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Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 7 October 2025 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Suomen Pankki (ECB/2025/35)
Date: 2025-10-07
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European System of Central Banks, Finland, accountant, auditing, central bank, euro area








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/5611


16.10.2025







            RECOMMENDATION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
         
of 7 October 2025
         
to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Suomen Pankki
(ECB/2025/35)
(C/2025/5611)


THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro are audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB’s Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.












(2)


The mandate of Suomen Pankki’s external auditors, KPMG Oy Ab, will end after the audit for the financial year 2025. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2026.












(3)


Suomen Pankki has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy as its external auditors for the financial years 2026 to 2031,





HAS ADOPTED THIS RECOMMENDATION:


It is recommended that PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy should be appointed as the external auditors of Suomen Pankki for the financial years 2026 to 2031.



Done at Frankfurt am Main, 7 October 2025.


The President of the ECB

Christine LAGARDE
            





ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5611/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-775/23, Bursa Română de Mărfuri (Legal monopoly for intermediation services in the electricity sector): Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 7 October 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti – Romania) – Bursa Română de Mărfuri SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Reglementare în domeniul Energiei (ANRE) (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Requirement to set out the factual context of the dispute in the main proceedings – Requirement to state the reasons justifying the need for a response by the Court and the connection between the provisions of EU law whose interpretation is sought and the applicable national legislation – Lack of sufficient information – Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2025-10-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: electrical energy, electricity supply, energy market, export restriction, freedom to provide services, public safety, restriction on competition, right of establishment, security of supply, wholesale trade








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C/2026/272


26.1.2026






Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 7 October 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti – Romania) – Bursa Română de Mărfuri SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Reglementare în domeniul Energiei (ANRE)


(Case C-775/23,
                (1)
Bursa Română de Mărfuri (Legal monopoly for intermediation services in the electricity sector))

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Requirement to set out the factual context of the dispute in the main proceedings - Requirement to state the reasons justifying the need for a response by the Court and the connection between the provisions of EU law whose interpretation is sought and the applicable national legislation - Lack of sufficient information - Manifest inadmissibility)
(C/2026/272)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel Bucureşti

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Bursa Română de Mărfuri SA

Defendant: Autoritatea Naţională de Reglementare în domeniul Energiei (ANRE)

Other parties: Energy Traders Europe, formerly European Federation of Energy traders (EFET), London Energy Brokers Association (LEBA), European Venues and Intermediaries Association (EVIA)

Operative part of the order

The request for a preliminary ruling made by the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti (Court of Appeal, Bucharest, Romania), by decision of 6 October 2023, is manifestly inadmissible.


(1)  OJ C, C/2025/2283.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/272/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12112 – FSK / ARES / PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP)
Date: 2025-10-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: cultural event, culture industry, economic concentration, hire purchase, investment company, merger control, provision of services, sale, technology








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C/2025/5534


14.10.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.12112 – FSK / ARES / PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/5534)

On 7 October 2025, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32025M12112. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5534/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 6 October 2025
Date: 2025-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/5263


7.10.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            6 October 2025
         
(C/2025/5263)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1678 




JPY


Japanese yen


175,22 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4667 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86950 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,9880 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9314 




ISK


Iceland króna


141,80 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,6210 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,308 




HUF


Hungarian forint


389,13 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2528 




RON


Romanian leu


5,0885 




TRY


Turkish lira


48,6894 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7698 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,6304 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0896 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0060 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5104 




KRW


South Korean won


1 649,20 




ZAR


South African rand


20,1428 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,3142 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


19 403,46 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9223 




PHP


Philippine peso


68,115 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,866 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,2387 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,5069 




INR


Indian rupee


103,6780 






(1)  
            Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5263/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-688/25: Action brought on 7 October 2025 – Albos-Energy v Commission
Date: 2025-10-07
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, aid system, claim, control of State aid, infringement procedure (EU), primacy of EU law, principle of legal certainty








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/6633


22.12.2025






Action brought on 7 October 2025 – Albos-Energy v Commission


(Case T-688/25)

(C/2025/6633)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Parties


Applicant: Albos-Energy EOOD (Todorichene, Bulgaria) (represented by: M. Dimitrov, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


declare that the Commission unlawfully failed to act, in failing to fulfil its obligations arising from Articles 108 and 265 TFEU, the second subparagraph of Article 12(1) and Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 2015/1589 (1) and in failing to adopt the relevant decision under Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/1589 in connection with the complaint lodged by Albos-Energy EOOD on 30 April 2024;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs incurred by Albos-Energy EOOD,










—


in the alternative, if the Commission takes a decision on the applicant’s complaint of 30 April 2024 after the present action has been brought, order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings..





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on the following pleas in law.






1.


The Commission failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 108 TFEU in connection with aid granted by Member States.










2.


The Commission failed to examine in a timely manner the applicant’s complaint of 30 April 2024 concerning possible unlawful aid under the second subparagraph of Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589.










3.


The Commission failed to adopt a decision pursuant to Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 and to send a copy thereof to the complainant in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 24(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589.










4.


The Commission has not taken the necessary measures in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 265 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU after being called upon to do so.






(1)  Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ 2015 L 248, p. 9).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6633/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)