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European Critical Raw Materials Board

The European Critical Raw Materials Board (the board) is established by the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRM Act) to support the CRMA’s implementation. 

The board is composed of the EU country representatives and the Commission, which acts as the board’s chair and provides its secretariat. The Parliament is a permanent observer to the board. Other stakeholders, such as industry, civil society, academia or European agencies, may be invited as observers.

Each EU country has appointed a high-level representative to the board, who is an official with direct responsibility over raw materials policy. They are supported in their work by a deputy high-level representative.

The board performs its tasks as defined in the CRM Act, where relevant through one of its subgroups. Those tasks include

  • providing an opinion to the Commission on the selection of strategic projects and discussing their implementation
  • discussing and sharing best practices on permitting of critical raw materials projects, including strategic projects
  • supporting the Commission in developing monitoring of critical raw materials supply chains and in conducting stress tests
  • coordinating strategic stocks of strategic raw materials
  • discussing the EU’s strategic partnerships on raw materials
  • advising the Commission on different matters related to the CRM Act, such as setting up a joint purchasing platform or the national circularity programmes

The board is established by the CRM Act, which entered into force on 23 May 2024. See its rules of procedures.

Subgroups

For specific topics, the board meets in subgroups. The subgroups are in principle attended by the deputy high-level representatives, supported by the relevant thematic experts. The subgroups established by the CRMA are

Additional subgroups can be created by the board when appropriate. 

Meetings

Upcoming meetings of the CRM Board

4 December: Discussion and opinion regarding the selection of Strategic Projects following Article 7(6) of the CRMA (online)

Past CRM Board meetings

  1. 23 October 2024
    First meeting of the stockpiling subgroup (online)
  2. 16 October 2024
    First meeting of the monitoring subgroup
  3. 25 September 2024
    First meeting of the circularity subgroup (online)
  4. 25 September 2024
    First meetings of the exploration subgroup (online)
  5. 19 September 2024
    Discussion on implementation of the permitting provisions (online)
  7. 23 May 2024
    First meeting of the CRM Board, with adoption of rules of procedures

Members

The CRM Board is composed of EU countries and the Commission. The Commission is represented by a high-level representative from the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs. Listed below are EU countries and their high-level representatives acting on behalf of the institutions or administrations.

  • European Commission
    Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

    Chair of the Critical Raw Materials Board

    grow-EU-CRM-BOARDatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (GROW-EU-CRM-BOARD[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) 

  • Austria
    Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF)

    post [dot] vi-5atbmf [dot] gv [dot] at (post[dot]vi-5[at]bmf[dot]gv[dot]at)

  • Belgium
    FPS Economy

    CRMAateconomie [dot] fgov [dot] be (CRMA[at]economie[dot]fgov[dot]be)

  • Bulgaria
    Bulgarian Ministry of economy and industry

    crmactatmi [dot] government [dot] bg (crmact[at]mi[dot]government[dot]bg)

  • Croatia
    Ministry of Economy

    rudarstvoatmingo [dot] hr (rudarstvo[at]mingo[dot]hr)

  • Republic of Cyprus
    Mines and Quarries Service and Geological Survey Department

    Directoratmines [dot] moa [dot] gov [dot] cy (Director[at]mines[dot]moa[dot]gov[dot]cy)

    directoratgsd [dot] moa [dot] gov [dot] cy (director[at]gsd[dot]moa[dot]gov[dot]cy)

  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
    Ministry of Climate

    crmbatkliimaministeerium [dot] ee (crmb[at]kliimaministeerium[dot]ee)

  • Finland
    Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment

    teo [dot] kangaspuntaatgov [dot] fi (teo[dot]kangaspunta[at]gov[dot]fi)

  • France
    French Interministerial Delegate on Critical Minerals Securitization

    earm2 [dot] deb [dot] dgalnatdeveloppement-durable [dot] gouv [dot] fr (earm2[dot]deb[dot]dgaln[at]developpement-durable[dot]gouv[dot]fr)

  • Germany
    Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

    BUERO-IVB1atbmwk [dot] bund [dot] de (BUERO-IVB1[at]bmwk[dot]bund[dot]de)

    BUERO-IVBatbmwk [dot] bund [dot] de (BUERO-IVB[at]bmwk[dot]bund[dot]de)

  • Greece
  • Hungary
    Ministry for National Economy

    gnpszakatngm [dot] gov [dot] hu (gnpszak[at]ngm[dot]gov[dot]hu)

  • Ireland
    Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

    irish-ministry-crmaatdecc [dot] gov [dot] ie (irish-ministry-crma[at]decc[dot]gov[dot]ie)

  • Italy
    Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy and Ministry of Environment and Energy Security

    crmatmise [dot] gov [dot] it (crm[at]mise[dot]gov[dot]it)

    crmatmase [dot] gov [dot] it (crm[at]mase[dot]gov[dot]it)

  • Latvia
  • Luxembourg
    Ministry of the Economy

    LUX-CRM-BOARDateco [dot] etat [dot] lu (LUX-CRM-BOARD[at]eco[dot]etat[dot]lu)

  • Lithuania
  • Malta
    Ministry for the Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects

    bernardette [dot] a [dot] barbaraatgov [dot] mt (bernardette[dot]a[dot]barbara[at]gov[dot]mt)

    mailtogreta [dot] camilleriatmaltaenterprise [dot] com (greta[dot]camilleri[at]maltaenterprise[dot]com)

  • Netherlands
    DG Business and Innovation, NL Ministry of Economic Affairs

    teamGCEatminezk [dot] nl (teamGCE[at]minezk[dot]nl)

  • Poland
    Ministry of Climate and Environment of Poland Department of Geology

    departament [dot] geologiiatklimat [dot] gov [dot] pl (departament[dot]geologii[at]klimat[dot]gov[dot]pl)

  • Portugal
    Cabinet of Secretary of State for Energy

    pt [dot] crm [dot] boardatmaen [dot] gov [dot] pt (pt[dot]crm[dot]board[at]maen[dot]gov[dot]pt)

  • Romania
    Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism

    office [dot] ministerateconomie [dot] gov [dot] ro (office[dot]minister[at]economie[dot]gov[dot]ro)

  • Slovakia
    Energy Section, Ministry of Economy

    michal [dot] cehlarattuke [dot] sk (michal[dot]cehlar[at]tuke[dot]sk)

  • Slovenia
    Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport

    gp [dot] mgtsatgov [dot] si (gp[dot]mgts[at]gov[dot]si)

  • Spain
    Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge

    bzn-dgpenergeticaymatmiteco [dot] es (bzn-dgpenergeticaym[at]miteco[dot]es)

  • Sweden
    Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

    kn [dot] registratoratregeringskansliet [dot] se (kn[dot]registrator[at]regeringskansliet[dot]se)

Observer

The European Parliament is a permanent observer to the CRM Board. Its representatives sit both on the CRM board and in its subgroups.