Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the contents of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier opinion on the Critical Raw Materials Act  (1), adopted on 12.7.2023, it decided to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the above-mentioned document.

(1)  Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020’ [COM(2023) 160 final — 2023/0079 (COD)] and on ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — A secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials in support of the twin transition’ (COM(2023) 165 final) (OJ C 349, 29.9.2023, p. 142).