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Europe Daily News, 20 April 2026

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12384 - Antin / Groupe Belambra)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12266 - Emil Frey France / Groupe Kertrucks Finance)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12378 - EFMS / GIC Acquirers / Kelda Group)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12371 - EFMS / Blackstone / Urbaser)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12247 - Orange / Masorange)
Belgium: Notification of concentration - MEDE.CCS.26-0015: Parkwind NV – Nobelwind NV en Northwester 2 NV

Commission approves €411 million Croatian capital injection into development bank HBOR (SA.121107)
Answer given by EVP Ribera to a MEP written question - Funding of Important Projects of Common European Interest
State aid in the EU: State of play - See EPRS Briefing

Agenda for: Meeting of the Working Party on Dual Use Goods - 21 April 2026
Overview of free trade agreements updated on 17 April 2026
Report of the Chief Negotiators’ meeting between the EU and the five States of Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA5) (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Zimbabwe) implementing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) - 17 to 18 March 2026
Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in support of FTA negotiations between the EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries - 06 April - Main Report & Annex
Answer given by EVP Ribera to a MEP written question - ArcelorMittal job relocations to India and import quotas for Indian steel

CBAM

Agenda for: Ad Hoc Working Party on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (AHWP CBAM) - 22 April 2026

Agenda for: Working Party on Competitiveness & Growth (Internal Market - Technical Harmonisation - Industry) - 21 April 2026
Answer given by Mr Hansen to a MEP written question - Non-tariff barriers affecting trade in cider products within the EU single market
Answer given by EVP Séjourné to a MEP written question - Support for EU battery producers
Answer given by EVP Séjourné to a MEP written question - Proportionality assessment criteria for residence-based tariffs
Defence spending is ‘magnet’ for criminals, warns EU fraud chief - Huge sums being invested in European rearmament are attracting fraudsters, says agency head Petr Klement - Financial Times

CHEMICALS

Agenda for the meeting of the REACH Committee on 29 April 2026
Answer given by EVP Séjourné to a MEP written question - Restricting lead shot under the REACH Regulation

Minutes of : Electricity cross-border committee - 24 March 2026
EU joins the International Energy Agency (IEA) Cities and Energy Storage Technology Collaboration Programmes
Revision of the EU energy security framework – Implementation takeaways - See the EPRS Implementation Appraisal
Brussels pushes remote working to ease energy crisis - European Commission also recommends heat pumps and public transport subsidies - Financial Times

Agenda for: Working Party on Forestry - 23 April 2026
Agenda for: Meeting of the Ambient Air Quality Committee - 27 & 28 April 2026
Agenda for: Meeting of the Committee on fluorinated greenhouse gases - 21 April 2026
Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Biodiversity) - 28 April 2026
Minutes of : Meeting of the Ambient Air Quality Committee - 11 March 2026
Directive (EU) 2026/805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 March 2026 amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy
Public consultation: Heavy-duty vehicles’ real-world fuel consumption and total mass – data collection and processing procedure - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 17 April 2026 - 15 May 2026
Answer given by Mr Hoekstra to a MEP written question - Possibility of suspending the ETS
Certifying EU permanent carbon removals: State of play in implementing the EU's Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming Regulation - See EPRS Briefing
Joint Statement - Further steps are needed to ensure that the simplification of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) becomes a workable reality for European farmers, forest owners and their cooperatives

Agenda for: Meeting of the Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues - Attachés - 23 April 2026
Agenda for: Meeting of the Antici Group (Simplification: Omnibus VII: Digital Omnibus and Digital Omnibus on AI) - 24 April 2026
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/881 of 11 December 2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the terms and conditions for applying the cybersecurity-related grounds in relation to delaying the dissemination of notification
Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Digital Services Act and the removal of online media content
Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Is the DSA ultimately a tool for silencing inconvenient opinions?
Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - US allegations concerning the Digital Services Act and protection of EU officials

Call for evidence: Criminal Justice Cross-check Mechanism - Type of act - Proposal for a regulation - Feedback period: April 2026 - 14 May 2026
OLAF Report 2025: €597 million to be recovered from fraud and irregularities following OLAF recommendations
JCO VAPE: OLAF and international customs authorities crack down on illegal trade in e-cigarettes
Investors pile into Hungarian assets in bet on closer EU ties - Stocks, bonds and the forint are up on hopes that Péter Magyar’s landslide victory will lead to pro-market reform - Financial Times

Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 24 April 2026
Commission statement on technical meetings with the incoming Hungarian Government

EU presents first Action Plan under the Pact for the Mediterranean
Joint statement by Commission, WHO Regional Office for Europe, and UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, celebrating the progress vaccination has made to protect public health for the past two decades
Spain pushes to end EU-Israel association agreement - Madrid will propose the measure at a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday, said Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez - Politico.eu
Orbán’s exit leaves Israel exposed in Europe - The Hungarian PM’s departure has revived a push for EU sanctions against West Bank settlers amid growing criticism from European leaders - Politico.eu

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