EU
Critical Raw Materials
Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a
framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical
raw materials entered into force on 23 May 2024 (and a corrigendum has been published).
As we have mentioned previously, provisions include mechanisms
for the identification and support of strategic projects that
contribute to lowering dependencies and diversifying imports. In
Ireland, DECC has drawn attention to the Regulation, here.
Article 26 requires each Member State, by two years from the
date of entry into force of an act to be made by the Commission, to
adopt and implement measures to increase the use of secondary
critical raw materials, including through measures such as taking
recycled content into account in award criteria related to public
procurement.
