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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11318
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) trade

European Parliament wants binding legislation on war minerals

Strasbourg, 20/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 20 May, the first reading vote by the European Parliament on the draft regulation proposed by the Commission in March 2014 to limit the funding of military and armed groups in conflict zones, such as in the Great Lakes Region in the DRC and East Africa, through the extraction and trade of tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold (3 TG - which are essential in the manufacture of high-tech equipment and goods), produced a somewhat theatrical...

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