COMPETITION
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11786 - Mondi / Schumacker Packaging (German & Dutch & UK Business))
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11867 - Daikin / Copeland / C-D Compression Technologies JV)
- Inapplicability of the Regulation to a notified operation (Case M.11845 - Infravia / ILIAD / OP Core)
- Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11891 - GreenYellow / Stoa / DEG / Yoko Asset Management 2)
- Commission launches public consultation on antitrust rules for motor vehicle sector - Consultation period: 28 February 2025 - 23 May 2025
STATE AID
- Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.117228 & SA.112297
- Commission approves €103 million Czech State aid scheme to support district heating from biomass (SA.113882) - Midday Express
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Minutes - 67th Meeting of the Customs Expert Group - Tariff Measures subsection - 06 December 2024
- Minutes - Customs: Programmes coordinators network - Meeting on the Programme Information and Collaboration Space (PICS) - 20 February 2025
- The screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council - See the Amendments & Draft Opinion
- Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Economic impact assessment of an EU-Mercosur trade agreement on the European and Irish beef sector
- Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Trade agreement with Mercosur
- Copa-Cogeca Statement - Commission’s proposal on trade defense measures against fertiliser imports from Russian/Belarus: a medium-term strategy is key for EU food security along with urgent patches to mitigate severe economic harm for farmers
- SECO-WCO GTFP Phase II Workshop on "Strategic Planning and Performance Measurement" held in Moldova
- US and UK in talks on trade deal that could spare Britain from tariffs - Donald Trump says America is looking to forge pact as ‘quickly as it can be done’ - Financial Times
CBAM
- CBAM: new Commission Proposal will simplify and strengthen – See the Annexes & Working Document
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- IMCO - “The single market remains one of the biggest opportunities for US companies”
- Public consultation: Amendment of conformity assessment procedures for EU fertilising products - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 27 February 2025 - 27 March 2025
- Non-paper by Belgium, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovakia and Spain on an action plan for the European Steel Industry
- EUROFER welcomes ministerial talks in Paris on steel industry’s future, calls for decisive measures
- Clean Industrial Deal: right diagnosis but more ‘radical change’ is urgently needed to turn the tide, says EUROFER
OMNIBUS
- 1st EU Omnibus: A positive step towards making it easier to do business in Europe - BusinessEurope
- AFME comments on the EU Sustainability Omnibus Package
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)
FINANCE
- The EBA responds to the European Commission’s partial rejection of its technical standards on authorisation for issuers of asset-referenced tokens
TAXATION
- Judgment of the Court of 27 February 2025 in Case C‑277/24 (Adjak), (i) M.B.Vs. Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej we Wrocławiu
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common system of VAT - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 273- Measures to ensure the correct collection of VAT - VAT debt of a taxable person - National legislation which provides for the joint and several liability of the former chairperson of the management board of the taxable person - Participation of the former chairperson of the management board in the proceedings establishing the existence of a VAT debt - Proceedings to invoke joint and several liability - Calling into question of the VAT debt - Rights of the defence - Proportionality - Judgment of the Court of 27 February 2025 in Case C‑18/23, F S.A. Vs. Dyrektor Krajowej Informacji Skarbowej,
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 63(1) TFEU - Free movement of capital - Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities - Corporation tax - Exemption from corporation tax for income received by such an undertaking - Conditions for exemption - External management of that undertaking - Directive 2009/65/EC - Article 29(1) - Applicability - Council conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
- Council Directive (EU) 2025/425 of 18 February 2025 amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards the electronic value added tax exemption certificate
- Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/428 of 18 February 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2011 as regards the electronic value added tax exemption certificate
ENERGY
