The EU Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control of SFS Group B.V. (Netherlands) and KTP Holding GmbH (Germany) by VR Equitypartner GmbH (Germany) and Gilde SFS B.V. (Netherlands). The transaction relates primarily to the market for returnable packaging solutions.
Finland’s REPowerEU chapter consists of three new investments and one new reform to deliver on the REPowerEU Plan’s objective of making Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels well before 2030. These measures focus on accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, renewable hydrogen, decarbonising industry and investing in the net-zero industry value chain.
Romania’s REPowerEU chapter consists of two new reforms and seven investments to deliver on the REPowerEU Plan’s objectives to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels well before 2030. These measures focus on accelerating green energy generation, promoting energy efficiency in buildings, and re- and up-skilling the workforce in the field of green energy generation.
The European Commission is carrying out unannounced inspections at the premises of companies active in the online ordering and delivery of food, groceries and other consumer goods in two Member States. The Commission has concerns that the companies concerned may have violated EU antitrust rules that prohibit cartels and restrictive business practices.
The resolution calls for an end of all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies, at national, EU and global levels, “as soon as possible and by 2025 the latest”. MEPs also support a global target to triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency by 2030, together with a tangible phasing out of fossil fuels as soon as possible, and halting all new investments in fossil fuel extraction.
Operation MOZAIK 2023 was led by the Slovenian National Police and coordinated by Europol in the framework of the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT). It aimed to identify and arrest people using online forums and messaging applications to share and distribute child sexual abuse material. The Western Balkan countries –Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary carried out a series of enforcement
The Court – to which the matter was referred on the basis of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – requested that, pending a final decision, Azerbaijan should ensure that all persons who left Nagorno-Karabakh after 19 September 2023 and who wish to return there are able to do so in a safe, unimpeded and expeditious manner.
The set of conclusions, unanimously approved by EU agriculture ministers, recognises the key contributions made by rural areas to the economic strength of the EU, the green and digital transitions, and climate action. Additionally, the conclusions highlight the role of rural areas in ensuring sustainability and food security, and in preserving the cultural heritage of local communities.
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control of BCP V Everise Topco Inc (‘Everise’) of Canada by Warburg Pincus LLC (‘Warburg’) of the US and Brookfield Corporation (‘Brookfield’) of Canada. The transaction relates primarily to the sector of business process outsourcing in the healthcare and insurance fields.
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, amendments to a Spanish scheme to partially compensate certain energy-intensive companies for higher electricity prices resulting from the impact of carbon prices on electricity costs (so-called ‘indirect emission costs’) under the EU Emission Trading Scheme (‘ETS’).
Today, the European Commission has adopted an amendment to the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework to prolong by six months a limited number of sections of the Framework aimed at providing a crisis response following Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the unprecedented increase in energy prices.
Today, the Council approved the joint text on the EU’s general budget for 2024. The joint text has been agreed in negotiations with the European Parliament on 11 November. Total commitments are set at €189 385,4 million and total payments at €142 630,3 million. €360 million have been kept available under the expenditure ceilings of the current multiannual financial framework for 2021-2027, allowing the EU to react to unforeseeable needs.
The Council adopted today a mandate to start negotiations with the European Parliament on the Daisy Chains proposal. Daisy chain is a term for a financial scam conducted by a group of investors in the public equities markets or in real estate.
The European Commission has informed Adobe of its preliminary view that its proposed acquisition of Figma may reduce competition in the global markets for the supply of interactive product design software and of other creative design software. Adobe is a global software company offering, among others, creative design software tools (e.g., Illustrator and Photoshop) and an interactive product design tool (Adobe XD). Figma is a provider of a web-based collaborative
On 31 July 2023, France submitted to the Commission a payment request based on the achievement of the 16 milestones and 39 targets selected in the Council Implementing Decision for the second instalment. They cover investments in the areas of energy renovation of public and private buildings, decarbonisation of industry, support to railways and digital connectivity. The payment request also includes a set of reforms in areas including public employment
The European Commission has approved an approximately €3 billion Austrian scheme to support companies facing increased energy costs in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, adopted by the Commission on 9 March 2023 to support measures in sectors which are key to accelerate the green transition and reduce fuel dependencies.
The Council has today adopted its position (‘negotiating mandate’) on the proposed regulation on digital labelling of EU fertilising products. This proposal, which amends regulation (EU) 2019/1009, aims to improve the readability of labels, leading to a more efficient use of fertilising products, and to simplify the labelling obligations for suppliers while reducing costs for the industry.
The Council and the Parliament today reached a provisional political agreement on the regulation to improve the EU’s protection against market manipulation in the wholesale energy market (REMIT). The REMIT regulation supports an open and fair competition in the European wholesale energy markets and sets the ground for increased market transparency and integrity.
A joint operation by Dutch and German law enforcement has led to the arrest of eight persons responsible for several ATM robberies in Germany. Europol and the German Federal Criminal Police Office supported the investigation conducted by the North Holland Police and the Osnabrück Police.
The European Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law. As proposed by the Commission in December 2021, the new directive will improve the effectiveness of criminal law enforcement and help achieve European Green Deal objectives by fighting against the most serious environmental offences which can have devastating effects on both the environment and human
Belgium’s REPowerEU chapter, worth €726 million, includes four new reforms, 17 new investments, as well as seven transferred investments from the original plan, and one scaled-up investment to help deliver on the REPowerEU Plan’s objective to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels well before 2030. The chapter focuses on promoting energy efficiency in buildings, decarbonising industry, accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, increasing the production and uptake of renewable
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