COMPETITION
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11570 - Midea / Arbonia)
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11669 - Shell Group / Pavilion)
- Commission clears acquisition of Britvic by Carlsberg (M.11675) - Midday Express
- Commission clears creation of joint venture by Schwenk Group and Goldbeck Group (M.11724) - Midday Express
- Commission published its decision approving the takeover of La Triveneta Cavi by French cable maker Nexans - See Case M.11488
- Commission has released a public version of its decision in May 2023 to clear Norsk Hydro’s acquisition of Polish metals recycler Alumetal - See Case M.10658
- Commission published its decision approving the US IT company's acquisition of Juniper Networks by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company - See Case M.11457
- European Commission: Protect AI stack competition and investigate Nvidia merger - See Submission from a coalition of civil society organisations on the Nvidia / Run:ai - Case M.11766
- Austria - Construction cartel update: BWB files application for declaratory judgement against ABO Asphalt-Bau Oeynhausen GmbH at the Cartel Court
- UK - The CMA has cleared the anticipated acquisition by Carlsberg UK Holdings Limited of Britvic plc.
STATE AID
- Commission approves €1.7 billion Danish State aid scheme to support the production of renewable gas (SA.102206)
- Commission authorises French State aid worth €127 million for the port of Dunkirk (SA.113270) - Midday Express
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Minutes of the Customs Business Group (CBG) on UCC CCI Project - 22 November 2024
- Notice of initiation concerning a functioning review of the safeguard measure applicable to imports of certain steel products
- Conclusions of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the future of European investment protection policy – Council conclusions (16 December 2024)
- Twenty-Sixth Annual Report according to Article 8(2) of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment
- Per Destination: Afghanistan to Gabon; - Per Destination: Georgia to Rwanda; - Per Destination: Saint Lucia to Multiple Destinations; - Per Region & - Worldwide - EU-China FDI: recent trends and implications on EU exposure - Created by GROW.A.1 - Last update: 12 December 2024
- EU–Latin America: Enhancing cooperation on critical raw materials - See EPRS Briefing
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Transition pathway for Mobility - Summary of the first round of stakeholder pledges - Created by GROW.I.2 - Last update: 16 December 2024
- Deglobalization and the reorganization of supply chains: Effects on regional inequalities in the EU - Created by GROW.A.1 - Last update: 16 December 2024
- List of National Competent Authorities for Cosmetics, Poison Centres and other relevant authorities - Created by GROW.01.DIR - Last update: 16 December 2024
- List of national market surveillance authorities by Country and by Sector - Created by GROW.D.3 - Last update: 14 December 2024
- Notification of Member States penalties provisions pursuant to Article 41 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 - Created by GROW.D.3 - Last update: 14 December 2024
- Supply Chain Tectonics. Empirics on how the EU is plotting its path through global trade fragmentation - Created by GROW.A.1 - Last update: 13 December 2024
CHEMICAL
- Substances containing benzene dominate exports and imports of hazardous chemicals - ECHA/NR/24/37
FINANCE
- Meeting report of the 18th meeting of the second mandate of the Platform on Sustainable Finance - Plenary and subgroup sessions - 22-23 October 2024
- ESMA delivers technical standards on CTPs and other DRSPs
- ESMA delivers final report on equity transparency under MiFID II
- ESMA publishes its Final Report on bond transparency and reasonable commercial basis under MiFIR Review
AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES
- High-Level Group on Wine outlines policy recommendations for the future of the EU wine sector
ENERGY
- Main results - Meeting of the TTE Council (Energy), 16 December 2024
- Minutes of the Gas Coordination Group meeting - 27 November 2024
- Energy Community's 22nd Ministerial Council accelerates integration with the EU Electricity Market
- France and Energy Community Secretariat sign EUR 5.7 Million agreement for Ukraine Energy Support Fund
- Sweden open to power cable project if Germany reforms, minister says - Swedish energy minister Ebba Busch prepared to move on Hansa PowerBridge project if Berlin overhauls electricity market - Financial Times
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Zero pollution: Council agrees its position on reducing plastic pellets losses, including in maritime transport
- Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - Harmonisation of packaging legislation and the administrative burden on small enterprises in the EU
- European auto makers calls for decisive action on End-Of-Life Vehicles Regulation from EU Environment Council
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
- Minutes of the Meeting of the MDCG Annex XVI subgroup, Stakeholders & Regulators Session - 07 November 2024
- Call for Evidence - EU rules on medical devices and in vitro diagnostics – targeted evaluation - Evaluation - Feedback period: 12 December 2024 - 21 March 2025
- Food origin labelling: Developments and issue - See EPRS Briefing
- Joint Statement - EU Member States endorse updated Code for Green Labelling for Feed to drive sustainable animal feed production
ECDC
- Core protocol for ECDC studies of vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection laboratory-confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 or with seasonal influenza Version 4.0
EFSA
- Scientific Opinion - Safety assessment of the substance 2,2′‐oxydiethylamine for use in plastic food contact materials
- Scientific Opinion - Safety of frozen, dried and powder forms of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) as a novel food pursuant
- Scientific Opinion - Revised dietary exposure assessment of the food enzyme endo 1,4‐β‐xylanase from the genetically modified Aspergillus oryzae strain NZYM‐FB
- Scientific Opinion - Safety evaluation of the food enzyme containing endo‐polygalacturonase and β‐glucosidase from the non‐genetically modified Aspergillus tubingensis strain AR
- Scientific Opinion - Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of the bacteriophages PCM F/00069, PCM F/00070, PCM F/00071 and PCM F/00097 (Bafasal®) for all poultry (Proteon Pharmaceuticals S.A.)
