COMPETITION
- Advocate General Emiliou: Sports governing bodies are limited in their self-regulation if there is a significant impact on matters governed by EU law (See CPR Nº 61/2025 - Opinion of the Advocate General in cases C-209/23, C-428/23, C-133/24 RRC Sports)
- Opinion of Advocate General Medina of 15 May 2025 in Case C‑541/23 P, Polwax S.A. Vs. European Commission
Re: Appeal - Competition - Concentrations - Market for slack wax and market for paraffin wax - Acquisition of control over Grupa Lotos by PKN Orlen - Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement - Action for annulment brought by a third party - Definition of the relevant markets -Burden and standard of proof - Standard of review by the General Court in merger cases - Opinion of Advocate General Emiliou of 15 May 2025 in Case C‑133/24, CD Tondela – Futebol, SAD, and Others Vs. Autoridade da Concorrência
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Competition - Article 101 TFEU - Professional football - National league - Concepts of anticompetitive ‘object’ and ‘effect’ - COVID‑19 pandemic - No-poach agreement - Judgment in Meca-Medina (C‑519/04 P)
STATE AID
- Commission Decision (EU) 2025/892 of 31 October 2024 on measure SA.56399 and SA.56634 (2021/C) (ex 2020/FC) implemented by France in favour of La Française des Jeux
- State aid – Decision to close an existing aid case as a result of acceptance of appropriate measures by an EFTA State
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Judgment of the Court of 15 May 2025 in Case C-782/23, “Tauritus” UAB Vs. Muitinės departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos, in the presence of : Kauno teritorinė muitinė
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Customs Union - Customs Code of the Union - Method of determining customs value - Article 70 - Transaction value - Goods imported on the basis of a provisional purchase price - Definitive price dependent on various factors unknown at the date of acceptance of the customs declaration - Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 16 May 2025
- Agenda for: Foreign Affairs Council (Trade - see the List of 'A Items'), 15 May 2025
- Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2283 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products
- Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2278 suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties referred to in Article 56(2), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain agricultural and industrial products
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards dechlorane plus
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council suspending certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 as regards imports of Ukrainian products into the Union
- Council Decision (EU) 2025/915 of 12 May 2025 establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in the World Trade Organization as regards the incorporation of the Agreement on Electronic Commerce into the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization
- Overview of Economic Partnership Agreements and of Free Trade Agreements as updated on 12 May 2025
- Joint Minutes of the Sixth Meeting of the Committee on Government Procurement under the Agreement between the EU and Japan for an Economic Partnership - 12 March 2025
- Study in support of an ex-post evaluation of the Agreement between the EU and Japan for an Economic Partnership - Main Report - Draft Inception Report & Annex - 14 May 2025
- Monthly information on imports from Ukraine and Moldova from all third countries of agricultural products subject to Tariff Rate Quotas applicable to imports from Ukraine and Moldova under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and under the EU-Moldova Association Agreement - May 2025
- Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Agri-food imports from the USA
- Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - US tariffs threaten Galician competitiveness and industry
- WTO - The second review of the trade policies and practices of Cabo Verde takes place on 14 and 16 May 2025
- WTO chief warns US bilateral tariff deals could put trade principle at risk - Comments from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlight concern that pacts may undermine ‘most favoured nation’ equality concept - Financial Times
- Plans to reset UK-EU relations hit trouble over fishing rights and youth mobility - Member states reject Brussels’ latest efforts to bridge gaps between the two sides - Financial Times
- US investors started snubbing Europe before Trump’s tariffs, study shows - American investment in Europe dropped by 24% from 2023 to 2024. With Donald Trump’s tariffs, things could get even worse - Politico.eu
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 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
- Opinion of the European Central Bank on proposals for amendments to corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements (CON/2025/10)
- Technical working document produced in connection with ECB Opinion CON/2025/10 - Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/893 of 14 May 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2191 as regards harmonised standards for digital enhanced cordless telecommunications devices, short range devices, satellite systems, broadband and wideband data transmission systems, international mobile telecommunication systems, aeronautical and meteorological radars, 5 and 6 GHz WAS/RLAN equipment, wireless digital video links, and advanced surface movement guidance and control systems
- Commission invests €1.25 billion in researchers and invites them to ‘Choose Europe for Science' - Q&A
AUTOMOTIVE
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 to include an additional flexibility as regards the calculation of manufacturers’ compliance with CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for the calendar years 2025 to 2027
CHEMICAL
- Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the REACH (chromium trioxide)
TAXATION
- Agenda for: Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) - Subgroup on internal and external issues - 23 May 2025
AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES
- Agenda for: Expert Group for Agricultural Markets, CMO Regulation - Horizontal questions - 26 May 2025
- Agenda for: Expert Group for Agricultural Markets, CMO Regulation - Arable Crops and Olive Oil - 28 May 2025
- Remarks by EVP Fitto, Commissioner Dombrovskis and Commissioner Hansen on simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy to support farmers and enhance competitiveness
- Minutes & Working Documents for the Expert Group for sustainability and quality of agriculture and rural development - sub-group on methane emissions in agriculture - 25 March 2025
ENERGY
- Agenda for: 14th Meeting of the Expert Group on Renewable and Low-Carbon Fuel - 19 May 2025
- EU energy market data centralised and more accessible with ACER’s new REMIT tools
- Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Exclusion of small hydropower plants from renewables acceleration areas under the Renewable Energy Directive
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (CITES) - 23 May 2025
- Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Int. Chemicals/ Synergies) - 21 May 2025
- Commissioner Roswall hosts a High-Level Meeting on the upcoming EU Bioeconomy Strategy - Midday Express
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
- Judgment of the Court of 15 mai 2025 in Case C-717/23, Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz contre MM, en présence de Bezirkshauptmannschaft Grieskirchen
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products - Directive 2014/40/EU - Article 2(40) - Concept of “placing on the market” - Article 23(2) - Supervision of implementation - Scope - Placing on the market of tobacco products the packaging of which includes non-compliant elements - Supply of tobacco products by a wholesaler to a retailer - Fine imposed on the manager of a company acting as a wholesaler
DIGITAL, INFORMATRION SOCIETY & CYBERSECURITY
- Commission preliminarily finds TikTok's ad repository in breach of the Digital Services Act
- ENISA - Handbook for cyber stress test - April 2025
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- EU will give €120 million in humanitarian aid to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025
- Remarks by President Antonio Costa after his meeting in Pristina with President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu
- EU Statement – UN Ad Hoc Working Group on GA Revitalization: Informal meeting on the Elements Paper
- Russia: Statement by the Spokesperson on the politically motivated sentencing of independent election expert Grigory Melkonyants