- Opinion of Advocate General Rantos of 27 February 2025 in Case C‑633/23, Electrabel SA, Fédération Belge des Entreprises Électriques et Gazières ASBL, Organisatie voor Duurzame Energie Vlaanderen ASBL, Wind4wallonia 2 SA, Luminus SA, EDF Belgium SA, ActiVent Wallonie SCRL, Eol’Wapi SA, Lumiwind SC, Luminus Wind Together SC Vs. Commission de Régulation de l’Electricité et du Gaz (CREG), intervener État belge
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Internal market for electricity - Regulation (EU) 2022/1854- Emergency intervention to address high energy prices - Article 2(5) and (9) - Articles 6 to 8 - Cap on market revenues from electricity - Determination of ‘market revenues’ - National legislation providing for recourse to irrebuttable or partly rebuttable presumptions which do not allow the revenues actually realised to be taken into account - Direct effect - Principle of proportionality - Article 22(2)(c) - Period of application of Articles 6 to 8 of that regulation - Cap on revenues applied on a date earlier than that provided for by the regulation - Principles of primacy, effectiveness and sincere cooperation
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- EU welcomes positive outcome of biodiversity negotiations at COP16 meeting in Rome - Midday Express
- Climate impact of air pollution levels aligning with European Commission’s proposed air quality standards - see EEB Report
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
- Critical Medicines Alliance Report recommends priority actions to strengthen the supply of medicines in the EU and prevent shortages - Midday Express
- SCCS - Minutes of the Working Group meeting on Methodologies of 12 February 2025
EFSA
- Critical appraisal tool (CAT) for the evaluation of evidence from animal observational epidemiological studies
- Safety evaluation of the food enzyme 6‐Phytase from the genetically modified Trichoderma reesei strain AR‐766
- Safety evaluation of an extension of use of the food enzyme triacylglycerol lipase from the genetically modified Trichoderma reesei strain RF10625
TRANSPORT & MOBILITY
- Decision No 1/2025 of the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road of 17 January 2025 as regards the terms of reference of the ad hoc working group established by the Agreement
- Communication from the Commission on the interpretation and implementation of certain legal provisions of Regulation (EU) 2023/2405 of the European Parliament and the Council on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport (ReFuelEU Aviation)
- Industry on track to meet EU targets for sustainable aviation fuel share - see the Report from the Commission on "The ReFuelEU Aviation SAF flexibility mechanism" - Midday Express
DIGITAL, DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY
- Judgment of the Court of 27 February 2025 in Case C‑562/23, T‑2 družba za ustvarjanje, razvoj in trženje elektronskih komunikacij in opreme d.o.o. Vs. Agencija za komunikacijska omrežja in storitve Republike Slovenije
Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Authorisation of electronic communications networks and services - Harmonised radio spectrum - Individual rights of use for a limited period - Extension of those rights - Directive 2002/20/EC - Article 5(2) - Directive 2002/20, as amended by Directive 2009/140/EC - Article 5(2) - European Electronic Communications Code - Directive (EU) 2018/ 1972 - Article 49(1) and (2) - Temporal applicability - Commissioner McGrath travels to Singapore to discuss data flows, digitalisation and consumer protection - Midday Express
- A Trusted and Cyber Secure Europe - ENISA Strategy
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- ECB Consumer Expectations Survey results - January 2025
- ECB - Monetary developments in the euro area: January 2025
- The heterogeneous effects of household debt relief - ECB Working Paper Series No.3034
- Interview of ECB's Piero Cipollone: The role of the digital euro in digital payments and finance
- Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the ECB - 29 & 30 January 2025
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- Thailand: Statement by the Spokesperson on the deportation of Uyghurs to China
- World NGO Day: Statement by the EEAS Secretary General Belén Martínez Carbonell
- Commissioner Šuica visits Egypt to strengthen EU-Egypt Partnership and discuss New Pact for the Mediterranean
EU- INDIA RELATIONS
- Joint statement on the second meeting of the EU-India Trade and Technology Council
- EU-India relations: Time for a new boost? - See the EP Briefing
- Statement by President von der Leyen at the joint press point with Indian Prime Minister Modi
- Speech by President von der Leyen: ‘The Consequential Partnership: Reimagining and realigning EU and India ties for today's world'
- EU and India target trade deal this year - Ursula von der Leyen pledges ‘full commitment’ to realising long-awaited pact under shadow of Trump tariffs - Financial Times
