Critical Raw Materials Act: committee tables amendments

The European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) has published amendments for the ongoing legislative procedure of the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA).

Rapporteur Nicola Beer and the other members of the Committee tabled a total of 1,172 amendments to the CRMA. Topics under discussion include financial incentive schemes or award criteria in public procurement to finance the use of secondary raw materials or recycled content more thoroughly.

The need for circularity has also been emphasised. The preceding Commission proposal focused on mining and extraction processes which the ITRE Members plan to correct. The Committee also called for an adoption of delegated acts laying down minimum shares of raw materials recovered from post-consumer waste in permanent magnets before 2030.

The vote in ITRE is planned for September which makes a plenary vote likely in the fourth quarter of 2023. The following trilogue negotiations are planned to conclude before the European elections in June 2024.

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