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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020note, and in particular Article 26(7) thereof,Whereas:
(1)Article 26(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 requires Member States to adopt national programmes containing measures designed to increase the circularity of critical raw materials.
(2)Pursuant to Article 26(7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1252, the Commission is to list the products, components and waste streams that are considered as having a relevant critical raw materials recovery potential. That list should serve as a reference for the scope of the national measures referred to Article 26(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1252. The list should not prevent Member States from considering additional products, components and waste streams for critical raw materials recovery in the context of their national circularity practices.
(3)The list provided for in the Annex to this Regulation contains the list of products, components and waste streams that the Commission considers as having a relevant critical raw materials recovery potential, taking into account the criteria referred to in Article 26(7), second subparagraph of Regulation (EU) 2024/1252.
(4)The list reflects the current state of technological development and market conditions relevant for the recovery of critical raw materials. In light of future technological and regulatory developments, the Commission may, where appropriate, update this implementing act.
(5)Extractive waste is not included in that list, since measures designed to promote the recovery of critical raw materials from extractive waste are already covered by Article 27 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1252.
(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Implementation of the Critical Raw Materials Act established by Article 39(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1252
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
The products, components and waste streams listed in the Annex to this Regulation are considered as having a relevant critical raw materials recovery potential within the meaning of Article 26(1), points (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1252.
Article 2#
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
1.Batteries, with the following components, in particular:
—Cathode active materials*
—Anode active materials*
—Cathode current collectors*
—Anode current collectors*
—Battery management systems
—Internal cables
10.Sludges and ashes, in particular:
—Sewage sludge from urban wastewaternote treatment
—Bottom and fly ashes resulting from the mono-incineration of sludges from the treatment of urban wastewater
—Bottom ashes from municipal solid waste incineration
—Bottom ashes from commercial or industrial waste incineration
11.Construction and demolition waste, particularly focusing on aluminium, aluminium alloys, copper, copper alloys and cables in buildings.
2.Electrical and electronic equipment, with the following components, in particular:
—Permanent magnets
—Hard disk drives
—Compressors
—Displays (cathode ray tube, liquid crystal, thin film, plasma)
—Printed circuit boards
—Cables
—Photovoltaic cells
—Photovoltaic frames
—Remaining fraction after specific dismantling in pre-treatmentnote
3.Wind turbines and related infrastructure, with the following components, in particular:
—Permanent magnets
—Generators
—Transformers
—Converters and inverters
—Cables.
4.Motor vehiclesnote with the following components in particular:
—Permanent magnet traction motors
—Cast aluminium components and/or parts
—Magnesium components and/or parts.
—Induction traction motors
—Non-traction electric motors
—Electrical and electronic components subject to re-use, recycling or any other form of recovery under relevant Union acts in their valid version
—Converters and inventers
—Main wiring harnesses
—Fuel cells
—Catalytic converters
—Wrought aluminium components and/or parts
5.Light means of transport.
6.Energy infrastructurenote and telecommunication infrastructurenote.
7.Industrial pumps.
8.Industrial catalysts.
9.Digestate and compost from separately collected biowaste.
List of products, components and waste streams that are considered as having a relevant critical raw materials recovery potential:
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