Study: CRMA violates EU law

With its plans to be able to classify raw materials as „strategic“ and „critical“ itself in the future, the EU Commission is violating current EU law. This is the result of a study by the Center for European Policy (cep). This stipulation, which is provided for in the Commission’s draft for the Critical Raw Materials Act, would result in far-reaching rights and obligations for the Commission, member states and companies, explains cep lawyer Götz Reichert. „Consequently, it is an ‘essential’ issue that the Council and Parliament must decide in the legislative process – and not delegate to the Commission.“