COMPETITION
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12242 - Nemk Capital Limited / Management Limited / Project Informatica)
- Commission clears acquisition of RDG and RN R&M by BMWE (M.12072) - Midday Express
- Commission clears creation of joint venture by Hochtief, KfW and Vulcan (M.12251) - Midday Express
- Commission clears acquisition of Ascend Commerce by ADCG and NDG (M.12336) - Midday Express
- Commission publishes summary of responses to consultation on Foreign Subsidies Regulation review - Midday Express
- Germany - The Bundeskartellamt allowed Cosco shipping company to acquire 80 percent of the Zippel forwarding company
- Germany - The Bundeskartellamt has published its sixth report on the conditions of competition in the generation of electricity - Market Power Report 2024/25
- Norway - The Competition Authority has notified Schlumberger of its intention to impose an administrative fine of NOK 30 million for providing incorrect information in the notification of an acquisition
- Portugal - AdC adopted a non-opposition decision in concentration operation Tega*Fundos Apollo / Molycop
- Portugal - AdC adopted a non-opposition decision in concentration operation Cementos Molins / Secil
- UK - CMA: Getty-Shutterstock deal may harm editorial competition - See the Report & Its Summary
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Agenda for: Working Party on the United Kingdom - 24 February 2026
- Agenda for: Meeting of the Trade Policy Committee (Deputies) - 26 February 2026
- Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures (Optical fibre cables - The People’s Republic of China - Regulation (EU) 2021/2011 - 19.11.2026)
- Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures (Stainless steel cold-rolled flat products - India & Indonesia - Regulation (EU) 2021/2012 - 19.11.2026)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/366 of 19 February 2026 making imports of sodium benzoate originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration
- Final text of proposed Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the bilateral safeguard clauses of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products
- Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the EU in the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference on the accession of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the WTO
- Digital Industries call on the European Parliament to approve EU-US trade deal
- Joint answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - EU-India agreement and protection measures for the ceramics industry
- Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - EU agreement with developing countries: European rice sector at risk
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Answer given by Executive Vice-President Séjourné to a MEP written question - Repercussions on the internal market of the V16 emergency light being mandatory in Spain
- Pentagon aggressively lobbies EU against Buy European weapons push - In previously unreported remarks, the U.S. administration warned Brussels that it will retaliate if Europeans “strong-arm American companies out of the market.” - Politico.eu
AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES
- Agenda for: Meeting of the Agriculture & Fisheries Council - 23 February 2026
- Difficulties that the EU pig sector is facing - the need for an exceptional aid
- Application of CAP Control Framework under the 2023–2027 CAP Strategic Plans
- Request to transfer provisions from the draft NRPP regulation to the draft CAP regulation, the draft CFP regulation and the draft CMO regulation - Final text of proposed Regulation, reached through informal trialogue negotiations and formally adopted by the European Parliament on 12 February 2026, on cooperation among enforcement authorities responsible for the enforcement of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain
- Italy: EPPO dismantles criminal group behind €1.4 million agricultural funding fraud
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
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Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Whaling) - 27 February 2026
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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) …/... of XXX laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards minimum environmental sustainability requirements for public procurement procedures involving certain net-zero technologies
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Open Consultation - Rules for the calculation and verification of average loss rates for sorted waste - Delegated decision - Feedback period: 17 February 2026 - 17 March 2026
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EUDR: Questions from Belgian companies forwarded to the European Commission
DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Agenda for: 10th meeting of the European Data Innovation Board - 04 March 2026
- European Union endorses Leaders' Declaration at AI Summit in India - Midday Express
- ACEA position paper: Proposal for a Digital Omnibus on Artificial Intelligence
- ACEA position paper: Proposal for a Digital Omnibus
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- ECB - Euro area monthly balance of payments: December 2025
- Speech by ECB's Christine Lagarde: The order that took centuries to build
- Speech by ECB's Piero Cipollone: The digital euro: enhancing payments in the euro area
- Consumption and saving amid uncertainty: recent insights from the CES - ECB Economic Bulletin Issue 1, 2026
- Estimating the time-varying reserve elasticity of money market rates in the euro area - ECB Economic Bulletin Issue 1, 2026
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- Agenda for: Meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council - 23 February 2026
- EU terrorist list: Council designates the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation - See Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/421 and Council Regulation (EU) 2026/420
- Statement by the HR/VP on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries with Council Decision concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s destabilising activities
- Press remarks by President António Costa at the press conference following the meeting with Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre
- Answer given by HR/VP Kallas to a MEP written question - Compliance with the Treaty on European Union in international relations with the United States
- Answer given by HR/VP Kallas to a MEP written question - Statement by EU foreign affairs spokesperson regarding Morocco’s proposal on Western Sahara
