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European Commission A tracked procurement-relevant organisation, company, supplier, country, region, port, commodity, regulator, route or similar subject.

Type The kind of entity being tracked, such as Company, Country, Port, Commodity or Regulator.
Government Organisation
Record status The current record state of the entity, such as active, merged or archived.
Active
Review status The internal editorial review state of the entity record.
Pending
Description
EU executive body.
Procurement relevance
Importance An analyst-assigned input describing how strategically important the entity is. This is one of the inputs used to calculate Entity Criticality below -- Importance is the judgement call an analyst makes; Entity Criticality is the deterministic score calculated from it.
High
Strategic
No
Critical supplier
No
Watchlist Marks an entity for closer monitoring when new relevant signals or events mention it.
Not watched
Mentions The number of distinct real collected signals in which the entity has been identified.
10
First seen
2026-07-28 22:00:00
Last seen
2026-08-21 23:15:29
Record type
REAL
Entity Criticality A deterministic 0-100 score and Tier 1-5 rating of how structurally important this entity is to procurement and supply chains in general -- computed from its importance level, critical-supplier/strategic/watchlist flags and entity type. Country and Region entities are not scored here; they contribute through geographic exposure instead. This is a global assessment, not specific to any one customer's own exposure. TIER 3 · IMPORTANT 60/100

ENTITY CRITICALITY: 60 — TIER 3, IMPORTANT Highest contributor: Importance level: High (+45 of 70). Limiting factor: Importance level: High (25 points below its maximum).

Calculated 2026-08-01 11:36:35 (calculation version v1).

Current Status

1 open event Canonical events linked to this entity that are still Breaking, Active or Monitoring -- not yet Closed, rejected or merged into another event. · 1 total linked event · 0 Developing Intelligence threads · 0 report appearances · Not watched

Events Canonical events linked to this entity that are still Breaking, Active or Monitoring -- not yet Closed, rejected or merged into another event.

Clear
Headline The concise title of the canonical procurement event. Type The kind of real-world development identified, such as a supply shortage, contract award, regulatory change or production disruption. Significance Significance estimates the potential procurement impact of the event, including factors such as supply, cost, operations, geography and strategic importance. Confidence Confidence indicates how reliable ProcIntel considers the event assessment based on the quality, quantity and independence of the supporting evidence. It does not measure the event's importance. Lifecycle Lifecycle shows the current state of the development: Breaking is newly detected, Active remains current, Monitoring is being watched for further changes, and Closed is no longer actively developing. Review The internal review status of the event record. It is separate from the real-world lifecycle of the underlying development. Articles The number of source articles linked to this canonical event. Several articles may describe the same underlying development. Evidence strength A plain-language assessment of how much independent evidence supports the Developing Intelligence thread.
Daily News 14 / 08 / 2026 Acquisition 3 · Material 3 · Moderate Breaking Pending 1 Low

Developing Intelligence An evolving procurement situation made up of several distinct but clearly related events over time.

No Developing Intelligence threads

This entity is not currently part of any Developing Intelligence thread.

Reports Weekly Intelligence Report editions in which an event or Developing Intelligence thread linked to this entity has appeared.

No report appearances

This entity has not yet appeared in any Weekly Intelligence Report edition.

Relationships A structured link between two entities, such as a company operating at a port or a regulator overseeing an industry.

No relationships recorded yet

Relationship intelligence will populate automatically as evidence is gathered.

Timeline Every recorded action involving this entity -- source mentions, linked events being created or updated, Developing Intelligence links, report appearances and entity-record actions such as merges -- in one dated feed. Nothing here is inferred; each entry is drawn from an existing record.

