Commission feedback deadline: EU Critical Raw Materials Centre
Why it matters
The initiative will establish an EU Critical Raw Materials Centre with joint purchasing, stockpiling, investment, and intelligence functions to reduce EU dependency on rare earth elements and other critical inputs controlled by geopolitical rivals, directly addressing supply-chain vulnerability in green, digital, aerospace, and defence sectors.
What to watch
- No announcement lands on this date — the feedback window simply closes. Next public step: the Commission summarises the feedback received and moves the file towards adoption.
- Process stage to verify: planning workflow.
- Commission summary: Critical raw materials are crucial for EU manufacturing, green, digital, aerospace and defence industries. The EU faces strong dependencies in its access to materials such as rare earth elements, which are being exploited by other geopolitical players. To address them, as called for in the Draghi report, the Commission is planning to set up an EU Critical Raw Materials Centre consisting of 4 strands: joint purchasing, stockpiling, investments, and raw materials intelligence.
Sources
- European Commission Have your say: EU Critical Raw Materials Centre
- European Commission Have your say
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