Europe Daily News, 23 April 2025

COMPETITION

• Commission clears acquisition of Norva24 by Apax Partners (M.11955) - Midday Express
• Czech Republic: The UOHS is investigating whether one of the Czech TV stations is harming consumers and distributors
• Greece: Publication of the Decision on the Regulatory Intervention in the Construction Sector
• Ireland: CCPC publishes new settlement procedure for competition law investigations
• Six European competition authorities publish joint statement on the importance of competition in the telecommunications sector
• UK - The CMA has served an initial enforcement order on Kpler Holding SA, exactEarth Ltd (Canada) and its subsidiary exactEarth Europe Limited (UK).

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Agenda for: Trade Policy Committee (Full Members) - 30 April 2025
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Commission President Ursula von der Leyen concluding EU-Mercosur trade deal on her own
• Answer given by Mr Hansen to a MEP written question - Future of wine exports – new target markets and trade agreements by 2050
• Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Inadequacy of the single market uniform tariff measures laid down by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2080
• WTO - Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Factual presentation - FTA between the European Union and New Zealand - Goods and services - Report by the Secretariat - Revision
• Von der Leyen: World is ‘lining up’ to work with Europe amid Trump’s trade war - Politico.eu

INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY

• Answer given by Executive Vice-President Séjourné to a MEP written question - Memoranda of Understanding on raw material value chains – transparency

TAXATION

• Agenda (rev.1) for: Working Party on Tax Questions (High Level) - 29 April 2025

ENERGY

• President von der Leyen in London to meet Prime Minister Starmer and participate in Summit on the Future of Energy Security - Midday Express
• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Decoupling electricity prices from gas prices
• ACER to decide on the national flexibility needs assessment methodology
• ACER - Gas winter 2024-25 season: prices and demand up, storage down

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Commissioner Roswall hosts high-level roundtable on nature credits as tools to finance nature restoration - Midday Express
• Annual European Union greenhouse gas inventory 1990-2023 and inventory document 2025 - See EEA Report

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act
• Commission closes investigation into Apple's user choice obligations and issues preliminary findings on rules for alternative apps under the Digital Markets Act
• EU regulators probe SkinnyTok trend on TikTok - The European Commission will assess whether TikTok is doing enough to stop harmful content connected to eating disorders - Politico.eu

DATA PRIVACY

• EDPS: Annual Report 2024: acting for the future of data protection
• EDPB annual report 2024: protecting personal data in a changing landscape

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• Fourth State of Schengen report on 40 years of profound benefits for all EU citizens

ECB, EURO & ECONOMY

• Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe will represent the Eurogroup at the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Washington, DC
• New data release: ECB wage tracker continues to indicate that negotiated wage pressures will ease over the course of the year
• ECB: The exchange of balance of payments and international investment position statistics – BPM6 – booklet
• ECB: Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 18 April 2025

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• EU Statement – UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Harmony with Nature
• EU-Philippines Partnership – Launch of grant facilities to support local circular economy
• Bhutan: 13th Annual Consultations take place in Thimphu
• Working together for a safer tomorrow: Central Asia launches new phase of Uranium Legacy Remediation