{
  "event": {
    "id": "eu-critical-raw-materials-act",
    "date": "2024-05-23",
    "jurisdiction": "eu",
    "issuingBody": "European Parliament and Council / European Commission",
    "titleOriginal": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials",
    "titleOriginalLang": "en",
    "titleEn": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (Critical Raw Materials Act)",
    "titleEnSource": "na",
    "documentNumber": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1252",
    "policyStatus": "in_force",
    "mechanism": [
      "supply_chain_security",
      "designation",
      "funding"
    ],
    "affectedMaterialIds": [
      "rare-earth-elements",
      "dysprosium",
      "terbium",
      "neodymium",
      "praseodymium",
      "gallium",
      "germanium",
      "graphite",
      "antimony",
      "tungsten",
      "ndfeb-magnets",
      "lithium",
      "cobalt",
      "nickel"
    ],
    "affectedSectors": [
      "defense",
      "semiconductor",
      "energy",
      "battery",
      "industrial"
    ],
    "summary": "The Critical Raw Materials Act entered into force on 23 May 2024. It sets 2030 benchmarks for the EU's annual consumption of strategic raw materials — at least 10% extracted, 40% processed and 25% recycled domestically, and no more than 65% from any single third country — and creates Strategic Project designations with accelerated permitting. The first Strategic Projects were designated in 2025.",
    "analyticalSignificance": "The EU instrument is benchmark-and-designation: de-risking through diversification targets rather than export leverage. It predates the April 2025 acute phase and is included as the standing framework the 2025 Chinese measures act upon. It anchors the EU's 'de-risking, not decoupling' posture.",
    "supersededByEventId": null,
    "sourceIds": [
      "src-ec-crma",
      "src-eurlex-crma"
    ],
    "verificationStatus": "verified",
    "intakeMode": "backfill",
    "lifecycle": {
      "officialPublicationDate": "2024-05-03",
      "discoveredAt": null,
      "verifiedAt": null,
      "publishedAt": null
    }
  },
  "framing": [
    {
      "id": "fc-eu-crma-resilience",
      "eventId": "eu-critical-raw-materials-act",
      "actor": "eu",
      "category": [
        "supply_chain_resilience",
        "economic_security"
      ],
      "quoteOriginal": "The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRM Act) will ensure EU access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials.",
      "quoteEn": "The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRM Act) will ensure EU access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials.",
      "quoteEnSource": "na",
      "sourceId": "src-ec-crma",
      "notes": "The European Commission's own statement of the Act's objective, on its official Critical Raw Materials Act page."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "src-ec-crma",
      "title": "Critical Raw Materials Act",
      "publisher": "European Commission (DG GROW)",
      "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/raw-materials/areas-specific-interest/critical-raw-materials/critical-raw-materials-act_en",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": null,
      "dateAccessed": "2026-06-10",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Official European Commission page stating the Act's objective and the 2030 benchmarks (10% extraction, 40% processing, 25% recycling; ≤65% from any single third country)."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-eurlex-crma",
      "title": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials",
      "publisher": "Official Journal of the European Union (EUR-Lex)",
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1252/oj",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2024-05-03",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-06-10",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Consolidated legal text of the Critical Raw Materials Act; entered into force 23 May 2024."
    }
  ]
}