Revisiting Conflict Minerals Compliance - Developments, Trends and Action Items for the Current Reporting Year

Mar 4, 2020 | Michael R. Littenberg, Anne-Marie L. Beliveau, and Nellie V. Binder
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The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation takes effect on January 1, 2021. The EU Regulation generally will require importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (“3TG” or “conflict minerals”) into the European Union to establish management systems to support due diligence, conduct due diligence and make disclosures concerning the 3TG that they import into the European Union. Although often lumped together with the U.S. Conflict Minerals Rule, the EU Regulation is very different than its U.S. counterpart