{"id":76730,"date":"2023-03-17T16:31:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=76730"},"modified":"2023-03-17T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:31:07","slug":"eu-commodity-security-bde-aluminium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/eu-rohstoffsicherheit-bde-aluminium\/","title":{"rendered":"EU wants to ensure raw material security"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an effort to strengthen the resilience of the European economy in the face of multiple crises, the EU Commission presented two legislative proposals on 16 March. These are intended to promote a climate-neutral economy within the EU and ensure the supply of so-called \u201estrategic\u201c raw materials. The initiative has been praised by the BDE.<\/strong><\/p>

The BDE Federal Association of the German Waste Management, Water and Circular Economy sees the EU Commission's proposals for regulating the supply of critical raw materials as an important prerequisite for reducing dependence on raw materials from third countries. The association is particularly in favour of the planned acceleration of approval procedures for all projects relating to the processing or recycling of strategic raw materials<\/strong>.<\/p>

With the new classification of \u201estrategic raw materials\u201c within the group of critical raw materials, the Commission is making a clear and appropriate clarification in the view of the association. \u201eThe Commission's proposals provide a good basis for reducing existing dependencies on other countries for the supply of raw materials. The Commission's plans to achieve the targets by 2030 are very ambitious<\/strong>\u201c said BDE President Peter Kurth on Thursday in Berlin.<\/p>

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Previously, the European Commission had presented its proposal for a regulation establishing a framework for a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials<\/strong> (European Critical Raw Materials Regulation). These include rare earths, for example, which are in high demand on the global market and whose importance will continue to grow in the future.<\/p>

The use of the term \u201estrategic raw materials\u201c is new. These are materials that are of fundamental importance for the green transition, digitalisation and for defence and space applications. By 2030, 10 per cent of the EU's demand for strategic raw materials is to be covered by domestic mining<\/strong>. The BDE considers the target of increasing the EU-wide processing of strategic raw materials to 40 per cent of the annual demand for strategic raw materials within the EU by 2030 to be extremely ambitious. It is crucial and necessary for the waste management sector that from 2030, 15 per cent of the annual demand for strategic raw materials should come from secondary raw materials recycled in the EU<\/strong>. In order to achieve these goals, the association believes that major investments and funding from the EU and the Member States are required, but the Commission proposal does not contain any specific and binding regulations for financing the necessary projects.<\/p>