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Requirement · CMAG-06

Meet minimum recycled shares of neodymium, dysprosium, praseodymium, terbium, boron, samarium, nickel and cobalt in the permanent magnets of listed products.

Anyone placing listed products with permanent magnets on the Union market must comply, and this is law in force.

Why it matters

This is law in force, not a proposal.

  • It is Art. 29(3), in the Critical Raw Materials Act. as of 2026-08-18
  • The act gives its timing as: Delegated acts due after the Art. 29(2) rules and in any event by 31 December 2031, with transitional periods. as of 2026-08-18
  • It names 2 industries by name: Automotive and Clean tech. as of 2026-08-18
  • Compliance is checked by accredited third party, per product model. as of 2026-08-18
Addressee Anyone placing listed products with permanent magnets on the Union marketAct Regulation (EU) 2024/1252, consolidated 03.05.2024Article Art. 29(3)Class Businesses

The rule

New — no predecessor
Trigger

delegated acts setting minimum recycled shares, which may differ by product and may exclude products

Obligation

Meet minimum recycled shares of neodymium, dysprosium, praseodymium, terbium, boron, samarium, nickel and cobalt in the permanent magnets of listed products.

Who is affected

Addressee
Anyone placing listed products with permanent magnets on the Union market
Class
Businesses
Sectors
Names Automotive, Wind, heat pumps, hydrogen · Reaches Batteries and solar, Waste and landfill
Applies
Delegated acts due after the Art. 29(2) rules and in any event by 31 December 2031, with transitional periods

Burden drivers

D1 · D2 · D4 — 3 of 7 marks fire on this provision.

Source text

Verbatim

the Commission shall adopt delegated acts supplementing this Regulation by laying down minimum shares for neodymium, dysprosium, praseodymium, terbium, boron, samarium, nickel and cobalt recovered from post-consumer waste that must be present in the permanent magnet

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Settled later in secondary legislation. The substance of this duty -- the actual minimum shares, which products they reach, and the transitional periods -- is entirely in delegated acts not yet adopted. The register carries the hook, not a number.