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Ensuring a secure AND sustainable supply of critical raw materials

Recommendations on how to take forward the EU Commission's proposal for a Critical Raw Materials Act

With the overall objective of ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, the European Commission has proposed a new regulation, the Critical Raw Materials Act. This scientific opinion paper provides recommendations to EU policy makers on how to further develop this proposal from an environmental perspective.

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Series Scientific Opinion Paper Number of pages 19 Year of publication July 2023 Author(s) Jan Kosmol, Oliver Weber, Regina Kohlmeyer, Carsten Alsleben, Jörg Rechenberg Related publications

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Ensuring a secure AND sustainable supply of critical raw materials

Recommendations on how to take forward the EU Commission's proposal for a Critical Raw Materials Act

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