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Una proposta per le comunità energetiche rinnovabili: una premialità per apparecchiature con materiali critici riciclati
Alcuni dei critical raw materials sono elementi indispensabili per i settori dei pannelli solari, turbine eoliche, sistemi di accumulo dell’energia elettrica i quali a loro volta sono fondamentali per consentire la transizione sociale generazionale della produzione e gestione dell’energia elettrica. Tra i diversi obiettivi della proposta di regolamento definitivamente approvata c’è quello dell’autosufficienza europea attraverso anche la promozione del riuso e del riciclo di queste materie critiche. Infatti, secondo tale norma il 15% dei critical raw materials dovrà essere ricavato da processi virtuosi di economia circolare. Ma il punto di partenza non è favorevole all’economica europea: siamo ancora lontani da raggiungere un’adeguata efficienza nelle attività riciclo e riuso e vi…
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2024 a New Year of customs challenges
The 2023 has been an year very rich in customs news which will impat on the custom operations and compliance. We would list the following topics already published in our website: CBAM carbon border adjustments mechanism for which it is required to: 1) take into account HS codes;2) supply chain management; 3) special regimes; 4) made in/non-preferential origin; 5) customs value; The European regulantion on f-gases import; The due diligence on some goods (cattle,cocoa,palm oil, rubber, soya, wood,coffee) with specific focus on “deforestation and forest degradation”; The ecodesign, recycle and second life for batteries manufactured and imported into the EU; The free trade agreement with the New Zealand; The free…
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Critical raw materials and FTA EU, Australia
Don Farrell ( Australia’s Trade Minister) has included easier access to the country’s vast critical raw materials (CRM) sector as part of negotiations over a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union ahead of possible further talks. Indeed, as EURACTIV reported, this is one of the main point on which the negotiations are still open: “…For example, the EU would like to have access to Australian raw materials under the same conditions as Australian consumers. It wants Australia to commit to a policy that would prohibit so-called double pricing that disadvantages EU companies compared to Australian ones…”. This situasion is generated by the fact that Australia plays (and will…
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Negotiations on EU-US Critical Minerals Agreement
The EU Council published on 20 July 2023 a press release where it annouces that: The Council adopted a decision authorising the Commission to: a) open negotiations, on behalf of the EU, with the United States on a Critical Minerals Agreement (CMA); b) release the related negotiating directives. The goals are to strengthen critical minerals supply chains and mitigate some of the negative repercussions of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on EU industry. The next steps will be: The EU Council has to provide for a mandate to Commission; the Commission will be able to engage in formal negotiations with the US with a view to concluding the agreement…