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Mergers
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19/06/2025
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Commission approves UniCredit's acquisition of Banco BPM, subject to conditions
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The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Banco BPM S.p.A by UniCredit S.p.A. Today's approval by the Commission of the merger is conditional upon full compliance with the commitments offered by UniCredit to address the Commission's concerns related to the level of competition in the Italian banking sector. In parallel, the Commission has rejected a request from the Italian competition authority to refer the merger to it for assessment under Italian competition law.
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Digital Markets Act
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19/06/2025
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Better interoperability with iOS & iPadOS: the factsheet
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To support businesses active in Europe, the Commission clarified how Apple must make iOS and iPadOS more interoperable with non-Apple devices and apps. This will open new opportunities for device makers and app developers to bring innovative products to iPhone and iPad users, expanding choice and improving the user experience.
With these decisions, the DMA is bringing real change. Any iOS or iPadOS developer can seize the opportunities that these changes bring about. Learn more in our new factsheet.
See also Interoperability (Questions and Answers).
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Events
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23/06/2025
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DMA 2025 compliance workshops
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The European Commission is organizing a series of compliance workshops with interested third parties to receive their views on specific issues and questions that may arise in relation to the measures that Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Bytedance, Meta and Microsoft have put in place to ensure effective compliance of their core platforms services with the DMA.
These compliance workshops are scheduled as follows:
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Public consultations
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05/06/2025 - 31/07/2025
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Review of the State aid rules on the Services of General Economic Interest (“SGEI”)
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To tackle the housing crisis, the Commission will put forward a European affordable housing plan with focus on housing affordability and will revise State aid rules for services of general economic interest (“SGEI”). The updated SGEI rules will allow Member States to support affordable and energy-efficient housing in a faster and simpler way. Moreover, following an evaluation, the Commission will include a number of technical modifications to the SGEI rules.
See also the Commission's press release.
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08/05/2025 - 03/09/2025
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Review merger guidelines : General and Targeted consultations
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The Commission is proposing to revise both the Horizontal Merger Guidelines (published in 2004) as well as the Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines (published in 2008) in a holistic exercise. The goal is to ensure the Guidelines are up-to-date in order to allow the Commission to continue to protect competition under the Merger Regulation in evolving market realities, while not intervening in transactions that do not harm competition. The Commission will conduct concurrently both an Evaluation and an Impact Assessment to support the review of the Guidelines.
The Commission is running two consultations in parallel: a general public consultation questionnaire as well as an in-depth questionnaire on seven specific topics that are relevant for the Commission's assessment. Deadline for both consultations is 3 September 2025.
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Open calls for tender
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10/06/2025 - 24/09/2025
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Training of National Judges in EU Competition Law
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The objective of this call for proposals is to co-finance projects aiming to train national judges in the context of enforcing European competition rules. This includes public and private enforcement of both the Antitrust rules and the State aid rules, thereby increasing the knowledge and know-how of national judges. The final aim is to ensure a coherent and consistent application of EU competition law by national courts.
Projects should address at least one of the thematic priorities listed in the documentation but may address more than one.
The Commission is organising an online information session on Friday, 20 June 2025 (10:30–13:00 CET) to provide detailed insights into the application process, selection criteria, and key objectives and priorities of the call.
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New legislation
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