Europe Daily News, 27 January 2025

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COMPETITION

 

  • Appeal brought on 3 December 2024 by European Commission against the judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2024 in Case T-334/19, Google and Alphabet Vs. Commission (Case C-826/24 P)
    Re: dismissal of the action of Google LLC and of Alphabet Inc. in so far as it challenges the capability to restrict competition of the exclusivity clause
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11789 - Apollo / Barnes Group)
  • Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11783 - Luxshare / Pierer / Leoni)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11831 - BNPP LCTIEF / MET 6 / Arkolia)
  • Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11744 - Pinnacle Media / Redbird / NAI / Paramount)
  • Commission approves International Paper's acquisition of DS Smith subject to conditions (see Case M.11564)
  • Commission clears acquisition of Max Matthiessen by OTPP and Nordic Capital (M.11816) - Midday Express
  • Commission clears acquisition of InfraCo by Dow and Macquarie (M.11855) - Midday Express
  • Belgium - Notification CONC.CCS.24-0041: Emil Frey / AB Lens Motor
  • France - At the request of the Senate Finance Committee, the Autorité de la concurrence has published an opinion on the local and regional public authority property insurance sector
  • UK - The CMA is investigating the completed acquisition by MRI Software LLC of Capita One Limited.
  • Competition or growth? It’s better to have both Premium content - Political interference fuels uncertainty for businesses in need of a stable competition policy - Financial Times

STATE AID

  • Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 TFEU – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.115961; SA.101234 & SA.100716
  • UK - The CMA's Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU) has published a report providing advice to Derry City and Strabane District Council concerning its proposed subsidy to CODA (Operations) Ltd.

TRADE & CUSTOMS

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 30 January 2025
  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Trade Policy Committee (Deputy Members) - 30 January 2025
  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Customs Business Group (CBG) on eATA carnet system - 29 January 2025
  • Agenda for: 69th Customs Expert Group, Tariff & Statistical Nomenclature Section, (HS/WCO Coordination Sector) - 13th to 14th February 2025
  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Customs Business Group on EMSWe jointly with the 8th meeting of the EMSWe Data Modelling Working Group - 06 February 2025
  • Decision No 3/2024 of the EU-CTC Joint Committee of 5 November 2024 as regards the amendment of Appendices III and IIIa to the Convention on a common transit procedure concerning the accession of Georgia
  • Report of the SPS Meeting to prepare the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS Committee 13 to 15 November 2024) - 16 October 2024
  • Raphaël Glucksmann wants to strengthen proposed review of foreign direct investments screening - See the Draft Report
  • The world is moving on to trade without the US - Many nations have been responding to Trump tariffs not by retaliating but by courting other trade partners - Financial Times
  • Tesla takes EU to court over tariffs on electric vehicles from China - Decision marks latest confrontation between Elon Musk and Brussels - Financial Times
  • Europe should stop panicking and seize the opportunities Trump offers - It is time for the EU to get down to business - Financial Times

AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES

FINANCE

TAXATION

ENERGY

  • Published initiative: Renewable energy auctions – Implementing Act on non-price criteria - Implementing regulation - Feedback period: 24 January 2025 - 21 February 2025
  • Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Difference in energy prices between the western and eastern EU
  • Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Response to the challenges faced by energy-intensive industries
  • Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Michelin plant closures and European electricity market reform

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Outcome of the Eleventh Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-11) (9-16 December 2024, Windhoek, Namibia) - Report by the Presidency and the Commission
  • Brussels under pressure to curb green agenda in response to Trump - Industry and EU member states urge European Commission to wind back sustainability rules - Financial Times