TRANSPORT & MOBILITY
- Communication from the Commission on the exemptions to be applied by Greece, Italy, Denmark & Malta under Article 2(3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport
DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Commission opens formal proceedings against TikTok on election risks under the Digital Services Act
- Minutes of the 88th Meeting of the RSC Radio Spectrum Committee - Decision n° 676/2002/EC - 10 December 2024
- Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Failure to report costs incurred and supervisory fees charged for the monitoring of very large online platforms under the Digital Services Act
DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY
- Agenda for: 100th EDPB meeting - 17 December 2024
- EDPS - Newsletter No.112
- EDPS - Oral history of data protection - Interview with Dr. Waltraut Kotschy
- EDPS - Discussion with Carissa Véliz: "Democracy is the best system we know to have the greatest possible level of freedom"
AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE
- Council Conclusions on the use of Artificial Intelligence in the field of justice
- On the return of illegally staying third-country nationals posing a security threat - Commission Staff Working Document
- Commission considers that Hungary has not sufficiently addressed breaches of the principles of the rule of law and therefore maintains measures to protect the Union budget
- EU nears migration deals with Jordan and Morocco - Brussels pursues more economic partnerships in return for tougher border control after pacts with Egypt and Tunisia stall - Financial Times
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- Cohesion policy: EU co-legislators strike a deal on a new instrument to promote the development of cross-border regions (BRIDGEforEU) - See RenewEurope Statement
- Commission welcomes the agreement on new legislation to ease administrative and legal cross-border obstacles - Midday Express
- Commission disburses €9.4 billion to Poland under the Recovery and Resilience Facility - Midday Express
- Commission disburses the third payment of €463 million to Lithuania under the Recovery and Resilience Facility - Midday Express
- Commission receives Slovakia's fifth payment request for €516.8 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility - Midday Express
- What drives domestic inflation? The triangle of wages, profits and productivity - See the ECB Blog
- Speech by ECB's Isabel Schnabel: "Navigating towards neutral"
- Trust in central banks - ECB Working Paper Series No.3006
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- Main results - Foreign Affairs Council, 16 December 2024
- Third meeting of the Accession Conference with Albania at ministerial level
- Seventeenth meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at ministerial level
- Statement by President von der Leyen following her meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan, in Amman
RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE
- Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: EU adopts 15th package of restrictive measures - See Decision (CFSP) 2024/3182, Decision (CFSP) 2024/318, Regulation (EU) 2024/3183 & Regulation (EU) 2024/3189
- Russian hybrid threats: EU agrees first listings in response to destabilising activities against the EU, its member states and partners - See Decision (CFSP) 2024/3174 & Regulation (EU) 2024/3188
- Belarus: EU lists 26 individuals and 2 entities in view of the situation in the country - See Decision (CFSP) 2024/3175 & Regulation (EU) 2024/3177
- Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2698 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region
- Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2894 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region
- EU imposes sanctions on oil trader Niels Troost over alleged Russian involvement - Dutch national is first EU citizen targeted in relation to western price cap measures introduced after full-scale Ukraine invasion - Financial Times
- Clamp down on Russian shadow fleet after tanker oil spill, says Latvia - Hundreds of murkily operated vessels continue to transport Russian oil around the world despite EU sanctions -Politico.eu
- Sudan: Council adds four individuals to EU sanctions list for threatening the peace, stability and security of the country - See Decision (CFSP) 2024/3154 & Regulation (EU) 2024/3156
- Guatemala: Council renews EU restrictive measures for a year - Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/3198
- Answer given by HR/VP Kallas to a MEP written question - Compliance with sanctions against the PFLP
