How the EU wants to strengthen raw mater • Table.Briefings

The EU Commission wants to improve monitoring and risk management for the supply of critical raw materials and create a central coordinating body for this purpose. It is not yet clear what form this should take: Is stronger cooperation between national authorities sufficient? Or does the EU even need an active raw materials agency based on the Japanese model?

The Critical Raw Materials Act, which the Commission is expected to unveil on March 14, will also regulate stronger monitoring of critical raw materials at the EU level. „Coordination of monitoring and risk management at the EU level remains insufficient to anticipate and prevent supply disruptions of critical raw materials,“ the call for public consultation states.

How the EU wants to strengthen raw materials monitoring

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