DIGITAL, DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY

  • Agenda for: Working Party on Data Protection - 29 January 2025
  • Agenda for: Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues - 31 January 2025
  • Agenda for: Expert Group on Cybersecurity of Products with Digital Elements - 12 February 2025
  • Minutes of the 2nd Meeting of the Submarine Cable Infrastructure Expert Group - 06 November 2024
  • Answer given by Mr Brunner to a MEP written question - Threats to data protection and sovereignty owing to surveillance through the ‘EU Digital Travel App’, the Commission’s Trojan horse
  • Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium) of 09 October 2024 - Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone, Académie Fiscale ASBL, UA, vzw Liga voor Mensenrechten, Ligue des droits humains ASBL, JU, LV, Ministry of Privacy Vs. Premier ministre/ Eerste Minister (Case C-661/24)
    Re: Article 15(1) of Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communications; Articles 7, 8 and 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
  • The Federal Network Agency, in its capacity as Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) for Germany, hosted a roundtable together with the European Commission in Berlin
  • BEREC Work Programme 2025: BEREC aims to foster the independent, consistent and high-quality regulation of digital markets for the benefit of Europe and its citizens

AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

  • EU sees 38% drop in irregular border crossings in 2024
  • Frontex: EU to sign cooperation agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Support to stop severe violence between criminals using explosives in retaliation - Eurojust
  • Criminals operating an illegal financial service to launder millions of euros busted - Eurojust
  • No stone left unturned: 7.2 tonnes of cocaine and EUR 6 million seized in large drug sting - Europol

FUTURE OF EUROPE

  • Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 29 January 2025

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

 

  • Türkiye: Press remarks by HR/VP Kaja Kallas at the joint press conference
  • Statement by the members of the European Council on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
  • Statement by the HR/VP Kaja Kallas and Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos on the sham presidential election in Belarus
  • Public consultation: Regulation Growth Plan Moldova - Proposal for a regulation - Feedback period: 23 January 2025 - 20 March 2025
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the latest escalation in eastern DRC
  • Answer given by HR/VP Kaja Kallas to a MEP written question - Measures against Azerbaijan for inviting representatives of the pseudo-state in the occupied territories of Cyprus to a meeting of the Organisation of Turkic States

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • Appeal brought on 15 November 2024 by Andrey Anatolyevich Kozitsyn against the judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2024 in Joined Cases T-607/22 and T-731/22, Kozitsyn Vs. Council (Case C-795/24 P)
  • Appeal brought on 12 November 2024 by Samer Kamal Al-Assad against the judgment of the General Court of 4 September 2024 in Case T-370/23, Al-Assad Vs. Council (Case C-779/24 P)
  • Appeal brought on 06 November 2024 by OT against the judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2024 in Case T-286/23, OT Vs. Council (Case C-769/24 P)
  • Appeal brought on 27 November 2024 by Belaruskali AAT against the judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2024 in Case T-528/22, Belaruskali Vs. Council (Case C-816/24 P)
  • Appeal brought on 27 November 2024 by Ivan Ivanovich Golovaty against the judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2024 in Case T-521/22, Golovaty Vs Council (Case C-817/24 P)
  • Appeal brought on 27 November 2024 by Belarusian Potash Company AAT against the judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2024 in Case T-534/22, Belarusian Potash Company Vs. Council (Case C-818/24 P)
  • Action brought on 13 November 2024 - Tkach Vs. Council (Case T-584/24)
    Re: annulment in part of Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2456; Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2455; restrictive measures; Ukraine
  • Action brought on 13 November 2024 - Kantor Vs. Council (Case T-579/24)
    Re: annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2456; Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2455; restrictive measures; Ukraine
  • Action brought on 14 November 2024 - OT Vs. Council (Case T-588/24)
    Re: annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2456; Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2455; restrictive measures; Ukraine
  • Action brought on 25 November 2024 – SBK Art Vs. Council (Case T-607/24)
    Re: declaring the inapplicability of Article 2(1) final paragraph of Council Decision (CFSP) 2014/145, or annulment, either in combination with the above or alternatively, Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2456 as well as Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2455
  • Action brought on 25 November 2024 - Ignatova Vs. Council (Case T-601/24)
    Re: annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2456, Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2024/2455; restrictive measures; Ukraine

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