Traduction de «Groupe de coordination interservices matières premières » (Français → Anglais) :

8. Points out that effective governance of RM policy is key to an effective RM strategy; notes that an effective strategy must include a continuous dialogue with the stakeholders concerned; emphasises the need for close coordination and provision of information within the Commission and the European Parliament and between Member States; recommends the establishment of a high-level interdepartmental RM task force in 2011, as is the case in France and the United States, encompassing the relevant DGs, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Environment Agency and the EEAS, to elaborate, monitor and review policies, including partne ...[+++]rship agreements, to ensure strategic coherence and to promote the establishment of an early-warning system, inter alia for market distortion and resource-fuelled conflicts, complemented by a monitoring group; calls on the Commission to set up a long-term ‘European Raw Materials Roadmap to 2050’, which would identify future developments, threats and opportunities in the RM and CRM sectors and which could help European industries, academic and research institutions to engage in long-term planning and investment; calls further on the Commission to support Member States in developing their own RM strategies and to foster coordination and the exchange of best practice among them, including on the external dimension; suggests that the upcoming communication on the external dimension of energy could serve as a template;

73. Welcomes the work on RM and sustainability in the OECD, G8 and G20 and stresses the further need for a G20 dialogue on RM in order to develop a common perspective; further welcomes the will of G8 and G20 members to fight RM price volatility and calls for the development of concrete measures to curb speculation in that field; calls on the Commission to promote the work of the OECD on the impact of export restrictions and their use as a policy tool; supports the inclusion of non-OECD members in these discussions; calls for the creation of strategic cooperation between the EU, US and Japan on CRM towards a ‘global RM watch’ by shari ...[+++]ng demand and supply data, common forecasting, encouraging the exchange of best practice, technological know-how and patents, analysing supply chains, investigating the possibility for joint strategic stocks and the establishment of joint RD projects; takes the view that such issues should be part of the agenda of the next EU-US Summits; calls on the Commission to promote Track-II diplomacy on RM by supporting the exchange of non-governmental organisations, academia and think-tanks from the EU and other resource-relevant countries; calls on the Commission to organise regular events, such as JOGMEC's ‘Metal Saloons’ on RM with other resource-relevant countries; further asks the Commission to investigate the feasibility of an international statistics initiative on CRM based on the example of the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI), as well as whether an international covenant for metals might be a useful tool; calls on the European Defence Agency to contribute, in accordance with Article 42(3) of the TEU, to the identification of measures to strengthen the industrial and technological base of the defence sector with regard to RM;

The critical raw materials list has proven successful in serving as a tool to raise attention of policy-makers, promote co-ordination of national policies regarding mineral supply and critical materials, challenge trade distortive measures regarding critical raw materials, analyse the functioning of the markets, promote research (exploration, substitution, recycling) as well as promote access to deposits in the EU, address problems of illegal exports end-of-life products containing critical materials and undertaking measures for specific materials.

Funding has been provided to projects on advanced underground technologies for intelligent mining, on substitution of critical raw materials such as rare earths and platinum group metals, and on coordination of activities in Member States in the area of industrial handling of raw materials through ERA-NET.

As an initial step, the inter-service co-ordination group established for the development of the Action Plan will be maintained as a mechanism to co-ordinate activities.

Document 9239/2/97 CK4 24 (which is based on recommendation 22 of the 1997 Action Plan sets out the mandate of the Multidisciplinary Group on Organised Crime. The MDG is charged with the development of policies to coordinate the prevention and control of organised crime. This development essentially includes (a) direct implementation of mandates principally addressed to the Council, (b) the monitoring of the implementation of other mandates, (c) the assessment of practical cooperation (in particular through evaluation mechanisms), (d) the designing of EU strategies and policies in the prevention and control of organised crime, (e) preparation, in full cooperation with the other relevant Council working ...[+++]groups, of high-level decisions, in particular for the Article 36 Committee, (f) providing the Article 36 Committee with information which is useful for drawing up interim progress reports, and (g) preparation of proposals for increased coordination between the first, second and third pillars in combating organised crime.