Under the terms of the interinstitutional agreement concluded on Tuesday 22 November (see EUROPE 11673), the EU regulation aimed at keeping the lid on financing military and armed groups in conflict areas – particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region – through the extraction and trade of tin, gold, tantalum and tungsten should ensure a sustainable supply for over 95% of imports of these minerals into the EU, which will be covered, from 1 January 2021 by...