On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1252
ENVI-AD-787862
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Jacek Ozdoba
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The committee opinion amends the proposal to revise Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 on critical raw materials, focusing on strategic projects, large companies' risk preparedness, and recycling of permanent magnets.¶¶¶ It calls for the Commission to identify large companies, consult member states, and specify mitigation measures via delegated acts, while protecting confidential information.¶¶¶ It extends labelling and reporting obligations to products with permanent magnets, including online sales, and requires the Commission to adopt delegated acts on recycled content shares.¶¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety proposes amendments to strengthen the regulation's provisions on strategic projects, large company risk preparedness, and recycling of permanent magnets.¶¶
Key points
- The Commission may limit the number of calls for Strategic Projects per year but must have adequate resources and may open additional calls for specific needs.¶¶
- The Commission, not member states, identifies large companies using strategic raw materials, and must consult the member state concerned.¶¶
- Large companies must assess vulnerabilities including third-country dependencies and take mitigation measures such as diversifying supply chains and using secondary materials.¶¶
- The Commission may adopt delegated acts specifying a non-exhaustive list of risk mitigation measures, considering alternative supplies, CRM Board opinion, competitiveness, and avoiding disproportionate burdens.¶¶¶
- Delegated acts may differentiate measures by material, exclude certain materials or products, and provide transitional periods; submitted information is confidential.¶¶
- By 31 December 2026, the Commission must issue guidelines on risk mitigation measures for large companies.¶
- Risk mitigation measures must consider internal and external vulnerabilities, trade flows, and specify maximum reliance on a single third country, with active monitoring.¶
- Labelling requirements for products with permanent magnets apply to online and distance sales, and the Commission may add more product categories via delegated acts.¶¶
- By 24 May 2027 or later, companies must publish the share of recycled content from manufacturing and post-consumer waste in permanent magnets, subject to confidentiality.¶
- The Commission must adopt delegated acts by 31 December 2026 on calculation rules and by 31 December 2031 on minimum recycled content shares.¶¶
Who is affected
- Large companies using strategic raw materials in specified products face new identification and risk mitigation obligations.¶¶
- Producers placing products with permanent magnets on the market, including online, must comply with labelling and reporting rules.¶¶
- Member states are consulted in the identification of large companies and must adapt to new delegated acts.¶¶
Figures and deadlines
- By 31 December 2026, the Commission shall issue guidelines for large companies.¶
- By 24 May 2027 or two years from delegated act entry into force, whichever is later, reporting obligations apply.¶
- By 31 December 2026, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act on calculation rules.¶
- By 31 December 2031, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts on minimum shares.¶