circular economy,  compliance e AEO

Article n.26 of EU Critical Law Materials Act: it is available the list

Luglio 3, 2025 /

One of the legal objectifs of the  European critical materials framework is the increasing of the circularity of critical raw materials. This is the reason for which EU Commission opened a public consultation on “Commission implementig regulation EU  listing the products, components and waste streams considered as having a relevant critical raw materials recovery potential under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252”before its publication in the official bulletin.

The Annex I of the mentioned regulation lists the products, components and waste streams considered as having a relevant critical raw materials recovery potential under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252.

In particular, the goods which have a relevant critical raw materials recovery potential are:

  1. Batteries, with the following components, in particular:

(a) Cathode active materials;

(b) Anode active materials;

(c) Cathode current collectors;

(d) Anode current collectors;

(e) Battery management systems;

(f) Internal cables.

  1. Electrical and electronic equipment, with the following components, in particular:

(a) Permanent magnets;

(b) Hard disk drives;

(c) Compressors;

(d) Displays (cathode ray tube, liquid crystal, thin film, plasma);

(e) Printed circuit boards;

(f) Cables;

(g) Photovoltaic cells;

(h) Photovoltaic frames;

(i) Remaining fraction after specific dismantling in pre-treatment

  1. Wind turbines and related infrastructure, with the following components, in particular:

(a) Permanent magnets;

(b) Generators;

(c) Transformers;

(d) Converters and inventers;

(e) Cables.

  1. Motor vehicles, in particular:

(a) Permanent magnet traction motors;

(b) Induction traction motors;

(c) Non-traction electric motors;

(d) Electrical and electronic components subject to re-use, recycling or any other form of

recovery under relevant Union acts in their valid version;

(e) Converters and inventers;

(f) Main wiring harnesses;

(g) Fuel cells;

(h) Catalytic converters;

(i) Spark plugs;

(j) Wrought aluminium components and/or parts;

(k) Cast aluminium components and/or parts;

(l) Magnesium components and/or parts.

  1. Light means of transport.
  2. Energy and telecommunications infrastructure.
  3. Industrial pumps.
  4. Industrial catalyst.
  5. Digestate or compost from separately collected biowaste.
  6. Slags, sludges, and ashes, in particular:

(a) Sewage sludge from urban wastewater treatments;

(b) Bottom and fly ashes resulting from the mono-incineration of sludges from the treatment

of urban wastewater;

(c) Bottom ashes from municipal solid waste incineration;

(d) Bottom ashes from commercial or industrial waste incineration.

  1. Construction and demolition waste, particularly focusing on aluminium and copper

alloys and cables in buildings