Spain adopts rules to implement EU critical-materials and clean-tech laws
The decree sets administrative coordination and procedures for national mineral-exploration and circularity programmes under the EU CRMA and Net-Zero Industry Act.
Spain’s Council of Ministers approved a royal decree on 20 October to apply the EU Critical Raw Materials Act and Net-Zero Industry Act in Spain. The government said the rules set coordination arrangements across ministries, regional governments and specialist bodies.
The decree provides for procedures to prepare a National Mineral Exploration Programme and national circularity programmes, and designates coordination commissions for critical raw materials and net-zero technologies. It creates an administrative framework; the announcement does not identify specific newly approved mines or factories.
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