COMPETITION
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11823 - Triton / Macgregor)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11935 - Carlyle / SK Capital Partners / Bluebird)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11927 - IK Partners / Sagard / Sterimed)
- Commission clears acquisition of Motel One by PAI Partners (M.11933) - Midday Express
- Commission clears acquisition of Mega Group International by MET Sales and Trading Holding (M.11929) - Midday Express
- Czech Republic - ÚOHS imposed a 1 million fine on ZD Trhový Štěpánov for unfair business practices in the Sale of Agricultural and Food Products
- Italy - AGCM has presented its Annual Activity Report 2024
- Hungary - The GVH is investigating the dairy and egg markets
- Hungary - Parliament adopts the 2024 report of the Hungarian Competition Authority
- Hungary - More retail chains hit by GVH, a site visit was carried out at the headquarters of Spar and Auchan
- UK - The CMA has published a notice of a penalty imposed on Keysight Technologies, Inc.
- UK - The CMA has published its Decision on relevant merger situation of Microsoft Corporation’s partnership with OpenAI, Inc.
- Answer given by EVP Ribera to a MEP written question - Development of the blue economy and compliance of national port management regulations with European legislation
- Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s failed negotiations to end antitrust case - The FTC wanted $30 billion to drop its case - Wall Street Journal
STATE AID
- Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU - Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.117554
- ESA approves amendments to Norwegian tax refund scheme for employing seafarers
- ESA approves Norwegian scheme for floating offshore wind in Utsira Nord
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Agenda for: Meeting of the Trade Policy Committee (Deputies) - 24 April 2025
- Agenda for: 72nd meeting of the Customs Expert Group - Tariff Measures subsection - 23 May 2025
- EU bolsters Economic Security with New Recommendation on Export Controls
- Joint Statement of the third EU-Singapore Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) Board Meeting -14 April 2025
- Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - EU strategic autonomy and fertilisers
- Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - E-commerce platforms as ‘deemed importers’
- WTO - Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - European Union - Smartphones, mobile phones other than smartphones, cordless phones and slate tablets
- WTO - The third review of the trade policies and practices of Sierra Leone takes place on 15 and 17 April 2025
EU/US TARIFFS
- Carmakers and parts suppliers fight over punitive tariff costs - Clash comes as car companies hold crunch talks with Trump to head off 25% import tariffs - Financial Times
- US wants to retain key tariffs on EU, say European officials - Diplomats from the bloc say American negotiators stressed the need for levies as part of efforts to repatriate industry - Financial Times
- Inside Meloni’s plan to sweet-talk Trump on tariffs - EU leaders hope the Italian PM can convey their trade concerns to the U.S. president when she visits Washington - Politico.eu
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Agenda for: Working Party on Technical Harmonisation (Dangerous Substances - Chemicals) - 24 April 2025
- Directive (EU) 2025/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 April 2025 amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
- Vehicle emissions – methods and tests for Euro 7 on-board monitoring systems (cars and vans emissions type approval) - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 15 April 2025 - 13 May 2025
- Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act - speeding up decarbonisation - Proposal for a regulation - Feedback period: 15 April 2025 - 08 July 2025 & Feedback period: 16 April 2025 - 09 July 2025
- Investment simplification: Council agrees position on the ‘Invest EU’ regulation to boost EU competitiveness
FINANCE
- A material gender pay gap persists across EU banks and investment firms, the EBA observes in its Benchmarking Report
- ESMA publishes implementing rules on Liquidity Management Tools for funds
- ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues: "Climate change" on 24 April 2025; "UNECE CLRTAP" on 28 April 2025 & "Int. Chemicals/ Synergies" on 16 April 2025
- Habitats directive: Council agrees on the targeted proposal to change the protection status of the wolf
- EU emissions trading system for maritime, aviation and stationary installations, and market stability reserve – review - Proposal for a directive - Feedback period: 15 April 2025 - 08 July 2025
- Europe helped teach China to make cars. Now the tables are turning - The EU is trading market access for expertise in key technologies, just as Beijing once did - Financial Times
FORESTRY
- Agenda for: Working Party on Forestry - 25 April 2025
- Agenda for: Ad Hoc Working Party on Forest Monitoring - 24 April 2025
- Commission takes action to simplify the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation - Feedback period: 15 April 2025 - 13 May 2025
HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY
- List of dangerous products notified in Commission's Safety Gate 2024 sets the path for increased consumer protection
- Commission authorises medicine for treatment of early Alzheimer's disease - Midday Express
- Commission welcomes significant step towards Pandemic Agreement
- Call for evidence: Critical Medicines Act - Proposal for a regulation - Feedback period: 15 April 2025 - 11 June 2025
- ESA urges Norway to continue to strengthen welfare controls for laying hens and chickens kept for meat production
EFSA
- Spodoptera litura Pest Report to support the ranking of EU candidate priority pests
- Assessment of the feed additive consisting of a strain belonging to Eggerthellaceae family (DSM 11798) for pigs and all avian species (1m01) for the renewal of its authorisation (BIOMIN GmbH)
DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Agenda for: Working Party on Telecommunications & Information Society - 29 April 2025
AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE
- Commission proposes to frontload elements of the Pact on Migration and Asylum as well as a first EU list of safe countries of origin
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Implementing Decision concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine
- Sudan: Statement by G7 Foreign Ministers marking two years since the beginning of the devastating war in the country
- Read-out by President von der Leyen following her phone call with Lawrence Wong, Prime Minister of Singapore
- UAE: Statement by the Spokesperson on the executions in the United Arab Emirates
