Europe Daily News, 10 June 2025

COMPETITION

• Action brought on 28 April 2025 - Luxair Vs. Commission (Case T-274/25)
  Re: annulment of Commission Decision C(2024) 4729 final in Case M.11071 - Deutsche Lufthansa / MEF / ITA
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11309 - Kingspan / NWG)
• Czech Republic - The Office launches sector inquiry in the area of publicly accessible charging stations for electric vehicles
• Spain - The CNMC launches in-depth investigation into Oximesa’s acquisition of Esteve Teijin Healthcare
• Spain - The CNMC investigates UEFA for restricting competition in the organisation of European football competitions

STATE AID

• Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.116752

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Meeting of the EP INTA Committee - 16 June 2025
• Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 11 June 2025
• Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 12 June 2025
• Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 13 June 2025
• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Deputies) - 12 June 2025
• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Experts - Services & Investment) - 18 June 2025
• Agenda for: Working Party on European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - 11 June 2025
• Minutes of the Customs Business Group (CBG) on the Union Customs Code Guarantee Management system (UCC GUM) Project - 03 April 2025
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1139 of 6 June 2025 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of hardwood plywood from the People’s Republic of China
• Joint statement between Malaysia and the Republic of Poland on the occasion of the official visit by his excellency Andrzej Duda President of the Republic of Poland
• US-China trade war sideswipes Europe’s carmakers - Beijing’s block on rare earth magnets means “supply chains are running empty,” a German auto supplier complains - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Draft opinion by MEP Mika Aaltola Amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements - Amendments 1 - 280

FINANCE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the CEG on Banking, Payments and Insurance (Banking formation) - 19 June 2025
• ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter
• Norway’s oil fund calls for urgent reform of European capital markets - World’s largest sovereign wealth fund says ambitious action needed to improve competitiveness - Financial Times

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

• Meeting of the “Agriculture & Fisheries” Council on 23 & 24 June 2025
  - Conference: Sustainable management of populations of protected animals that cause losses in agriculture (Brussels, 15 May 2025) - Information from the Presidency
  - Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals during transport and related operations, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 - Progress report
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• Commissioner Hansen visits Japan to strengthen agricultural ties and showcase EU agri-food at Osaka World Expo 2025 - Midday Express

ENERGY

• Commission hosts key international energy and climate events in Brussels this week to boost global action - Midday Express
• ACER will evaluate electricity system operators’ bidding zone review for alignment with the EU regulatory framework
• Play a role in EU electricity cybersecurity: Join ACER's stakeholder committee

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on the Environment - 11 June 2025
• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Global) - 13 June 2025
• Agenda for: 3rd Meeting of Expert Group on the Nature Restoration Regulation - 01 July 2025
• Action brought on 13 April 2025 - Schütz and Others Vs. Parliament and Council (Case T-241/25)
  Re: Annulment of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC (‘PPWR’)
• Action brought on 13 April 2025 - ILIP Vs. Parliament and Council (Case T-244/25)
  Re: Annulment of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC (‘PPWR’)
• Action brought on 14 April 2025 - Ecoplastica Vs. Parliament and Council (Case T-247/25)
  Re: Annulment of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC (‘PPWR’)
• Speech by President von der Leyen at the EU side event on the Ocean Pact
• Speech by President von der Leyen at the opening plenary session of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference
• Answer given by Mr Hoekstra to a MEP written question - Addressing resource shuffling and ensuring the CBAM’s effectiveness in the European steel industry
• EU urged to exempt more companies from contentious supply chain law - MEP seeking to broker compromise deal says rules on curbing environmental and rights abuses should not be scrapped - Financial Times

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

SCCS

• Scientific Opinion open for comments on Tea Tree Oil - deadline: 18 August
• Minutes of the Working Group meeting on Cosmetic Ingredients of 27-28 May 2025
• Scientific Opinion open for comments on Prostaglandin Analogues - deadline: 18 August 2025

SCHEER

• Minutes of the Working Group meeting on Brain stimulators of 16 May 2025

ECDC

• Monthly measles and rubella monitoring report - April 2025

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Main Results - Meeting of the TTE Council (Telecommunications) - 06 June 2025
  - State of play on roaming with Ukraine and Moldova (presentation by the Commission)
  - Information by the presidency on the outcomes of the discussions on simplification activities in the digital field
• Public consultation on the draft BEREC Guidelines on the coordination of civil works according to Art. 5(6) of the Gigabit Infrastructure Act
• Public consultation on the draft BEREC Guidelines on access to in-building infrastructure according to Art.11(6) of the Gigabit Infrastructure Act

DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Obersten Gerichtshofs (Austria) lodged on 7 March 2025 – RS Vs. TS (Case C-185/25, Waldfelber)
  Re: Article 4(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679; Article 15(1)(g) of the GDPR; Article 82(2) of the GDPR
• EDPB - Opinion 12/2025 on the draft decision of the Dutch Supervisory Authority regarding the Controller Binding Corporate Rules of the ASML Group Adopted on
• EDPB - Opinion 11/2025 on the draft decision of the Dutch Supervisory Authority regarding the Controller Binding Corporate Rules of the Signify Group
• EDPB - German Federal SA: Administrative fines in the amount of €15 000 000 and €30 000 000 as well as a reprimand imposed on Vodafone
• EU to ‘step up’ on cyber security as dependence on US laid bare - Temporary US funding threat to online security programme in April highlighted Europe’s reliance on Washington - Financial Times

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Justice & Home Affairs Council (Justice - Home Affairs) - 12 & 13 June 2025
  - Overview of the current legislative proposals under the Polish Presidency

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Agenda for: Meeting of the Antici Group (Simplification) - 10 June 2025
• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 10 & 11 June 2025

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• ECB - Speech by Frank Elderson: The rule of law as a constitutional pillar of European central banking
• ECB - Euro area and national quarterly financial accounts – Quality report 2024
• ECB Blog - Reading the market’s pulse: monitoring investors’ risk appetite 
• ECB - Survey of Monetary Analysts (SMA), June 2025, Aggregate Results

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Action brought on 25 April 2025 - Laliya Shipping Vs. Council (Case T-271/25)
  Re: Council Regulation (EU) 2025/395; restrictive measures, Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine; seagoing vessel MT ‘Eventin’ (IMO 9308065)
• Agenda for: Working Party of Foreign Relations Counsellors (RELEX) - Horizontal Questions - 13 June 2025
• Oman: 5th High-level Political Dialogue held in Muscat
• Joint Statement by EUHR Kaja Kallas and Chile’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Alberto van Klaveren on the provisional application of the EU-Chile Advanced Framework Agreement