1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. With the exception of the provisions referred to in paragraph 3, this Regulation shall apply from 9 July 2017.
3. Article 1(5), Article 3(1) and (2), Articles 4 to 7, Article 8(6) and (7), Article 10(3), Article 11(1), (2), (3), and (4), Articles 12 and 13, Article 16(3), and Article 17 shall apply from 1 January 2021.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 17 May 2017.
For the European Parliament
The President
A. TAJANI
For the Council
The President
C. ABELA
(1) Position of the European Parliament of 16 March 2017 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 3 April 2017.
(2) OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, OECD 2011 edition.
(3) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework, endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in its resolution 17/4 of 6 July 2011 (A/HRC/RES/17/4).
(4) Regulation (EU) No 1287/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing a Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (COSME) (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1639/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 33).
(5)
OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
(6) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
(7) Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).
(8) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 1).
(9) Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31).
(10) Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1).
ANNEX I
List of minerals and metals within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/821 classified under the Combined Nomenclature
Part A: Minerals
Description
CN code
TARIC subdivision
Volume threshold (kg)
Tin ores and concentrates
2609 00 00
5 000
Tungsten ores and concentrates
2611 00 00
250 000
Tantalum or niobium ores and concentrates
ex 2615 90 00
10
Article 1(4) and Article 18 apply
Gold ores and concentrates
ex 2616 90 00
10
Article 1(4) and Article 18 apply
Gold, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder with a gold concentration lower than 99,5 % that has not passed the refining stage
ex 7108 (*1)
100
Part B: Metals
Description
CN code
TARIC subdivision
Volume threshold (kg)
Tungsten oxides and hydroxides
2825 90 40
100 000
Tin oxides and hydroxides
ex 2825 90 85
10
Article 1(4) and Article 18 apply
Tin chlorides
2827 39 10
10 000
Tungstates
2841 80 00
100 000
Tantalates
ex 2841 90 85
30
Article 1(4) and Article 18 apply
Carbides of tungsten
2849 90 30
10 000
Carbides of tantalum
ex 2849 90 50
10
Article 1(4) and Article 18 apply
Gold, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form with a gold concentration of 99,5 % or higher that has passed the refining stage
ex 7108 (*2)
100
Ferrotungsten and ferro-silico-tungsten
7202 80 00
25 000
Tin, unwrought
8001
100 000
Tin bars, rods, profiles and wires
8003 00 00
1 400
Tin, other articles
8007 00
2 100
Tungsten, powders
8101 10 00
2 500
Tungsten, unwrought, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering
8101 94 00
500
Tungsten wire
8101 96 00
250
Tungsten bars and rods, other than those obtained simply by sintering, profiles, plates, sheets, strip and foil, and other
8101 99
350
Tantalum, unwrought including bars and rods, obtained simply by sintering; powders
8103 20 00
2 500
Tantalum bars and rods, other than those obtained simply by sintering, profiles, wire, plates, sheets, strip and foil, and other
8103 90
150
(*1) For the purpose of amending this threshold, the imported volume obtained by applying the methodology and criteria of Article 18 shall be set as the threshold for both ex 7108 tariff lines included in Annex I.
(*2) For the purpose of amending this threshold, the imported volume obtained by applying the methodology and criteria of Article 18 shall be set as the threshold for both ex 7108 tariff lines included in Annex I.
ANNEX II
List of global responsible smelters and refiners' template referred to in Article 9
Column A:
Name of smelters and refiners in alphabetical order
Column B:
Address of the smelter or refiner
Column C:
* indicator, if the smelter or refiner sources minerals originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas
A
B
C
ANNEX III
List of Member State competent authorities template referred to in Article 10
Column A:
Name of Member States in alphabetical order
Column B:
Name of the competent authority
Column C:
Address of the competent authority
A
B
C