Exclusion of port superstructures from the General Block Exemption Regulation
- France - Conversational agents: the Autorité de la concurrence starts inquiries ex officio with a view to issuing an opinion
- France - Purchasing groups: the Autorité de la concurrence launches, for the first time, a competitive assessment of the Aura and Concordis buying alliances
- Anglo American, Teck merger heading for EU antitrust approval - The decision is due by February 3
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - The US customs measures for EU goods that are affecting Europe’s engineering sector
- EU countries approve Mercosur trade deal after 25 years of talks - Latin America trade accord wins the required qualified majority, even as France, Poland, Austria, Ireland and Hungary express their opposition - Politico.eu
- EU-China trade relations are in a deep freeze. They could be about to get even icier - There’s no prospect of a thaw ahead of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to China next month - Politico.eu
- Chinese car exports set to jump as domestic sales cool - Mexico, Middle East and parts of Europe are among the top markets, data shows - Financial Times
WTO
- Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Subsidies - New and full notification pursuant to article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994 and article 25 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - European Union : Croatia - Addendum
- Madagascar launches safeguard investigation on plastic pipes and tubes and accessories
- Madagascar launches safeguard investigation on dry pastries and breakfast cereals
- Türkiye launches safeguard investigation on polyethylene terephthalate resin
- Türkiye launches safeguard investigation on other paper and paperboard
- Türkiye launches safeguard investigation on terephthalic acid
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Commission proposes to support over 3,400 dismissed workers in the car industry in Belgium with €7.5 million
- Commissioner Kubilius to discuss Europe's security challenges with Nordic leaders in Sweden - Midday Express
CHEMICAL
- Commission Regulation (EU) .../... of XXX amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards synthetic polymer microparticles
FINANCE
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/46 of 3 December 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Russia to the list of high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/83 of 4 December 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Bolivia and the British Virgin Islands to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Burkina Faso, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania from that list
- UK to exclude financial services from push for closer EU alignment - City of London firms have been lobbying against a return to Brussels rules - Financial Times
EBA/ESA/ESMA
- The EBA publishes its final draft technical standards to strengthen supervisory cooperation for third-country branches
- The EBA publishes a Report on prudential consolidation and final Guidelines on ancillary services undertakings
- The EBA publishes final draft technical standards on booking arrangements
- ESAs publish joint Guidelines on ESG stress testing
- ESMA - Report on the Principles on risk-based supervision
- Principles for risk-based supervision: a critical pillar for ESMA’s simplification and burden reduction efforts
ENERGY
- Agenda for: Working Party on Energy - 14 January 2026
- Council Decision (EU) 2026/70 of 17 November 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community with regard to amendments to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community in order to reflect the evolution of Union environmental law
- Commission notice on Guidelines on future proof network charges for reduced energy system costs
- Commission notice on a Guidance on innovative technologies and forms of renewable energy deployment
- Commission notice on a Guidance on the establishment of areas for grid and storage infrastructure necessary to integrate renewable energy into the electricity system in line with Article 15(e) of the Renewable Energy Directive
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 13 January 2026
- Agenda for: Meeting of the Committee on Waste and Packaging Waste & Single Use Plastics Directive - 16 January 2026
- Minutes of the meeting on Ambient Air Quality Committee under Directive (EU) 2024/2881 on 03 December 2025
- Europe goes ‘full blast’ on carbon capture but fears of ‘expensive distraction’ persist - Industrial groups say storage is only way to meet EU emissions targets for energy-intensive sectors - Financial Times
DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Agenda for: Working Party on Telecommunications & Information Society -15 January 2026
- Answer given by Executive Vice-President Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Problems caused by online sales
- Answer given by Executive Vice-President Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Use of recently submitted court case documents concerning big tech platform design as evidence of systemic risk under the Digital Services Act
AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE
- Commissioner Brunner hosts Youth Policy Dialogue to discuss the future of the EU, migration and internal security priorities - Midday Express
- OLAF investigation uncovered misuse of rural development funds in Hungary
- 34 arrests in Spain during action against the ‘Black Axe’ criminal organisation - Criminal network engaged in a multitude of criminal activities and present in dozens of countries - Europol
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- Agenda for: Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU - 13 January 2026
- Guatemala: Council prolongs restrictive measures by a year
- Egypt: press remarks by HR/VP Kaja Kallas following the meeting with Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates, Mr Badr Abdelatty
JORDAN-EU SUMMIT
- EU and Jordan deepen partnership with first-ever Summit
- Joint statement of the Jordan-EU summit 2026
- Opening remarks by President António Costa
