At the Ecofin Council meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday 17 October, the French Director General of the Treasury, Emmanuel Moulin, reiterated his call for the inclusion in the EU taxonomy of the mining, processing, first transformation and recycling of critical raw materials before the end of the current legislative cycle. He was supported by his colleagues from Sweden, the Czech Republic, Germany, Finland and Austria (see EUROPE B13223A33).
“This must be carried out in accordance with the...