{"id":2587,"date":"2015-10-29T12:27:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T10:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2015-10-29T19:21:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T17:21:52","slug":"europenii-spun-nu-mineralelor-zin-zonele-de-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/en\/europenii-spun-nu-mineralelor-zin-zonele-de-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackling the trade in conflict minerals!"},"content":{"rendered":"<script src=\"https:\/\/www.policat.org\/api\/js\/widget\/6738\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tackling the trade in conflict minerals!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Responsibility for companies bringing minerals into the EU<\/p>\n<p>Resource wealth is for many people not a blessing but a curse. The extraction of raw materials contained in our consumer goods is often linked to human rights violations, and the financing of armed conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In a huge step forward, members of the European Parliament voted on 20 May to help break the links between the minerals trade and violence. They voted for a strong and binding law that would require companies bringing gold, tantalum, tin and tungsten (3TG) into the EU \u2014 in any form \u2014 to source them responsibly. These raw materials are mined in the DRC, Central African Republic and Colombia, but also in other conflict and high-risk areas worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The chance to tackle the trade in conflict minerals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have a unique opportunity: Right now, Member States are discussing their response to the Parliament\u2019s proposal, and whether to support a strong law. All companies that import these four minerals into the EU \u2014 whether in their raw form or within products \u2014 should be required to respect human rights and source responsibly, in line with international standards.<\/p>\n<p>European Member States have an obligation Member States will have to agree together on a common Council position and decide whether they want Member States to defend a strong and effective proposal. Respective ministries in the Member States are responsible for the positions of their country and will influence the decision to support a weak or strong regulation. Once Member States have agreed a common position, the European Parliament, European Commission and Council of the EU, will enter into trilogue negotiations in order to reach an agreement between the Commission&#8217;s business-friendly draft and the human rights-based parliamentary draft. The responsible Member State ministries have so far not supported a binding regulation for companies that bring these raw materials into the EU. Please ask all representatives to speak out on behalf of their country for a binding due diligence legislation that applies to any company.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-29-02.45.29-pm.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-29-02.46.50-pm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2610\" src=\"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-29-02.46.50-pm.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-29 02.46.50 pm\" width=\"586\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-29-02.46.50-pm.jpg 586w, https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-29-02.46.50-pm-300x91.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-29-02.45.29-pm.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tackling the trade in conflict minerals! Responsibility for companies bringing minerals into the EU Resource wealth is for many people not a blessing but a curse. The extraction of raw materials contained in our consumer goods is often linked to human rights violations, and the financing of armed conflict. 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