Europe Daily News, 24 April 2025

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11864 – Zeppelin / TEIBO)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11975 – Latour Capital / Lynxeo)
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11908 – Jera Nex / BP Gamma / JV)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11912 – M&G FA / P Capital Partners)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11929 – MET / MEGA)
• Commission clears acquisition of BGPL by Actis and EDF (M.11962) - Midday Express
• Commission clears acquisition of Verallia by BWGI (M.11960) - Midday Express

STATE AID

• Commission Decision (EU) 2025/775 of 29 April 2024 on the State aid SA.59344 – 2021/C (ex 2021/N, ex 2020/PN) – Restructuring aid to TAROM
• Commission approves €612 million Portuguese State aid scheme to support energy-intensive companies (SA.111450)

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda of the Trade Policy Committee (Full Members) - 30 April 2025
  
• Agenda of the 10th meeting of the Customs Expert Group - TARIC section - 10 May 2025
• Agenda of the 72nd meeting of the Customs Expert Group - Tariff Measures subsection - 23 May 2025
• Minutes of the 69th Plenary Meeting of the Trade Contact Group - 20 March 2025
• Minutes of the 46th meeting of the Customs Expert Group - Data Integration and Harmonization - 03 & 05 February 2025
• Draft Report on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement by MEP Thijs Reuten and Nina Carberry
  
• WTO - Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Semi-annual report under article 16.4 of the Agreement - 1 July - 31 December 2024 - European Union
• WTO - Items proposed for consideration at the next meeting of Dispute Settlement Body - 25 April 2025
• WCO - TCCV adopts three Key Instruments at Historic 60th Session
• China to lift sanctions on MEPs in bid to revive trade deal with EU - Beijing steps up efforts to woo Brussels as 145% tariffs imposed by the US seal off its biggest market - Financial Times

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Updated rules for safer roads, less air pollution and digital vehicle documents - See the Q&A
  - Proposal for a revision of the Directive on periodic technical inspections and roadside inspections of commercial vehicles
  - Proposal for a revision of the directive on vehicle registration documents
• Answer given by Executive Vice-President Séjourné to a MEP written question - Clean Industrial Deal
• Answer given by Executive Vice-President Séjourné to a MEP written question - Economic competitiveness, EU monetary support programmes for companies/sectors, EU regulation and economic theory
• EFTA: ESA issues an opinion on storage of CO2 in Norway

FINANCE

• Answer given by Ms Albuquerque to a MEP written question - Lifting or suspension of individual EU sanctions by a Member State in the event of an emergency
• EU financial regulation: The trouble with Danish, squared - Navigating a bancassurance accounting loophole - Financial Times

ENERGY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Energy - 30 April 2025
• 5 things you should know about wind energy - See DG Energy Statement
• Speech by President von der Leyen at the Summit on the Future of Energy Security
• Weekly Oil Bulletin - Information and maps showing weekly updates on prices of petroleum products in all EU countries
• EU to float ban on new Russian energy contracts - The idea will be one of several options Brussels will suggest in May to sever Russian energy links - Politico.eu

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Commission takes further step to protect biodiversity in the High Seas - See the Directive

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

ECDC

• Making the next five years count: Europe not on track to reach 2030 Sustainable Development Goal targets on HIV, TB, viral hepatitis B and C and STIs
  
  EFSA

• Follow‐up of the re‐evaluation of silver (E 174) as a food additive (EFSA‐Q‐2023‐00169)
• Agrilus planipennis Pest Report to support the ranking of EU candidate priority pests
• Agrilus anxius Pest Report to support the ranking of EU candidate priority pests

EMA

• Industry stakeholders and EU network experts surveys on early engagement fostering innovation - Final report: 01 January 2024-15 December 2024

SCCS

• Preliminary opinion on Benzophenone-2 (BP-2) and Benzophenone-5 (BP-5) - deadline for comments: 17 June 2025

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Border security: MEPs endorse gradual roll-out of Entry-Exit System

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Report on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Türkiye by MEP Nacho Sànchez Amor
• Report on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Serbia by MEP Tonino Picula
• Report on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Kosovo by MEP Riho Terras