DateWhat happenedDetail
2026-08-21 23:15:29 Mentioned in "European Commission Joins List of Entities Condemning Israeli Settlement Project (E1) in Occupied West Bank" The text "European Commission" in the article matched a known alias of European Commission.
2026-08-20 09:27:42 Mentioned in "Daily News 20 / 08 / 2026" The text "European Commission" in the article matched a known alias of European Commission.
2026-08-17 08:46:28 Mentioned in "Daily News 17 / 08 / 2026" The text "European Commission" in the article matched a known alias of European Commission.
2026-08-14 21:32:01 Mentioned in "MSC withdraws bid for stake in Barcelona BEST terminal" The text "European Commission" in the article matched a known alias of European Commission.
2026-08-14 12:22:50 Created — "Daily News 14 / 08 / 2026" Acquisition: 'Daily News 14 / 08 / 2026' (lifecycle=Breaking)
2026-08-14 12:22:50 Pri Recalculated — "Daily News 14 / 08 / 2026" PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 5/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: no eligible entities.
2026-08-14 12:22:50 Pri Recalculated — "Daily News 14 / 08 / 2026" PRI: 3 — MINIMAL Base risk 23/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: Linked-entity criticality 60/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap (+18 of 30). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum).
2026-08-14 12:22:50 Article Linked — "Daily News 14 / 08 / 2026" source_item #8203
2026-08-14 12:22:50 Significance Changed — "Daily News 14 / 08 / 2026" 3
2026-08-14 12:22:50 Confidence Changed — "Daily News 14 / 08 / 2026" 3
2026-08-14 12:22:50 Pri Recalculated — "Daily News 14 / 08 / 2026" PRI: 29 — LOW Base risk 41/100 × Moderate confidence multiplier (0.70). Highest contributor: Significance 44/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (+18 of 40). Limiting factor: Significance 44/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (22 points below its maximum).
2026-08-14 08:48:16 Mentioned in "Daily News 14 / 08 / 2026" The text "European Commission" in the article matched a known alias of European Commission.
2026-08-12 16:00:00 Mentioned in "It’s here: EU PPWR requirements begin to phase in" The text "European Commission" in the article matched a known alias of European Commission.
2026-08-06 11:57:08 Mentioned in "Notice: Monitoring of the commitments given by IAG to the European Commission in relation to its acquisition of bmi" The text "European Commission" in the article matched a known alias of European Commission.
2026-08-01 11:36:34 Edited importance_level: None -> 'High'
2026-08-01 11:36:34 Attribute Set The EU's executive body, which directly administers EU trade-defence, anti-dumping and customs enforcement measures across a 27-country bloc. Stage 9.5A Section 3D: labelled 'export_control' rather than 'sanctions' -- the Council of the EU, not the Commission, formally adopts sanctions; the Commission's own clearer, exclusive competence is trade-defence/customs enforcement.
2026-08-01 11:36:34 Criticality Recalculated ENTITY CRITICALITY: 60 — TIER 3, IMPORTANT Highest contributor: Importance level: High (+45 of 70). Limiting factor: Importance level: High (25 points below its maximum).
2026-07-31 08:43:52 Created European Commission
2026-07-30 22:00:00 Mentioned in "Commission approves €59 million Slovenian State aid scheme to promote battery energy storage systems" The text "European Commission" in the article matched a known alias of European Commission.
2026-07-30 08:30:21 Mentioned in "Comparisons of international road fuel prices" The text "European Commission" in the article matched a known alias of European Commission.
2026-07-28 22:00:00 Mentioned in "Commission opens in-depth investigation into arbitration award ordering Romania to pay compensation to ten energy investors" The text "European Commission" in the article matched a known alias of European Commission.

Aliases

No alternate names recorded yet.

Attributes

regulatory_authority_type
export_control

Review History

DateActionPreviousNewReviewerNote
2026-07-31 08:43:52 Created European Commission
2026-08-01 11:36:34 Edited importance_level: None -> 'High' Claude (Stage 9.5B -- approved production seed, Jack-confirmed)
2026-08-01 11:36:34 Attribute Set regulatory_authority_type = export_control Claude (Stage 9.5B -- approved production seed, Jack-confirmed) The EU's executive body, which directly administers EU trade-defence, anti-dumping and customs enforcement measures across a 27-country bloc. Stage 9.5A Section 3D: labelled 'export_control' rather than 'sanctions' -- the Council of the EU, not the Commission, formally adopts sanctions; the Commission's own clearer, exclusive competence is trade-defence/customs enforcement.
2026-08-01 11:36:34 Criticality Recalculated score=None, tier=None score=60, tier=3 Claude (Stage 9.5B -- approved production seed, Jack-confirmed) ENTITY CRITICALITY: 60 — TIER 3, IMPORTANT Highest contributor: Importance level: High (+45 of 70). Limiting factor: Importance level: High (25 points below its maximum).