Traduction de «Matière première essentielle » (Français → Anglais) :

(s) 'non‑food cellulosic material' means feedstocks mainly composed of cellulose and hemicellulose, and having a lower lignin‑content than ligno‑cellulosic material; it includes food and feed crop residues (such as straw, stover, husks and shells), grassy energy crops with a low starch content (such as ryegrass , switchgrass, miscanthus, giant cane, cover crops before and after main crops etc ), industrial residues (including from food and feed crops after vegetal oils, sugars, starches and protein have been extracted), and material from biowaste ;

In particular where risks might be caused by the exchange of raw materials, notified bodies should check the coherence between the quantity of produced or purchased crucial raw material or components approved for the design and the quantity of finished products.

9. Is concerned about China’s restrictive policies and its dominant position on the market for several raw materials which are crucial to the functioning of the European economy; calls on the Commission to constantly monitor and address at regional, multilateral and bilateral levels the gap between supply and demand of critical raw materials and rare earth, and to further engage in a dialogue with China on China’s use of WTO rules to enforce a quota on rare earths, which are in fact not endangered natural resources; insists, in particular, on the need for China to respect WTO rules regarding access to raw materials, as confirmed by the WTO ruling on 5 July 2011, and rules regarding access to rare earth; stresses the need for a common Eur ...[+++]opean approach in the field of raw materials in order to strengthen political pressure and to ensure that companies within the EU have equal access to essential resources for their production activities;

67. Recognises that high market concentration and a lack of transparency in commodity markets can significantly hamper competition and adversely affect European industry; calls on the Commission therefore to analyse commodity markets, such as those for iron ore and particularly for the 14 critical raw materials identified by the Commission, with a view to establishing to what extent these markets require more transparency and competition, since some of these commodities are of paramount importance for the deployment of eco-efficient technologies (such as photovoltaic panels and lithium-ion batteries);

67. Recognises that high market concentration and a lack of transparency in commodity markets can significantly hamper competition and adversely affect European industry; calls on the Commission therefore to analyse commodity markets, such as those for iron ore and particularly for the 14 critical raw materials identified by the Commission, with a view to establishing to what extent these markets require more transparency and competition, since some of these commodities are of paramount importance for the deployment of eco-efficient technologies (such as photovoltaic panels and lithium-ion batteries);

67. Recognises that high market concentration and a lack of transparency in commodity markets can significantly hamper competition and adversely affect European industry; calls on the Commission therefore to analyse commodity markets, such as those for iron ore and particularly for the 14 critical raw materials identified by the Commission, with a view to establishing to what extent these markets require more transparency and competition, since some of these commodities are of paramount importance for the deployment of eco-efficient technologies (such as photovoltaic panels and lithium-ion batteries);